Oceania

In this occasional Country collection for 2022, we begin with Australia, where 2021 was a standout year for solar. What does 2022 hold? As well as how will Australia keep expanding its sustainable base?

Toronto-based renewables designer Amp Energy has closed on a US$ 350 million credit facility to bear down a worldwide profile of renewables and also battery energy storage assets.

Victoria is one step more detailed to adding a new "biggest battery" to its network, after a 240MW/480MWh project recommended by Maoneng for the Mornington Peninsula was gotten rid of for development by the state federal government.

Prefabricated solar services producer 5B is seeking to improve the scalability as well as cost of its modern technology through an AU$ 33.4 million (US$ 24 million) innovation program as well as support from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).

Australian LNG gamer Woodside Energy has tabled plans to develop a utility-scale solar-storage project with a generation capacity of as much as 500MW in Western Australia.

Ultra low cost solar was lately added as a concern technology in the Australian Government's most current Low Emissions Technology Statement (LETS). In support of ultra low cost solar, ARENA has actually set an enthusiastic target of 'Solar 30 30 30', to boost solar cell performance to 30 percent and also lower the complete cost of building and construction of utility scale solar farms to 30 cents per watt by 2030.

The $250m will certainly aid Hydrostor create 1.1 GW of projects and also broaden its pipe worldwide

Financier has actually obtained 51% shareholding in the functional Oakey 1 as well as Longreach PV farms

New research study has actually exposed that solar PV as well as wind continue to be the least expensive new-build electrical energy generation choices in Australia, even when considering their additional combination expenses such as power storage space and also transmission.

New South Wales-based development business Greenspot has actually lodged a planning application for a substantial 500 MW/1,000 MWh battery power storage space system to be built at the site of the shuttered coal-fired Wallerawang Power Station near Lithgow in the Central Tablelands.

Australian power infrastructure company APA Group (ASX: APA) will certainly move ahead with a 2nd 44-MW stage of the Mica Creek solar project in Queensland after signing up a second customer.

Spanish energy business Iberdrola is proceeding its expansion in Australia's solar field with the purchase of design, procurement and building (EPC) supplier Autonomous Energy.

Alinta Energy's 60-MW Chichester Hub remote solar farm in Western Australia has actually begun providing power to iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX: FMG), the two business introduced on Wednesday.

Swiss fund supervisor SUSI Partners has actually obtained a 50% interest in Starling Energy Group, an Australian installer of incorporated solar PV as well as energy storage space systems for the domestic field.

The US$ 10.75 billion Desert Bloom Hydrogen project in Australia's Northern Territory has been given Major Project Status by the regional federal government, fast tracking the project and paving the way for industrial manufacturing of the 10GW green hydrogen facility by 2023.