Oceania

Australian-made cutter rail for solar modules
Solar market individuals have actually created a brand-new Australian-manufactured rail for PV modules that has actually been crafted to ensure security and also durability, while accommodating the needs of installers that work with residential and business roof projects.
Sep 23, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, Clenergy, Solar Cutters
Western Australia checks out eco-friendly hydrogen hub with as much as 1,250 MW of solar energy
Western Australia is looking for international companions to discover the development of eco-friendly hydrogen projects as part of a center that can hold up to 1,250 MW of solar power as well as 270MW of wind power.
Sep 21, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Solar to Fuel, Australia, hydrogen, Oceania, Alannah MacTiernan, green hydrogen, solar-plus-hydrogen
Streamlined modeling for partly shaded PV systems
A proposed two-diode model is based solely on the standard test problem criteria of solar modules and their irradiance levels. The logical tool apparently enables PV system operators to estimate the I-V curves of a shaded variety promptly and also accurately.
Sep 21, 2020 // Technology, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Malaysia, Australia, Asia, Oceania
Australian-designed storage system spells grid independence
" We've put together the most effective components to make a special Australian-designed solution that is compliant to the new battery criteria," states EVO Power Managing Director Jamie Allen. Offgrid or upmarket-- simply include solar.
Sep 21, 2020 // Technology, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Storage, LG CHEM, Australia, Oceania, Jamie Allen, Andrew Mears
Australian federal government minimizes support for solar, wind
The Australian government has announced new lasting financing and an increased remit for the Australian Renewable Energy Agency past 2022. The financing bundle, which looks a lot more like a cut than anything else, pushes financial investment away from solar and wind toward innovations like carbon capture and storage.
Sep 18, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, Darren Miller, Kane Thornton, Alan Finkel, Australia Institute, Mark Butler
Maintaining PV panels honest-- ACT advancement fund inflate testing ability
Dr Michelle McCann and also Lawrence McIntosh, the companions behind the solar panel testing center, PV Lab, in Canberra think of Australia's PV installations, big as well as tiny, as composing a huge virtual power plant. Their goal is to wring the promised performance from panels being marketed into the Australian market and the ACT Government has actually just increased their possibilities.
Sep 15, 2020 // Technology, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, Michelle McCann, Lawrence McIntosh
Covid-19 regular round-up: Australian states target green recuperation as France devotes EUR30bn to energy transition
Tidy energy power plants will certainly figure prominently as Queensland and Victoria quote to reset their economic situations for a post-coronavirus globe. France suffered a hit to its new solar deployment figures in the first half of a Covid-hit year yet its next-door neighbor appears to have no such worries.
Sep 14, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Storage, France, Germany, Australia, Europe, hydrogen, Xavier Daval, Oceania, Solargiga, covid-19
Heating up the heterojunction-LID conversation
Scientists led by the University of New South Wales have checked into the long-lasting deterioration of silicon-heterojunction. Their searchings for recommend that lighting at heats can really boost cell efficiency, however also runs the risk of triggering multiple light-induced degradation devices if not meticulously controlled.
Sep 11, 2020 // Technology, Australia, Oceania, HJT cells
Goyder Renewables Zone off to a resources begin as ACT charges up 2 huge batteries
The forecast for the ACT is two huge batteries and gale-force winds as the area's Government granted 2 substantial contracts in its latest 'reverse auction', consisting of a 14-year contract with Neoen, the first for its substantial Goyder Renewables Zone.
Sep 9, 2020 // Storage, TESLA, Australia, neoen, Oceania, Goyder Renewables Zone, Shane Rattenbury
Asia Pacific renewables might draw in US$ 1tn of financial investments this decade-- WoodMac
Solar and also wind power stand for a US$ 1 trillion financial investment possibility in Asia Pacific this years, equivalent to two-thirds of the area's total power generation industry, as countries move far from fossil fuel generation in favour of greener choices.
Sep 8, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Wood Mackenzie, Australia, Oceania, Asia Pacific, natural gas, Alex Whitworth
3 GW of Rooftop Solar in 2020, And a Grid Headache for Australia
Australia, after a hesitant welcome of renewable resource originally, has virtually broken down the door for renewable energy now. The globe's biggest coal merchant is racing to build solar, sometimes faster than the grids can maintain.
Sep 8, 2020 // Grids, Rooftop PV, Australia, rooftop PV, Oceania, Clean Energy Regulator, Solar certificates, solar subsidies, STC
The people, the PV and also the pipes that can make hydrogen work
At Australia's University of Newcastle hydrogen production starts with water extracted from the atmosphere and electrolysis powered by totally free energy from the sun; sucking CO2 from the air is the next action to filling Angus Taylor's cherished gas facilities with green methane that can bring spuds to the boil and power the economy while assisting to flatten the nation's discharges curve.
Sep 7, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Solar to Fuel, Australia, hydrogen, Oceania, Darren Miller, Janet Nelson, Behdad Moghtaderi, Rob Wheals
Sterling and Wilson Bags Two Solar Projects Well Worth 300 MW in Australia
Sterling as well as Wilson Solar has gotten orders worth AUD 300 million or Rs 1600 crore for 2 large-scale solar power projects worth 300 MW in Australia.
Sep 7, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Australia, Asia, Oceania, Bikesh Ogra, Sterling and Wilson Solar
New understanding of electrolyte ingredients will certainly enhance dye-sensitised solar cells
Dye-sensitised solar cells utilized in low-light conditions might carry out more continually thanks to enhanced understanding of the function additives play in optimising electrolytes.
Sep 4, 2020 // Technology, Australia, solar cells, Oceania, electrolyte, Sebastian Furer, Rebecca Milhuisen
Australia's initial large-scale solar garden
Nearly one-third of Australians are secured behind the solar barrier, as they do not have the high-end of mounting their own solar PV.
Sep 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Australia, Oceania, solar garden