Oceania

Canadian pension plan financier OMERS Infrastructure has acquired a 49% interest in the Australian renewable energy platform of utility-scale solar programmer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV).

Australia's Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) has taken a 60% risk in Dutch firm High yield Energy Technologies (HyET) Group to help in its aspiration to supply 15 million tonnes of green hydrogen worldwide by 2030.

A new generation of low-cost, lasting and effective solar cells is a step better, thanks to scientists at The University of Queensland.

With generation capability coming to a head at 9,104 MW at midday on October 6, 2021, roof solar has established yet an additional record in Australia. Even more, in September 2021, renewables provided a record 35.4 per cent share of generation on Australia's main grid.

Energy storage and also e-mobility remedies firm New HOrizons Ahead (NHOA), which was previously known as Engie EPS, has actually won a 200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Australia.

A leading Australian barrister and also previous head of the Law Council of Australia has said the federal government's strategies to invest public money into nonrenewable fuel source production could be prohibited, is open to severe lawful difficulty as well as is "at odds" with the purpose of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).

Independent power producer (IPP) Total Eren has actually gotten property administration software supplier Inaccess to keep track of the procedure of numerous of its solar PV plants in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, and also Kazakhstan.

A three-day blaze that entirely incinerated two large Tesla batteries at a vast energy storage space website in Australia was probably triggered by a coolant leakage, safety regulators said Tuesday.

UK eco-friendly business RES has actually sold its Avonlie solar advancement project to Spanish electric utility Iberdrola. The project lies in New South Wales, Australia, and also is RES' biggest ever solar advancement with generating capacity standing at 245 MW dc/ 190 MW ac.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has released an AU$ 50 million (US$ 36 million) programme to support microgrid pilot projects and also enhance the reliability of electrical energy supply across regional Australia.

A project that bids to combine up to 20GW of solar PV with the world's largest energy storage battery and also a 4,200km-long subsea power cable has relocated a progression after Indonesian authorities greenlit its suggested transmission cable course.

Mining business Rio Tinto has revealed plans for a brand-new solar project and battery power storage system that will certainly aid to decarbonise an off-grid mine in the Australian state of Queensland.

The governing authority of Australia's Lord Howe Island has been handed over a solar-plus-storage crossbreed power system, an AUD-11.1-million (USD 8.1 m/EUR 6.9 m) project aimed at aiding the tiny island community lower diesel intake.

Renewables programmer Amp Energy has safeguarded financing for a 120MW solar setup in the Australian state of New South Wales that is expected to start energisation in early 2022.

MoU with infrastructure firms to analyze gas production and export from Queensland