Australia

South Australia thumbs-ups 225MW battery
Construction of Maoneng's Gould Creek project anticipated to start late next year
Nov 1, 2021 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, Morris Zhou, Stephen Patterson
Australia's Tiwi Islands to host 2.8-GW solar-green hydrogen facility
Australian energy change business Global Energy Ventures (ASX: GEV) last week introduced plans to construct a 2.8-GW solar complicated on the Tiwi Islands off Australia's Northern Territory, to fuel the manufacturing of an on-site green hydrogen center.
Nov 1, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Solar to Fuel, Australia, hydrogen, Oceania, solar-green hydrogen complex, Green Energy Ventures
Indonesian business to buy 132MW Oz solar
Sun Energy to get Merredin project in Western Australia from Risen Energy
Oct 29, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Asia, Risen Energy, Oceania, Indonesia, solar farm, SUN Energy, Oz solar, Archie Chen
SUN Energy to purchase 100-MW solar farm in Australia
Singapore-based SUN Energy today introduced a contract to get a 100-MW solar farm located in Western Australia from Chinese company Risen Energy (SHE:300118).
Oct 28, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, solar farm, SUN Energy
Australia commits to internet zero by 2050 however prevents legislation
The Australian government has today committed to getting to web zero exhausts by 2050 but has not passed any kind of regulation to support such a shift in a move referred to as "frustrating" as well as "unambitious" by the country's Clean Energy Council.
Oct 27, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, Clean Energy Council, ARENA, IEEFA, net zero
CBA backs mass rollout of small solar farms with hydrogen battery storage space
Strategies to pilot an innovative all-Australian made hydrogen hybrid battery storage option across 10s of sub-5MW solar farms throughout local Victoria as well as NSW have been underwritten by the Commonwealth Bank.
Oct 22, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, PV Power Plant, CBA
Rio Tinto eyes 6GW of solar as well as wind as part of decarbonisation press
Mining business Rio Tinto is wanting to release an additional 6GW of solar as well as wind in Australia as part of a new strategy to reduce its carbon exhausts by 50% by 2030.
Oct 20, 2021 // Plants, Australia, Oceania, mining, Western Australia, decarbonisation, mines, Rio Tinto
Frazium Energy inks deal for 100-MW solar park in Eswatini
Australian renewable power manufacturer Frazium Energy has actually tattooed a deal with the government of Eswatini, also known as Swaziland, to develop a 100-MW solar park in the South African Kingdom.
Oct 20, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, Oceania, Eswatini, Solar Park, Frazium Energy
Woodside teams with United States startup to check out solar thermal innovation
Australian oil as well as gas titan Woodside is partnering with U.S.-based focused solar expert Heliogen to construct a 5 MW solar thermal demo plant in California. The project will certainly provide tidy energy with almost 24/7 availability.
Oct 19, 2021 // Technology, Plants, Thermal, USA, Australia, Oceania, North America, Heliogen, PV Power Plant, Bill Gross, Woodside Petroleum
OMERS Infrastructure acquires 49% risk in FRV's Australian renewables business
Canadian pension plan financier OMERS Infrastructure has acquired a 49% interest in the Australian renewable energy platform of utility-scale solar programmer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV).
Oct 18, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, frv, OMERS Infrastructure, fotowatio renewable venture
Fortescue Future Industries buys Dutch thin-film solar and H2 firm HyET
Australia's Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) has taken a 60% risk in Dutch firm High yield Energy Technologies (HyET) Group to help in its aspiration to supply 15 million tonnes of green hydrogen worldwide by 2030.
Oct 8, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, Fortescue Future Industries, FFI, HyET, Julie Shuttleworth
Structure effective and also thermally secure perovskite solar cells making use of Ti ₃ C ₂ TₓMXene.
A new generation of low-cost, lasting and effective solar cells is a step better, thanks to scientists at The University of Queensland.
Oct 6, 2021 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Australia, solar cells, perovskite, Oceania, efficiency, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, AIBN, Joe Shapter
Rooftop Solar Sets New Gen Record on Australian Grid Amid RE Boom
With generation capability coming to a head at 9,104 MW at midday on October 6, 2021, roof solar has established yet an additional record in Australia. Even more, in September 2021, renewables provided a record 35.4 per cent share of generation on Australia's main grid.
Oct 6, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, Australia, Oceania, rooftop solar, renewables, national energy market, Australian Energy Market Operator
NHOA Bags 200MWh Battery Storage Project in Australia
Energy storage and also e-mobility remedies firm New HOrizons Ahead (NHOA), which was previously known as Engie EPS, has actually won a 200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Australia.
Oct 6, 2021 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, BESS, Engie EPS, Battery Energy Storage System, e-mobility solutions, New HOrizons Ahead, NHOA
Australian federal government's ARENA plan open to major legal obstacle, claims expert
A leading Australian barrister and also previous head of the Law Council of Australia has said the federal government's strategies to invest public money into nonrenewable fuel source production could be prohibited, is open to severe lawful difficulty as well as is "at odds" with the purpose of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).
Oct 5, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, ARENA