Australia

Batteries Better Than Gas at Satisfying Australia's Future Peaking Requirements
In September last year, the Scott Morrison-led Australian federal government had actually announced that it was establishing a target for the electrical energy field to reach last financial investment choices by the end of April 2021, towards supplying 1000 MW of brand-new dispatchable energy by summer 2023-24, to make sure that the coal-fired Liddell power plant could be folded in 2023 according to routine.
Apr 15, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, clean energy, Australia, Oceania, Clean Energy Council, Kane Thornton, CEC, Australian Energy Market Operator, Battery Storage Over Gas Peakers
Iberdrola sets up 1st generator at 317-MW solar-wind project in Australia
Spanish utility Iberdrola SA (BME: IBE) stated today it has actually mounted the initial turbine at its 317-MW hybrid wind as well as solar power project in South Australia.
Apr 14, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Iberdrola, Australia, Oceania, solar-wind project, Ross Rolfe
AGL and Wärtsilä Collaborate on Hybrid Energy Project
AGL, Australia's greatest energy seller and also environment polluter, is making an actual effort to tidy up.
Apr 13, 2021 // Plants, Australia, Europe, Oceania, Finland, Wärtsilä, Renewable Energy, Markus Brokhof, AGL, hybrid energy systems, sushil purohit
Solar Nation Rankings. The top 5 in Past 5 Years, the Next 5 Years
The surge in solar capability in the past years, especially because 2015, has been out there for all to see. It was simply a few years back in 2012 that the world commemorated covering the 100 GW mark in solar. Contrast that with 2021, when the globe expects to include 150 GW in just the year itself!
Apr 6, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Japan, Spain, Germany, Italy, India, China, Australia, Europe, Asia, IRENA, Oceania, North America, Vietnam, International
Australia's AGL prepares restructure to produce 2 separate energy services
Australian utility AGL Energy has actually recommended a structural separation of the company that would entail the development of two separate services: one focused on energy retail and also the other on massive power supply.
Mar 31, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, coal, energy transition, utility, Brett Redman, Retail, AGL
Neoen obtains permission for 450MW solar-storage project in New South Wales
Local authorities in New South Wales, Australia, have provided French independent power manufacturer Neoen the thumbs-up to create a large scale solar-plus-storage production center in the region regardless of getting 50 complaints from members of the public.
Mar 30, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Australia, solar pv, neoen, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, new south wales
Photovoltaics can make the globe fossil-free faster than anticipated
A group of researchers led by Aarhus University and including specialists from universities as well as expertise establishments in the United States, Europe, Japan and also Australia has actually published an article in the distinguished scientific journal Joule verifying that the role of solar photovoltaic or pv installations in future eco-friendly power systems should be dramatically upgraded.
Mar 30, 2021 // Technology, USA, Japan, Australia, Europe, Asia, Oceania, North America, Denmark, Aarhus University, Marta Victoria
AGL Introduces Building of Grid-Scale Battery, Takes FID on 250 MW Project
Australia based incorporated crucial provider AGL energy has actually revealed that the construction of a 250 megawatt (MW), one-hour period grid-scale battery at Torrens Island will certainly begin this year, following AGL's last financial investment choice (FID) on the project.
Mar 25, 2021 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, Markus Brokhof, Brett Redman, AGL Energy Battery Storage, Grid-Scale battery
Building and construction begins on Australia's 'largest' hybrid solar and battery energy storage space system
Building and construction has begun on what asserts to be Australia's largest crossbreed solar as well as battery energy storage facility.
Mar 22, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Australia, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, new south wales, UPC Renewables, elecnor, australia solar, ayala, solar hybrid
Australia adds record 7GW of renewables in 2020 as roof PV release soars
Australia beat renewable energy implementation estimates in 2020, driven in component by a 40% year-on-year boost in rooftop solar installs, according to new numbers from the country's Clean Energy Regulator.
Mar 15, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Australia, rooftop PV, Oceania, David Parker, Clean Energy Regulator, deployment statistics
Neoen targets 10GW of capacity by 2025
French independent power manufacturer (IPP) Neoen is aiming to greater than double its renewable power capacity in the next 4 years.
Mar 11, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Australia, neoen, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, utility ppa
EEW unveils enormous eco-friendly hydrogen, solar project in Australia
UK-based solar project developer Eco Energy World (EEW) today claimed it intends to attach a brand-new 200-MW eco-friendly hydrogen plant to a 300-MW solar farm it will certainly construct in Australia.
Mar 11, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, hydrogen, Oceania, ARENA, Solar Project, solar farm, EEW, Svante Kumlin
VivoPower unit secures service 200-MW solar project in Queensland
The Australian unit of solar and also critical power solutions strong VivoPower International PLC (NASDAQ: VVPR) has actually won an agreement to complete all electrical benefit a 200-MW solar farm in Queensland.
Mar 11, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, Oceania, solar farm, VivoPower International PLC
Lightsource BP picks up Australian solar PPA
Offer will certainly see 107MWp farm power 88 BP gas station in New South Wales
Mar 10, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, PPA, Australia, Lightsource BP, Adam Pegg, Oceania, Frédéric Baudry
Foresight Solar's net possession worth dips in 'distinctively difficult' 2020
Green financial investment group Foresight Solar's internet possession value took a hit last year, driven by decreasing power rate forecasts in several of its key markets.
Mar 10, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, UK, Australia, Europe, Oceania, foresight group, Foresight, Alex Ohlsson, unsubsidised solar