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GRS turns on 39-MWp solar plant in Australia
Spain-based EPC professional GRS announced on Tuesday it has connected to the grid a 39-MWp photovoltaic (PV) plant in Australia's New South Wales state.
Dec 2, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, Oceania, PV Power Plant, GRS
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
Apple Taps European Energy for Victoria Solar Deal
Apple plugs into Australia’s sun, becoming offtaker for European Energy’s 108‑MWp Lancaster solar project in Victoria, advancing its clean power push and funding new APAC renewables.
Nov 6, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, Apple, Oceania
Australian JV to Build Country's Largest Privately Funded Battery
Engie, Macquarie's Green Investment Group (GIG), as well as Fluence have actually partnered to provide Australia's biggest privately-funded as well as possessed utility-scale battery.
The project will link to existing network framework to support the shift to renewable energy at the website of the previous Hazelwood Power Station in the Latrobe Valley.
Dec 2, 2021 // Storage, Australia, Engie, Oceania, Fluence, GIG, Greg Callman, Aaron McCann, Augustin Honorat, Hazelwood Power Station, Macquarie’s Green Investment Group
Neoen H1 earnings jump as IPP closes in on 5GW portfolio target
Neoen's solar earnings rose by 34% in H1 2020 as the independent power producer (IPP) declared its objective of having 5GW in operation or building and construction by the end of following year.
Jul 29, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, ENERGY STORAGE, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, IPP, neoen, Xavier Barbaro
Australian coal generator undercut by rooftop solar boom
The authorities in Western Australia have revealed that two units at Synergy’s Muja Power Station will be retired from October 2022. The state government said the coal-fired units were only being used about 35% of the time, largely because rooftop solar has reduced demand on the grid.
Aug 7, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Australia, rooftop, installations, Synergy’s Muja Power Station, Marc McGowan, AEMO, Bill Johnston, PV systems, Oceania
Australia’s CEFC teams up with bank to fund solar, EV batteries
Australia’s green bank has found a funding partner for a new programme to support solar and electric vehicle (EV) batteries, days after pledging to back less-mature technologies more decisively.
Aug 14, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, storage, Australia, Clean Energy Finance Corp, rooftop, Oceania
ACE Power Gains Green Light for 200-MW Wheatbelt Solar-Battery Project
ACE Power secures approval for a 200-MW solar farm and four-hour battery near Narrogin, unlocking A$400 million investment and 230 construction jobs in Western Australia.
Jun 25, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, Oceania, Wheatbelt
2020 was best year yet for utility-scale solar
Main figures launched today by Wiki-Solar verify 2020 as an additional record year with over 50 GWAC -- about 65 GWP -- of new utility-scale solar brought online worldwide, taking the collective total amount over 270 GWAC.
Apr 8, 2021 // Market Research, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR
Genesis, FRV End New Zealand Solar Partnership
Genesis Energy Ltd and FRV Australia end solar venture in NZ, halting progress less than a year after launch. Reasons for the split remain undisclosed.
Oct 8, 2025 // Plants, New Zealand, Oceania, FRV Australia, Genesis Energy Ltd
Frontier Energy Boosts Solar Project as WA Exits Coal
Frontier Energy propels Western Australia towards a greener future with its expanded Waroona solar-plus-storage project, replacing coal and gas with sustainable energy solutions.
Oct 8, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Australia, Oceania, Frontier Energy
Queensland switches on large solar farm as NBN signs offtake slice
A 255,000-panel solar farm near Gympie and Maryborough has gone live, with NBN Co buying over 20% of its output via PPA.
Dec 11, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, PPA, Australia, queensland, Oceania, utility solar, NBN
Cannon-Brookes vehicle to buy Sun Cable out of administration
Sun Cable will certainly be gotten by an entity affiliated with Grok Ventures, a financial investment vehicle of Australian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes, as revealed on Friday by the voluntary administrators of the company, namely FTI Consulting.
May 26, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Sun Cable, Cannon-Brookes
Modus Secures Debt for 22-MW Lithuanian Solar
Modus Asset Management secures EUR 14 million from SEB Bank to finance the purchase of a solar portfolio in Lithuania with bifacial photovoltaic panels and single-axis trackers. This acquisition brings Modus' solar portfolio up to 76 MW and is expected to generate 26 GWh of electricity annually.
Nov 23, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, Lithuania, modus
Revolutionary Roll-to-Roll Perovskite Solar Cells Break Efficiency Records
Revolutionary roll-to-roll printed solar cells achieve record efficiency, paving the way for mass production and machine learning integration. Join CSIRO in commercializing this game-changing technology.
Mar 13, 2024 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, efficiency, CSIRO, University of Cambridge









