Oceania

Rise of Solar Rooftops to Accelerate Coal's Exit in Australia
Power sector is undertaking a more rapid adjustment, AEMO states About half of residences anticipated to have roof solar by 2032
Dec 10, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, Australia, AEMO, Oceania
Fortescue, AGL Energy bid to transform NSW coal plants right into wind and also PV-powered hydrogen centers
Mining gigantic Fortescue is to partner with Australian energy major AGL Energy to take a look at the potential of repurposing tradition coal properties for renewables-powered green hydrogen centers.
Dec 9, 2021 // Plants, Storage, Australia, AGL Energy, Oceania, coal, green hydrogen, decarbonisation, Fossil Fuels, electrolysers, Fortescue, solar-hydrogen
VH Global buys 2nd Aussie solar farm under strategy to add storage to PV
UK investment firm VH Global Lasting Energy Opportunities (LON: GSEO) has actually settled the purchase of a 10.9-MW solar farm site in Queensland, Australia, spending GBP 5.9 million (USD 7.8 m/EUR 6.9 m), the firm stated today.
Dec 8, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Australia, Europe, Oceania, solar farm, VH Global
Neoen fires up 300MW Victorian Big Battery
The facility is a cooperation with Tesla, deploying its Megapack modern technology, and AusNet Services
Dec 8, 2021 // Storage, TESLA, Australia, AEMO, neoen, Lily D’Ambrosio, Oceania, Xavier Barbaro, Louis de Sambucy, Australian Energy Market Operator
Australia's Labor party has 82% renewables goal for 2030
The Australian Labor party has actually revealed a brand-new emissions policy, under which it intends to improve to 82% the renewables share of National Electricity Market (NEM) generation, up from 68% under current government estimates.
Dec 7, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, Labor party
Enel To Beginning Marketing Electricity Straight To Customers In Australia
With a license to retail electricity, Enel can currently join energy retail market through the National Electricity Market (NEM) of Australia.
Dec 6, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Enel, Oceania
New Zealand airport intends 150-MW solar park as part of wider project
Christchurch Airport in New Zealand's eponymous city is creating a renewable resource park that will initially feature a 150-MW solar energy center, with plans to include battery storage and also green hydrogen capabilities in future.
Dec 3, 2021 // Plants, New Zealand, Oceania, PV Power Plant, Christchurch Airport
Acciona Energia signs 2 green hydrogen deals for facilities in Australia as well as the Iberian region
Acciona Energia has actually struck bargains for multiple green hydrogen centers, one with state-owned Australian energy company Stanwell Corporation as well as a joint venture with United States company Plug Power Inc. to establish multiple manufacturing sites across Spain and Portugal.
Dec 3, 2021 // Solar to Fuel, Australia, queensland, Oceania, Acciona, green hydrogen, Plug Power, export, acciona energia, accionaplug
Australian JV to Build Country's Largest Privately Funded Battery
Engie, Macquarie's Green Investment Group (GIG), as well as Fluence have actually partnered to provide Australia's biggest privately-funded as well as possessed utility-scale battery. The project will link to existing network framework to support the shift to renewable energy at the website of the previous Hazelwood Power Station in the Latrobe Valley.
Dec 2, 2021 // Storage, Australia, Engie, Oceania, Fluence, GIG, Greg Callman, Aaron McCann, Augustin Honorat, Hazelwood Power Station, Macquarie’s Green Investment Group
Quinbrook obtains UK battery trading platform
Renewables capitalist will certainly support Oxford-based Habitat Energy's expansion into the US as well as Australian markets
Nov 30, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, UK, Texas, Australia, Europe, Oceania, North America, ERCOT, Quinbrook, GLOBAL, Habitat Energy
Work begins on 250 MW/250 MWh grid-forming battery in Australia
Unfinished by Australian utility AGL, the 250 MW/250 MWh battery is the largest planned grid-forming battery on the planet
Nov 30, 2021 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, AGL
RES designates two new divisional CEOs to lead development technique
Renewables designer and O&M supplier RES has actually appointed two new chief executives to bait its development plans.
Nov 23, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, EPC, O&M, Australia, Europe, Oceania, res, project development, Marco Perona, Rachel Ruffle
S.Aussie Grid World's 1st to Get to Zero Demand, Rooftop Solar Was Key
To its knowledge, claims the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), South Australia is the initial gigawatt-scale power system in the world to technique zero operational demand due to such high percentages of demand being met by distributed energy resources (DER) such as rooftop solar.
Nov 22, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, Australia, AEMO, Oceania, Australian Energy Market Operator
Greece's Mytilineos closes funding on 120 MW of Aussie solar farms
Greek commercial group Mytilineos SA (FRA: MYH) on Thursday stated it has reached economic close on a trio of solar farms in New South Wales, Australia with an incorporated capability of 120 MWp.
Nov 19, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Greece, Australia, Europe, Oceania, solar farm, Mytilineos, Nikos Papapetrou
Australian Scientists to Study How Tesla Car Batteries Can Power Grid
For the very first phase of the study, Tesla owners in Australia, the United States, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Germany and Britain can apply. The programme could be expanded later on to include various other electric vehicle firms.
Nov 19, 2021 // Technology, Storage, Grids, Australia, Oceania, University of Queensland, Jake Whitehead, Tesla Inc, UQ, V2G technology