Australia

Oz developer gets grid assessment nod for 240MW battery
Maoneng's energy storage project in Victoria is scheduled for completion in very early 2024
May 19, 2022 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, Morris Zhou, Maoneng
Solar growth continues to erode coal market share in Australia as prices soar
Solar PV and various other renewables represent more than a third of electricity generation in Australia's National Energy Market (NEM) in Q1 2022, coal's share slipping by five percentage points year-on-year.
May 17, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Australia, AEMO, NEM, Oceania, national energy market, distributed generation, grid transmission
Australian scientists bag financing to investigate reusing unwanted photovoltaic panels
Grant funding has actually been awarded to a project in Australia that will certainly check out the potential revenue streams and consumer rate of interest being used solar PV panels.
May 13, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, Australia, recycling, Oceania, University of Queensland, sustainability, end of life, Energy Consumers Australia
Origin safeguards preparing for 700MW Oz battery
Eraring facility in NSW will certainly have a dispatch duration of 4 hours
May 12, 2022 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, Origin Energy
Australian virtual power plant aggregates very first plan of residentially created energy
A virtual power plant (VPP) pilot programme in Western Australia that intends to adjust grid management to support higher uptake of rooftop solar has actually accumulated its first plan of residentially generated energy.
May 5, 2022 // Residential, Rooftop PV, Australia, AEMO, Oceania, Western Australia, VPP, virtual power plant, pilot project, synergy
Neoen revenues get on strong solar, energy storage performance
French independent power manufacturer (IPP) Neoen recorded a 36% leap in revenue in Q1 2022, solar revenue increasing 31% year-on-year.
May 5, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, France, IPP, Australia, Argentina, South america, Europe, neoen, Oceania
Oz designer reveals 950MW PV-plus-storage plan
Maoneng claims the hub would certainly have a 550MW solar farm linked to a 400MW battery
May 2, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Australia, Oceania, Morris Zhou, Maoneng, Oz
Origin bags 900MW Oz solar project
Yarrabee site in NSW consists of a 450MW initial plant with planning approval to double the capacity
Apr 28, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, Oceania, Origin, Oz solar project, Greg Jarvis
Australia Begins Long Road to Retraining Thousands of Coal Workers for Clean Energy Roles
Rising installations of solar and wind power imply efforts to move workers from coal mines to renewable energy are speeding up.
Apr 19, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, Chris Briggs
Alinta Energy offers plan for 90-MW solar project in W Australia
Australian power and gas business Alinta Energy has actually filed a proposal to place a 90-MW (AC) solar farm near its gas-fired nuclear power plant in the Pilbara area of Western Australia.
Apr 15, 2022 // Plants, Australia, Oceania, Solar Project, Alinta Energy
Neoen inks 70MW Australian offtake agreement
The French designer authorized a deal with AGL Energy to offload power from its 100MW Capital Battery
Apr 14, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Australia, neoen, Oceania
EnergyAustralia to take 180MWh of battery storage right into the NEM for Edify Energy
Energy generator as well as store EnergyAustralia will manage and also run 2 large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) in a portfolio in growth by Edify Energy.
Apr 13, 2022 // Storage, TESLA, Australia, NEM, Oceania, new south wales, Optimisation, national electricity market, EnergyAustralia, arbitrage, fcas, trading
Syrah takes FID on solar-plus-storage project at Mozambique graphite mine
Australian minerals miner Syrah Resources Ltd (ASX: SYR) has reached a final investment decision (FID) on a project to mount a 11.25-MWp solar farm with an 8.5-MW/ MWh battery power storage system (BESS) at its Balama graphite procedure in Mozambique.
Apr 12, 2022 // Plants, Australia, Oceania, solar farm, Syrah Resources
TagEnergy receives EUR450m capital injection
Funds will support shipment of a 2.7 GW pipe extending projects in the UK, France, Iberia and also Australia
Apr 12, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Europe, Oceania, tagenergy, Franck Woitiez, Raphael Lance
Solargis maps expose 'significant deviations' in average irradiance levels in key PV markets
The impact of solar source variability on numerous key global PV markets consisting of India, Australia as well as The United States And Canada has actually been exposed by a decade of evaluation from solar irradiance working as a consultant Solargis that illustrates "significant deviations from long-lasting standards".
Apr 12, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, India, Australia, Asia, Oceania, Solargis, North America, irradiance, maps, solar irradiance mapping