If Australia can kickstart a viable solar industry, the country could take better advantage of the talent and research knowhow in Australia to begin building next-generation cells, and unlock other parts of the green economy, write Brett Hallam and Fiacre Rougieux from the UNSW Sydney.
“Cheap and plentiful solar power could make it viable to crack water to make green hydrogen or make green steel and aluminium,” they add.
“Many initiatives have to be set in train now to gain the benefits in five or ten years’ time. […] But in a sun-drenched country, it makes sense to aim for the skies.”
Around the same time just have a think did a deeper dive on the idea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcSnwW5v3f8 . In the spirit of protecting the environment, it would be good to accommodate birds, wildlife etc in the thought process.
Like you said, looks like a combination of resources, financing, political will and, the technology itself seem to have come together to bring us here.