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Lodestone Energy has been granted consent to build three solar power plants in New Zealand's South Island. The Clandeboye, Mount Somers, and Dunsandel plants will

Solar South West, Lodestone Energy will be developing nine solar parks across New Zealand. The projects are estimated to generate 500 GWh of electricity annually,

a NZD 267 million loan to support a 168-MWdc solar project in Christchurch, New Zealand. The financing was underwritten by Westpack New Zealand, China

government's Future Fund, has actually seized Tilt's Australian subsidiaries. New Zealand-based power merchant Mercury NZ Ltd, on the other hand, has actually gotten

APAC and Far North Solar Farm (FNSF) have secured debt financing from Westpac New Zealand for 180 MWp of solar projects in New Zealand. This financing is part of

Oscar, a renewable energy-focused fund manager, has acquired New Zealand-based solar power developer Ranui Generation for approximately USD 135 million. Ranui

New Zealand looks set to join the countries tapping into floating solar worldwide via a new, city-based scheme, sponsored by a utility duo. Electricity and water providers Vector Group and Watercare announced today they will deploy in Auckland what they claim is New Zealand’s first ever floating solar farm. The installation planned at the Rosedale wastewater treatment pond, to the northwest of New Zealand’s largest city, will reach “megawatt-scale” proportions, the utilities explained. Contacted by PV Tech this morning, neither firm had shed light on the project’s exact installed capacity figure – nor the installation's design – by the time this article was published. According to their statement, the 2,700-plus-panel plant will supply a nearby wastewater treatment plant, helping power the pumping and aeration of the bacteria that break down the waste. Watercare, the document goes on to say, will finance and accommodate the unit while Vector’s PowerSmart division will take care of deployment itself. New Zealand's 11GW solar potential Once up and running, the floating plant is designed to bring annual CO2 emission savings of 145 tonnes, equal to taking 66 cars off New Zealand’s roads. The project is being touted as the largest solar installation, floating or otherwise, to be proposed in the Oceanic island state to date. Nation-wide installed PV capacity was said by IRENA to sit at around 80MW last year. In an update in February this year, state-run grid agency Transpower said a market of 11GW is possible if PV was rolled out across all residential households. Speaking after the new floating scheme was unveiled, Vector Group's CEO Simon Mackenzie commented: “Even larger systems are already common overseas and with reports out of Australia of costs as low as 4-5c per kWh, when that scale arrives here we’ll see solar’s real potential to set a new cap on the wholesale market which over the past few days has been around double that." The Auckland scheme sees New Zealand add its name to an already budding global floating PV scene, currently growing from the 1.1GW market size recorded last year by the World Bank. Countries marking project milestones so far in 2019 include India (100MW), Singapore (50MW), Thailand (45MW), South Korea (25MW), Malawi (20MW) Portugal (4MW), the Seychelles (3.5-4MW) and Dubai.

storage system for a 100-MW/200-MWh project at the Huntly Power Station in New Zealand. This facility is set to enhance the country's largest thermal power complex

in the future. The highest efficiency value is forecasted for such regions as New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Northern and Central Europe, as well as North

of Cambridge, in a global collaboration with specialists from Canada, Belgium, New Zealand, and also China, have actually discovered a new means to allow faster

New Zealand's biggest and also only floating solar array has begun operations at Rosedale Wastewater Treatment Plant in among the Northern suburbs of Auckland, Albany. The 1MW range, which covers one hectare of water surface area, includes greater than 2,700 photovoltaic panels and also is forecasted to produce 1,486 MWh of clean power yearly. That amounts the amount of power required to run 200 homes for a year. The electricity will be utilized for pumping water and freshening the all-natural microorganisms that break down the waste as part of the therapy procedure. The one-hectare range is forecast to decrease carbon dioxide emissions by 145 tonnes yearly, assisting Aukland accomplish its environment adjustment objectives. New Zealand's largest and just floating solar array has started operations at Rosedale Wastewater Treatment Plant in among the Northern suburban areas of Auckland, Albany. The 1MW range, which covers one hectare of water surface, includes more than 2,700 solar panels and is predicted to create 1,486 MWh of tidy power each year. That is equivalent to the quantity of power required to run 200 homes for a year. The electrical power will be utilized for pumping water as well as aerating the natural microorganisms that break down the waste as part of the therapy process. The one-hectare array is forecast to reduce co2 discharges by 145 tonnes every year, aiding Aukland accomplish its environment adjustment goals.

annually.The construction contractor for the project is Beon Australia & New Zealand, with Longi Asia-Pacific providing the technology. The Girgarre solar park,

It is backed by a power purchase agreement (PPA) between Sunergise New Zealand Ltd and also Tonga Power Ltd The conclusion of the project was first delayed

programmer Harmony Energy has actually been given the green light to establish New Zealand's largest solar farm, a 147MW project in Waikato. The country's Environmental

some 290 GWh annually and turn into one of the biggest such power plants in New Zealand, according to the Airport. Christchurch Airport chief executive officer