Oceania

Iberdrola SA (BME: IBE) has actually pledged to spend up to EUR 3 billion (USD 2.99 bn) to expand its renewable energy capacity in Australia, the business announced on Monday.

Plans to build a 400MW solar energy station on farmland near Taupō will be listened to by an independent resource authorization commissioner later this month.

Spanish electrical and also gas utility Naturgy Energy Group SA (BME: NTGY) has actually acquired a ready-to-build project for a 125-MW solar PV farm hybridised with a battery energy storage system (BESS) of approximately 220 MWh in Cunderdin, Western Australia.

Pure Hydrogen has struck a major milestone with the sale of a 5 kilowatt fuel cell generator-- among the very first of its kind in Australia-- to The Plumbing Industry Climate Action Centre.

The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has actually obtained applications for 17GW of renewables generation as well as storage projects for its planned Illawarra Renewable Energy Zone (REZ).

Financier to commit EUR691m to support buildout of over 1GW of BESS projects in Akaysha Energy's pipe

French renewable power manufacturer Total Eren has actually authorized a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the building of a 2-GW-plus solar park that will be powering a 1-GW green hydrogen production complex in Australia's Northern Territory.

Australian renewable energy designer Genex Power Ltd (ASX: GNX) has actually struck a bargain to make it the owner of an as much as 2-GW battery-plus-solar project in Queensland that has advancement authorization in place.

A new research reveals that hydrogen could be produced for as little as AUD 2.85 ($ 1.98) per kilogram, sustaining Frontier Energy's strategies to make green hydrogen from a 500 MW solar project it is developing in Western Australia.

E-mobility and also energy storage space firm New HOrizons Ahead (NHOA) has actually begun installment deal with an LFP-based 100MW/200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Western Australia, the state's biggest.

Renewable energy group Wirsol, part of Germany's Wircon Group, has acquired planning permission for a 235-MWp solar park with up to 270 MWh of battery storage in New South Wales, Australia.

Last week, the Australian federal government proposed legislation that will certainly lock-in Australia's commitment to accomplish net zero by 2050 along with offering greater oversight as well as accountability over progression on climate change in a sharp separation from the previous administration.

The state government of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) will certainly pledge financing towards a battery energy storage system (BESS) rollout in its 2022-2023 budget plan to be revealed 2 August.

Freshly revealed financing support from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is enabling the development of an intended large-scale battery project in New South Wales.

Greek commercial group Mytilineos SA (FRA: MYH) on Friday formally initiated the building of its 75-MW Wyalong solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in New South Wales, Australia.