Australia

Multi-gigawatt Australian solar-storage Sun Cable project removes more difficulty
A project that bids to combine up to 20GW of solar PV with the world's largest energy storage battery and also a 4,200km-long subsea power cable has relocated a progression after Indonesian authorities greenlit its suggested transmission cable course.
Sep 24, 2021 // Plants, Storage, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Australia, Asia, Oceania, Singapore, Sun Cable, se asia, transmission cables
Rio Tinto continues solar-storage press with new hybrid installation at Australian mine
Mining business Rio Tinto has revealed plans for a brand-new solar project and battery power storage system that will certainly aid to decarbonise an off-grid mine in the Australian state of Queensland.
Sep 20, 2021 // Plants, Storage, Australia, queensland, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, mining, mines, Rio Tinto, Battery Energy Storage System, edl
Photon Energy hands over 1.3-MWp solar-storage system to Lord Howe Island
The governing authority of Australia's Lord Howe Island has been handed over a solar-plus-storage crossbreed power system, an AUD-11.1-million (USD 8.1 m/EUR 6.9 m) project aimed at aiding the tiny island community lower diesel intake.
Sep 17, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Australia, Oceania, photon energy, solar-storage system
Amp Energy closes funding for 120MW solar project in New South Wales
Renewables programmer Amp Energy has safeguarded financing for a 120MW solar setup in the Australian state of New South Wales that is expected to start energisation in early 2022.
Sep 17, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Natixis, Australia, Oceania, AMP Energy, Dean Cooper
Japanese companies strike Australian green hydrogen deal
MoU with infrastructure firms to analyze gas production and export from Queensland
Sep 15, 2021 // Storage, Solar to Fuel, Japan, Australia, Asia, Marubeni, Oceania, green hydrogen, KANSAI
Wartsila supplies battery to decarbonise Oz mine
9.2 MW energy storage system will certainly resolve a cyclic lots need at an underground center
Sep 15, 2021 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, Wartsila, Zenith Energy
Aussie Firm Stirs Market with Silver-free Cell at Record 25.54% Effectiveness
Sydney-based solar technology start-up SunDrive has apparently made a breakthrough, producing a silver-free commercial-size silicon solar PV cell with a record damaging performance of 25.54%.
Sep 15, 2021 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Australia, Sydney, Institute for Solar Energy Research, Oceania, isfh, efficiency, David Hu, Solar PV cell, SunDrive, Vince Allen
ARENA aims to additionally reduce expense of solar through new financial investment plan
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will support projects that even more reduced the cost of renewable generation as part of a new financial investment technique aimed at underpinning the change to web zero emissions.
Sep 13, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, Australia, hydrogen, Oceania, ARENA, Darren Miller
Australia wrecks renewables record once more, hits 58.3 percent on primary grid
Australia has actually quickly beaten its previous record for the share of renewables on its primary grid, reaching 58.3 per cent following noon on Thursday-- and also establishing a new record for the share of wind as well as solar in the grid.
Sep 10, 2021 // Grids, Australia, Oceania
Australian start-up collections 25.54% performance record for silicon cell
Australian start-up SunDrive has actually created the most effective commercial-sized silicon solar cell in the world, achieving an effectiveness number of 25.54% in screening accomplished by the Institute for Solar Energy Research Study in Germany.
Sep 10, 2021 // Technology, Australia, solar cell, Oceania, efficiency, silicon cell
NSW is about to overtake the Sunshine State on big scale solar production
Queensland, the Sunshine State, is about to shed its mantle as the largest state in Australia for the manufacturing lots of electrical energy from large scale solar.
Sep 6, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, solar farm
Renewables can fulfill all electricity demand in Australia at certain times of day by 2025
Accelerating release of utility-scale solar as well as wind means much of Australia can have adequate eco-friendly generation to fulfill 100% of consumer demand at specific times of the day by 2025.
Aug 31, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, AEMO, NEM, rooftop PV, Oceania, Daniel Westerman
Amp Energy indicators land deal for 388-MW solar project in S Australia
The Australian operating company of Canadian programmer Amp Energy has safeguarded land for among 3 solar projects that will create its Renewable Energy Center of South Australia (REHSA) with over 1.3 GW of solar and also approximately 540 MW of storage capacity.
Aug 31, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, Oceania, PV Power Plant, AMP Energy, Solar Project
New South Wales receives 34GW of propositions for newest renewable resource zone
A strategy to establish Australia's biggest renewable energy zone (REZ) in the state of New South Wales (NSW) has actually seen a frustrating level of interest, with projects standing for 34GW of ability submitted.
Aug 27, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Grids, Policy, Australia, Oceania, new south wales, Matt Kean, rez, renewable energy zone, Adam Marshall
AEMO creating simulation device to promote grid connections for renewable energy
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has invested in a cloud-based source for developers that will make it less complicated and much faster for renewable energy projects to link to the grid with a AU$ 2.23 million investment.
Aug 25, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Grids, Australia, AEMO, Oceania, ARENA, Angus Taylor, Daniel Westerman