The Australian Solar Council and the Clean Energy Council have welcomed yesterday’s announcement which sees the solar capacity of ACT dramatically increased. Two new solar farms have been given the go ahead and push the ACT’s solar capacity to 40 megawatts (MW), up from 20MW.

ACT Tariff Scheme Closes Acting Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development, Katy Gallagher, announced that the recently re-opened Feed-in Tariff scheme had been closed at midnight on 13 July 2011.