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Move to ‘grid of the future’ or risk solar fallout, Australia told
A failure to design an energy system fit for the 21st century could put Australia’s clean energy transition at risk, the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has warned.
Sep 26, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, Australia, AEMO, Oceania, aemc, mlf, John Pierce
FRV Australia's 90-MW NSW solar farm reaches complete procedure
International sustainable energy developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) introduced on Tuesday that its 90-MW (AC) Sebastopol solar farm in New South Wales, Australia, has meet the demands to begin business procedure and also is currently totally up and running.
Mar 22, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, Oceania, fotowatio, PV Power Plant, solar farm
Australian billionaires back an Australia-Singapore power supply gigaproject
Two famous billionaires from Australia have been announced to invest dozens of millions of dollars in a development of a 10-gigawatt solar park with 20-30-gigawatt-hours of battery storage, with power supply destination in Singapore.
Nov 22, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Australia, Oceania, Andrew Forrest, Mike Cannon-Brooks, Sun Cable
ARENA to support Australian microgrids with brand-new funding
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has released an AU$ 50 million (US$ 36 million) programme to support microgrid pilot projects and also enhance the reliability of electrical energy supply across regional Australia.
Sep 28, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Policy, Australia, Oceania, microgrid, ARENA, Microgrids, off-grid
Neoen Completes Financing for 300 MW Victorian Big Battery in Australia
Neoen has introduced that it has attained financial close on the Victorian Big Battery, a 300 MW/ 450 MWh battery storage space center in Victoria
Mar 1, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, TESLA, Victoria, Australia, neoen, Oceania, Ian Learmonth
Australia to redirect $337.8m in aid to Pacific neighbors for renewables
In anticipation of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in Tuvalu this week, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is set to announce A$500 million ($337.75 million) in foreign aid to partnering Pacific nations in the form of a climate change and oceans funding package for renewable energy investment and climate resilience.
Aug 13, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, Australia, Pacific Islands Forum, Scott Morrison, Frank Bainimarama
Neoen finishes development of Tesla Big Battery in Australia
Neoen has successfully expanded the Hornsdale Power Reserve, or else called the Tesla Big Battery, in Australia. If screening works out, Hornsdale can start to function with a broadened remit of artificial inertia solutions, which might have a huge influence on regulatory modifications.
Sep 3, 2020 // Storage, TESLA, Australia, neoen, Oceania, ARENA, Darren Miller, Louis de Sambucy
Government-backed solar farm to help power Australia mining hub
An 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 by renewables during the day.
Oct 20, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, pv power plants, solar pv, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, mining, Darren Miller, baywa r.e., decarbonisation
New 3.6 GW PV-powered hydrogen project announced in Australia
Austrom Hydrogen, a novice to the Australian renewable energy scene, has actually introduced strategies to create a huge solar project, battery storage system, and also hydrogen generation center in Queensland.
Jun 10, 2020 // Plants, Australia, Oceania, Austrom Hydrogen, Tonny Jorgensen
Western Australia's multi-gigawatt green hydrogen huge edges forward
Western Australia has actually approved environmental approval for the initial 15GW phase of a renewable energy hub focused on environment-friendly hydrogen manufacturing that might eventually reach 26GW of solar as well as wind generation.
Oct 20, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, hydrogen, Oceania, Western Australia, green hydrogen, asian renewable energy hub
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
Built to last: Perovskite solar cells difficult sufficient to match mighty silicon
Researchers at Oxford University and also Exciton Science have shown a new way to produce stable perovskite solar cells, with fewer defects and the possible to lastly rival silicon's durability.
Dec 8, 2022 // Technology, solar cells, perovskite, Oxford University and Exciton Science, Henry Snaith, Udo Bach
Sungrow to Supply Solar + Storage Project For Australia's 100 MWh Project
Sungrow claimed that it will provide 80 units of liquid-cooled Energy Storage space System called PowerTitan. The Cunderdin Project will certainly be the biggest DC-coupled solar PV and energy storage space project in Australia.
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
100% solar-powered floating villa
Australian designer Chuck Anderson's Lilypad is a 100% solar-powered rental property floating off Hand Beach in north Sydney.
Jun 5, 2020 // Technology, Floating PV, Australia, Oceania, Chuck Anderson
Australia passes 25GW of set up PV
Australia has actually hit a historic milestone-- it has gotten to 25GW of set up solar capacity. As the Australian PV Institute kept in mind on Monday, that's more solar per head than anywhere else in the world.
Feb 15, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania