Oceania

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
Hive Energy team targets 350MW PV in New Zealand
Honest Power as well as Solar South West are also part of the new JV called HES Aotearoa
Sep 2, 2021 // Plants, New Zealand, Oceania, hive energy, Giles Redpath
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
Solar indulges in brand-new Aussie power record
PV overtakes fossil fuel for very first time in two decades
Aug 25, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, GLOBAL, David Ritter
Australian infrastructure firm Spark to be marketed in US$ 3.72 bn bargain
Australian energy infrastructure financier Spark Infrastructure is to be gotten by a consortium led by US exclusive equity group KKR in an offer worth US$ 3.72 billion, according to a declaring with Australia's Securities Exchange.
Aug 24, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, Spark Infrastructure, KKR, Rick Francis, acquisition
Australian researchers established new efficiency record for double-sided solar cells
Australian scientists have actually set a new globe record for the effectiveness for double-sided solar cells that they say could be the trick to increasing the energy result of future solar farms.
Aug 23, 2021 // Technology, Australia, solar cells, Oceania, efficiency, Australian National University, Kean Chern Fong, Marco Ernst
BHP, Risen Energy increase solar PPA for Aussie nickel ops
Melbourne-based resources firm BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) has increased to 50 MW the gotten off-take capacity from the 132-MW DC Merredin solar farm in Western Australia.
Aug 17, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, PPA, Australia, Risen Energy, Oceania, solar farm, BHP Group
New Study Accelerates Development of Organic Solar Cells
A lot of today's solar cells are made from silicon and are heavy, inflexible, and expensive to create. By comparison, organic solar cells hold the assurance of being light-weight, flexible, and also inexpensive to make.
Aug 16, 2021 // Technology, Canada, New Zealand, China, Europe, Asia, silicon, Oceania, Belgium, North America, University of Cambridge, organic solar cells, Alexander Sneyd
South Korea to Develop Solar Energy Plant in Fiji
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) introduced Wednesday that it will certainly construct a solar energy plant in Fiji, an island country in the Pacific that is having problem with climate change.
Aug 12, 2021 // Plants, South Korea, Asia, Oceania, PV Power Plant, Fiji, KOICA
Sicona Safeguards AU$ 3.7 M to Expand Battery Materials Tech
This newest capital injection follows the company's $1 million seed round in July 2020, the honor of a $704k 'Accelerating Commercialisation' Grant by the Australian Federal Government in November 2020, as well as Sicona's involvement in the prestigious Startmate accelerator in its Summer 2021 climate technology mate. The financing round was led by worldwide endeavor company Artesian as well as US-based Riverstone Ventures, an associate of Riverstone Holdings.
Aug 12, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Australia, Oceania, Christiaan Jordaan, Kevin Wang, Riverstone Holdings, Sicona Battery Technologies Pty Ltd
Octopus to release Fluence's automated prospective buyer software for Australian solar farm
Octopus Investments Australia has deployed Fluence's AI-powered trading platform to optimize the result of its 333MW Darlington Point Solar Farm in New South Wales (NSW).
Aug 10, 2021 // Software, Australia, NEM, Oceania, Fluence, machine learning, octopus investments
AGL & Wärtsilä to Build 250MW Grid-scale BESS in South Australia
AGL has actually revealed to spend $180 million for its BESS project in South Australia. The battery is billed as the second largest grid scale battery ahead up.
Aug 9, 2021 // Storage, Australia, AGL Energy, Oceania, Markus Brokhof, sushil purohit, Torrens Islands, Wärtsilä Energy Solutions