Oceania

Enphase inverters contributed to Ikea's complete solar offer in Australia
The California-based energy modern technology firm has revealed that its microinverters have been picked for Solargain's complete solar offerings in Australia, including the store's deal in partnership with the Swedish furnishings titan.
Aug 27, 2020 // Inverters, Australia, Oceania, Enphase, ikea, Dave Ranhoff, Keera Single, Solargain
Production process for mono cast solar cell surpassing 23% effectiveness
Trina Solar has actually made a PV cell by directly applying the unmodified i-TOPCon process, initially created for Cz mono wafers, to cast n-type quasi-mono silicon wafers. It claims the typical effectiveness, examined in-house with an adjusted recommendation cell, is 22.98%.
Aug 26, 2020 // Manufacturing News, China, Australia, Asia, solar cell, Oceania, Trina Solar, efficiency
Edify Energy links Australia's biggest PV farm to struggling area of grid
The 275 MW (AC)/ 333 MW (DC) Darlington Point Solar Farm includes two synchronous condensers.
Aug 26, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, Oceania, Edify Energy, Octopus, Alex Wonhas
Destruction and also regrowth in polysilicon passivation layers
Scientists in Australia took a close consider the long-term efficiency of passivation layers in silicon solar cells, as well as found a surprising procedure of degradation and regrowth at the office within the product. The outcomes could have ramifications on the procedures used in industrial scale solar cell manufacturing.
Aug 25, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Australia, solar cells, JinkoSolar, silicon, Oceania, Australia National University, ANU
Australian solar gives least expensive energy, sustains greatest frequency ancillary solutions payments
New research from Cornwall Insight reveals that grid-scale solar farms are paying 10% to 20% of the expense of offering regularity supplementary services to Australia's National Electricity Market, regardless of currently creating around 3% of energy in the system.
Aug 25, 2020 // Market Research, Australia, Cornwall Insight, Oceania, Ben Cerini
Western Australia's biggest PV project currently operational
Risen Energy's 132 MW Merredin Solar Farm has actually been connected to the Western Australian grid.
Aug 21, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, Risen Energy, Oceania, solar projects
Airlifting PV modules for C&I solar projects
Is airlifting solar modules the future of industrial and industrial roof PV setup? Epho Commercial Solar just recently made use of a helicopter to airlift pallets of modules to 12 roofs at a Woolworths area in Australia.
Aug 20, 2020 // Plants, Commercial, Rooftop PV, Australia, Oceania, Oliver Hartley
Solar, wind, storage investment falls down in Australia as threats on designers expand
A brand-new evaluation by the Clean Energy Council discloses a significant fall in the number of large-scale renewable resource projects committed in the second quarter of 2020, with simply 3 projects standing for 410 MW of new ability reaching financial close-- the most affordable degree given that 2017.
Aug 19, 2020 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, Clean Energy Council, Kane Thornton
Energy storage financial investment to come close to $10bn in 2025
Expert IHS Markit has anticipated storage space will certainly rebound this year following its very first year-on-year decline in 2019. The modern technology is being rolled out at speed despite Covid-19 with state-level plans readied to maintain the US the worldwide capital for the next five years.
Aug 19, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, France, China, United Kingdom, Australia, IHS Markit, Europe, Asia, Oceania, North America, covid-19, United States
Large-scale renewable resource investment in Australia hits three-year reduced
Struck by grid connection challenges, large-scale renewable energy projects committed in Australia in the 2nd quarter of 2020 went to their lowest level because 2017, according to new data from the Clean Energy Council (CEC).
Aug 18, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, Clean Energy Council, Kane Thornton, grid connection, covid-19, renewables investment
AGL Energy Gets on With 850 MW Multi Site Battery Storage Project
AGL Energy has actually lodged the scoping report for a new battery storage space systems of as much as 500 MW ability to be constructed together with its existing coal plant.
Aug 17, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, storage, Battery Storage, Australia, AGL Energy, Oceania, nsw, Markus Brokhof, AGL Energy Battery Storage
New England big battery granted $12.5 million state federal government grant
The 50 MWh battery will be colocated with phase 1 of the UPC/AC Renewables' 720 MW New England Solar Farm.
Aug 13, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Australia, Oceania, new south wales, Adam Marshall, Killian Wentrup
Two big solar farms captured in grid congestion pulled from sale
2 of the big solar farms caught up in newly verified congestion problems in the New South Wales grid-- exposed by RenewEconomy on Monday-- have been drawn from sale.
Aug 13, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, new south wales, John Laing, Decmil
Australian gas supplier indications environment-friendly hydrogen deal with Hyundai
Energy Jemena has actually consented to generate hydrogen gas for Hyundai's Macquarie Park headquarters in higher Sydney from very early 2021.
Aug 12, 2020 // Storage, Hyundai, Australia, hydrogen, Oceania, Frank Tudor
PPA-linked 120 MW solar park goes on the internet in Australia
The 120 MW solar project near Wagga in New South Wales, the initial renewable resource possession in the portfolio of network proprietor Spark Infrastructure, has achieved an important turning point in the face of market obstacles and also delays.
Aug 11, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, PPA, Australia, Oceania, Rick Francis