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Australia's first renewable energy area gets 27GW deluge of applications
as well as various other aspects of the effort. In an associated news, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) said it would certainly guide AU$ 5 countless
Jun 24, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Australia, Oceania, new south wales, ARENA, Darren Miller, rez, John Barilaro, renewable energy zone, transgrid
PPA-linked 120 MW solar park goes on the internet in Australia
has actually announced it has actually gotten authorizations from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) as well as TransGrid for full commercial
Aug 11, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, PPA, Australia, Oceania, Rick Francis
A research team from Australia discovers a nanomaterial for sodium-sulfur batteries
and applicable in real life. The R&D was granted by the funds from two Australian (ARENA and ARC) and two Chinese (technology group of Guangdong and NSFC)
Nov 22, 2019 // Technology, Storage, Australia, Oceania, UOW
Australia's AGL prepares restructure to produce 2 separate energy services
which is by far Australia's biggest greenhouse gas emitter, said the retail system would certainly be called "New AGL" and come to be the country's biggest
Mar 31, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, coal, energy transition, utility, Brett Redman, Retail, AGL
Batteries Better Than Gas at Satisfying Australia's Future Peaking Requirements
batteries set you back 30% much less. Since renewable resources' share in Australia's total power generation has actually been increasing in recent times (27.7%
Apr 15, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, clean energy, Australia, Oceania, Clean Energy Council, Kane Thornton, CEC, Australian Energy Market Operator, Battery Storage Over Gas Peakers
J-Power, Fortress collaborate for solar-plus-storage project in Virginia
park in the UK and also the 150-MW Kidston Stage-3 Wind onshore wind park in
Apr 2, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Virginia, solar-plus-storage, North America, Solar Project, J-Power, Fortress
EEW Renewables Revives SPAC Merger Plans for Growth
(IPP), allowing for recurring revenue generation.Focused on Europe and Australia, EEW has developed 1.5 GW of projects and holds a pipeline of 9 GW. CEO Svante
Sep 9, 2024 // Markets & Finance News, SPAC, EEW Renewables
Woodside teams with United States startup to check out solar thermal innovation
Power, an entirely had subsidiary of Australia's biggest independent committed oil as well as gas business, Woodside Oil, has actually provided Heliogen a
Oct 19, 2021 // Technology, Plants, Thermal, USA, Australia, Oceania, North America, Heliogen, PV Power Plant, Bill Gross, Woodside Petroleum
NHOA wins power storage contracts for over 620 MWh in Dec
space, claimed in a statement that the contracts originate from North America, Australia and also Asia. It plans to give further information "in due time". NHOA kept
Jan 3, 2023 // Storage, NHOA
Seraphim indications 150MW wholesale module supply arrangement
"infuse fresh vitality" into the global market. Raystech ships modules to Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and also Europe, and also Seraphim president
Aug 11, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, seraphim, Raystech, module pv, s3 series, wholesale
EEW enter the Swedish PV market to mount 500 MW
the last 10 years the Group has actually installed 1.3 GW in Europe and also
Nov 12, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Sweden, UK, Europe, solar projects, Eco Energy World
Windlab starts Australian PV-wind-battery park following grid delay
renewables developer Windlab has announced that its landmark energy hub in the Australian state of Queensland has been connected to the grid. The Kennedy Energy Hub is
Aug 6, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Grids, storage, Australia, Windlab, Kennedy Energy Hub, grid-scale, Roger Price, Oceania
Major solar project in Victoria panned by state arbitrator
200MW solar project planned for Victoria, southern Australia, has been denied planning permission by the state's planning arbitrator. In its decision, the
Aug 20, 2019 // Plants, Victoria, Australia, pv power plants, VCAT, Bookaar Solar Farm
CSIRO Unveils Beam-Down Solar Reactor, Pushing Green Hydrogen Frontiers
Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has fired up the country’s first “beam-down” solar reactor at its Newcastle Energy Centre—an innovation that captures concentrated sunlight, points it downwards and turns water into green hydrogen in one seamless step.  Conventional tower systems focus heliostat mirrors on a receiver at the top of the tower. CSIRO’s redesign places a secondary mirror there, redirecting the intense beam to ground-level where a fluidised bed of doped ceria particles hits temperatures beyond 1,300 °C. In a two-step redox cycle, the hot material releases oxygen; when steam is injected, it re-oxidises and yields high-purity hydrogen—no fossil fuel heat, no direct carbon emissions. Backed by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and developed with Niigata University, the 250-kW pilot has achieved solar-to-hydrogen efficiencies topping 20 %—roughly triple typical solar-driven electrolysis benchmarks. Researchers say the modular reactor can ramp quickly with cloud cover, making it a fit for iron, steel and alumina producers that struggle to electrify high-temperature processes.  CSIRO chemical engineer Dr Michael Rae calls the demonstration “a critical proof of concept” for exporting sunshine in molecular form: “Beam-down simplifies optics, keeps the chemistry on the ground and paves a path to hundred-megawatt solar-fuel plants.” The team is now logging performance data for a year-long campaign while scouting industry partners to scale a multi-megawatt follow-up.  While green-hydrogen headlines often focus on electrolyser gigafactories, solar-thermochemical routes like beam-down promise deeper cuts in embedded emissions by ditching grid electricity altogether. Analysts at RenewEconomy note that if the pilot meets durability targets, Australia could combine its vast sunbelt, mineral exports and shipping links to Japan and Korea into a new energy trade built on carbon-free molecules rather than LNG. The Newcastle breakthrough comes amid a global race to decarbonise “hard-to-abate” sectors. Europe’s HySys program and U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory are field-testing similar redox cycles, yet CSIRO’s beam-down marks the first fully integrated solar-hydrogen trial at meaningful scale. Commercial-scale units, researchers estimate, could be online before 2030—just in time for steelmakers facing the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and other tightening climate policies.
Jun 18, 2025 // Solar to Fuel, decarbonisation, CSIRO, green-hydrogen, solar-thermal, beam-down
Ingeteam to Power Gentari’s Pioneering NSW Solar-Storage Hybrid by 2027
expert Ingeteam has won the technology package for Maryvale, eastern Australia’s first DC-coupled solar-plus-storage project, marking a breakthrough in
Jul 14, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Australia, Oceania, Ingeteam, Gentari