Renewable energy in outback Australia

This paper examines the characteristics of a substantial market entry point for renewable energy (RE), in particular RAPS. It acknowledges the dedicated work of researchers and industry who spend incredible amounts of energy perfecting components, processes and systems that enable society to harness renewable energy resources. It might reasonably be expected that the effort of the past decade would have provided greater market penetration than appears to be the case. The paper focuses on the socio economic and cultural environment that embraces the technical advances that science provides and suggests other factors which will assist the delivery of renewable energy to the outback of Australia and to the remote villages and communities of the world.