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Australia added 1.2 GW of large-scale solar in 2021 however renewables financial investment slows, report finds
1,209 MW of solar projects with a capacity of greater than 5MW were added in Australia in 2021, making it the market's second-best year, renewables association the
Apr 7, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, ENERGY STORAGE, Australia, rooftop, South Australia, Oceania, new south wales, investment, Clean Energy Council, covid-19, deployment statistics, Darlington Point
South Australia launches tender for 700 MW dispatchable clean capacity
Australia has kicked off a tender to award 700 MW of long-duration, dispatchable capacity, targeting technologies that can firm the state’s large renewable
Oct 27, 2025 // Plants, Battery Storage, tender, South Australia, grid resilience, dispatchable capacity
Government-backed solar farm to help power Australia mining hub
Australian utility is to develop a 60MW solar farm that will be connected to two iron mines in Australia, transforming them into the first to be run entirely
Oct 20, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, pv power plants, solar pv, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, mining, Darren Miller, baywa r.e., decarbonisation
Australia Greenlights 230-MW Solar River, Storage-Ready PV
Australia’s federal government cleared the 230‑MW Solar River in South Australia, proposed by Zen Energy and HD Renewable Energy. The conditional environmental approval advances procurement and construction in a grid‑constrained state, signaling support for large solar paired with storage and transmission upgrades to deliver value at evening peaks and sustain the pipeline.Design points include high‑efficiency modules, string inverters, and a controller aligned with Australian grid‑code rules on reactive power, ramp rates, and ride‑through. Developers reserving space for future batteries. Schedule risk hinges on long‑lead electrical gear; prefab substation skids enable energization. Conditions cover dust, noise, glare, biodiversity, and recycling.
How does Solar River’s approval unlock grid-constrained SA solar-plus-storage deployment?
Creates regulatory certainty that hybrid solar-battery projects meeting current grid-code expectations will clear federal hurdles, de‑risking financing and accelerating connection agreements in SA’s congested queue
Signals policy preference for storage‑paired builds, unlocking debt and CIS/other tender eligibility by showing compliant hybrids can earn stacked revenues (energy arbitrage, FCAS, caps) without exacerbating constraints
Validates grid-supportive designs (advanced plant controllers, reactive power, ramp-rate discipline, ride‑through) that AEMO/ElectraNet can rely on, enabling more flexible constraint settings and higher hosting capacity
Encourages adoption of grid‑forming inverters and/or synchronous condensers funded within project CAPEX, addressing system strength and inertia locally so new capacity doesn’t wait on network‑only fixes
Provides a template for environmental and technical conditions that other SA projects can mirror, shortening approvals and reducing appeals that stall shovel‑ready hybrids
Aligns project timelines with near‑term interconnector and transmission augmentations (e.g., Project EnergyConnect), letting batteries mitigate congestion pre‑upgrade and export once new capacity arrives
Demonstrates batteries can charge through minimum‑demand periods to absorb rooftop PV surpluses, cutting curtailment and enabling additional daytime solar builds without overloading the grid
Offers local voltage and fault‑level support, which can ease constraints on nearby plants and lift regional hosting capacity beyond the single project footprint
Shows practical pathways to procure long‑lead electrical gear (e.g., prefabricated substation packages), reducing outage windows and unlocking staged energization in constrained corridors
Improves bankability via credible evening‑peak delivery, letting retailers and large users contract firmed output, which in turn underwrites more solar‑plus‑storage in weak parts of the network
Supplies operational data to AEMO for updating constraint equations and inertia/strength models, potentially relaxing conservatism that has capped new SA connections
Builds social licence through enforceable noise, glare, biodiversity, and recycling measures, lowering local resistance that has delayed grid‑supportive storage in high‑penetration zones
Dec 2, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Australia, South Australia, Oceania, permitting, Zen Energy
Iberdrola to Replace Australia CEO; Rolfe Stays Chair
SA said it will overhaul leadership at its Australian unit at the end of 2025, with Ross Rolfe stepping down as chief executive while remaining chairman of
Oct 22, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Iberdrola, Australia, Oceania
Luminous Energy eyes 1.2GW pipeline as works start on ‘springboard’ Australia project
Energy has commenced connection works on its 162MWac solar farm in Australia, with the developer eyeing up 1.2GW of works across multiple
Oct 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Grids, UK, Australia, Europe, utility-scale, Oceania, PWC, luminous energy, grid connection, Paul Chivers
Juwi to construct renewable resource center in local Western Australia
generation solution for the town of Esperance in south-eastern Western Australia. The crossbreed job will certainly feature a 4 MW solar ranch alongside two
May 29, 2020 // Large-Scale, Storage, Grids, Australia, Oceania, juwi
Australia backs 26GW wind and solar-powered environment-friendly hydrogen center
Australian federal government has fast-tracked the globe's biggest environment-friendly hydrogen as well as ammonia production facility-- a 26GW wind and solar
Oct 23, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, hydrogen, Oceania
Rio Tinto Partners with European Energy for Australia's Largest Solar Farm
mining company Rio Tinto for the Upper Calliope solar project in Queensland, Australia. The agreement ensures that all energy generated from the 1.3 GWp solar farm
Jan 24, 2024 // Plants, Australia, Oceania, PV Power Plant, Rio Tinto
3 GW of Rooftop Solar in 2020, And a Grid Headache for Australia
the development in solar roof supplies.
The roof success has implied that Australia is on training course to much better India in real installments this year. Not
Sep 8, 2020 // Grids, Rooftop PV, Australia, rooftop PV, Oceania, Clean Energy Regulator, Solar certificates, solar subsidies, STC
Sungrow to Supply Solar + Storage Project For Australia's 100 MWh Project
its 100MWac Cunderdin Project. Cunderdin lies 150 km east of Perth in Western Australia.
Global Power Generation is Naturgy Energy Group's subsidiary and also
Sep 6, 2022 // Storage, Sungrow, global power generation, BESS Australia, DC-coupled Solar PV and Energy Storage, GPG, holesale Electricity Market, Liquid-Cooled Energy Storage System, PowerTitan, Shawn Shi
Sun Cable closes US$ 150m Series B to fund its 20GW Australia-Singapore subsea cable project
of energy storage that disperses power to Darwin on the north coast of Australia, along with to Singapore via a 4,200 km high voltage straight current (HVDC)
Mar 14, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, storage, Australia, Asia, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, Singapore, Sun Cable, transmission cables, australia singapore power link, northern australia
Tape year forecast for business eco-friendly PPAs in Australia
is according to a brand-new report from Business Renewables Centre Australia (BRC-A), an organisation that intends to simplify the investing in of massive
Dec 4, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, PPA, Australia, Oceania, Darren Miller
AGL to Build Australia's Largest Energy Storage Facility
Energy Ltd-- an Australian incorporated energy generation and also retail company-- has introduced that it has obtained the authorization from the state government
Mar 23, 2022 // Storage, new south wales, BESS, Markus Brokhof, AGL, Hunter Energy Hub, largest battery storage, Liddell Power Station
Juwi to install 6.9-MW solar-battery park in Australia
include a 3-MW/5-MWh battery, incorporated with a 4.5-MW diesel generator.
Australian off-grid independent power provider Energy Dope Pty Ltd (EDL) will certainly
Feb 22, 2021 // Plants, Storage, Australia, Oceania, Juwi Renewable Energy, solar-battery park









