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New South Wales Approves Major Solar-BESS Project
New South Wales greenlights a transformative 100-MW solar park, poised to power 40,000 homes and drive emission reductions with innovative energy solutions.
Sep 16, 2024 // Storage, new south wales
275MW solar-plus-wind-plus-storage superhub approved in South Australia
A monster A$500 million wind-solar-battery facility capable of generating 275MW has been greenlit by the South Australian government.
Aug 7, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Grids, Policy, Solar to Fuel, Australia, solar pv, queensland, neoen, hybrid park, hydrogen, solar-plus-wind-plus-storage, climate council, turbines, Oceania, Solar to Fuel, Solar to Hydrogen, Producing Hydrogen, Hydrogen from renewable, Renewable fuels
New South Wales Opens 1-GW Tender for Long-Duration Storage Capacity
AEMO Services has launched a tender to contract 1 GW of long-duration energy-storage capacity across New South Wales, strengthening grid reliability ahead of looming coal retirements.
May 9, 2025 // Storage, storage, Australia, tender, Oceania, nsw, AEMOServices
South Africa PV industry welcomes 6GW allocation despite time gaps
A decision by South Africa's Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) to allocate 6GW of new large-scale solar over the next decade has been welcomed by the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) for giving a “moderate level of certainty” to the industry.
Oct 22, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, ENERGY STORAGE, Africa, coal, reippp, doe, dmre, embedded generation, sapvia, irp, Wido Schnabel, Niveshen Govender
Ford's Silverton Factory In South Africa Is Getting A Massive 13.5 MW Of Solar PV
The Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa's factory in Silverton, Pretoria, South Africa is obtaining a huge 13. 5 megawatt (MW) solar system. This will certainly make it among the largest solar PV systems mounted at a manufacturing facility worldwide. The system will certainly have solar carports enough to cover 4,200 car parking bays. The PV plant will certainly cost R135 million (US$ 8.7 million). This indicates the grid-tied project will certainly be available in at concerning $0.64/ W, which is pretty impressive for a carport system.
Nov 16, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Africa, Ford Motor Company, solar system
Ausgrid Launches Community Battery in New South Wales
Unlocking the power of community energy storage in North Epping, Ausgrid's innovative project boosts grid reliability and supports sustainable energy solutions.
May 22, 2024 // Storage, new south wales, Ausgrid
Eskom to collectively establish solar projects at South African coal mines
South African utility Eskom has actually authorized a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with mining business Exxaro as well as Seriti Resources to help decarbonise their procedures by releasing solar PV.
Oct 25, 2021 // Plants, Africa, eskom, South Africa, mining, coal mining
National Grid Renewables structure South Dakota's biggest solar project
National Grid Renewables started on-site construction at its Wild Springs Solar Project in Pennington County, South Dakota. Wild Springs, the largest solar power project in South Dakota to date, is a 128-MWAC solar project located in the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) with a 114-MW power purchase agreement (PPA) with Basin Electric Power Cooperative.
Jan 11, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Solar Project, National Grid Renewables
Soltage as well as Basalt invest in 28-MW solar profile throughout three states
for local, commercial as well as residential consumers across Illinois. The South Carolina projects complete 16 MW and also offer power to Duke Energy as part of the
Jul 28, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Basalt, Soltage, Jesse Grossman
iSun wins EPC deal for 448-MW solar portfolio in Alabama
tendering for a 118-MWp solar portfolio spanning 8 sites in North as well as South
Sep 23, 2021 // Plants, USA, EPC, Alabama, North America, solar portfolio, iSun
United States residential solar platform raises US$ 375m for business expansion
Charleston, South Carolina-based business will certainly use the funds to grow its industry of independent specialists and establish its general operating effectiveness
Feb 28, 2022 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, USA, North America, marketplace, software platform, fundraising, palmetto, Chris Kemper
South Africa plans to allocate at least 6 GW of large scale solar by 2030
That would take the country to 8.28 GW of generation capacity by the end of the next decade with the government stating up to 6 GW of small scale capacity could be required on top. By that stage, however, coal would still amount to 43% of generation capacity and gas and diesel a combined 8.1%, under the new Integrated Resource Plan.
Oct 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Africa
South African Miner Harmony Gold To Add 30 MW Solar For Cleaner Mining
The action plan is split right into 3 components: Phase I, Phase II and Phase III. Phase I has mandated the business to start building of 3 × 10 MW solar energy plant in Free State area where the approximated generation is more than 68 GWh annually.
Jun 6, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Blockchain, solar PV plant, esg, ESG goals, Free state region, Harmony Gold, Peter Steenkamp
New South Wales opens call for 8GW renewable resource zone
The New South Wales federal government has actually launched an enrollment of interest procedure for Australia's biggest renewable resource area (REZ), which is anticipated to supply as high as 8GW of capability.
Jun 3, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, ENERGY STORAGE, Australia, Oceania, new south wales, rez, renewable energy zone
South Africa Weighs Mega Renewable-Energy Tender to Curb Outages
Proposal would ask for procurement of 15,000 megawatts
Existing rounds ought to be sped up and also launched by end May
Apr 25, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, tender, Africa, South Africa, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
