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Australia's Tiwi Islands to host 2.8-GW solar-green hydrogen facility
Australian energy change business Global Energy Ventures (ASX: GEV) last week introduced plans to construct a 2.8-GW solar complicated on the Tiwi Islands off Australia's Northern Territory, to fuel the manufacturing of an on-site green hydrogen center.
Nov 1, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Solar to Fuel, Australia, hydrogen, Oceania, solar-green hydrogen complex, Green Energy Ventures
Australia's Leading Miner Andrew Forrest to Invest $2.2 Billion in RE
Australian iron ore mogul Andrew Forrest has actually revealed that he is investing Australian Dollar $3 billion ($ 2.2 billion) in renewable resource in the island nation. Forrest had introduced previously that he will be investing big on a worldwide green revolution. Most of the projects for RE will certainly be turning up in the Central Queensland region. In the news, Andrew Forrest held that his business-- Squadron Energy-- has obtained the two-stage Clarke Creek project. The project will see the development of a wind, solar and also battery farm development. He additionally said that for the immediate begin of construction related to the projects, agreements are currently issued. " We are buying Clarke Creek not only to harness the renewable power of the wind and sun to energise our homes, our factories as well as our cities, but as a critical step towards damaging our reliance on nonrenewable fuel sources," Forrest said in a statement. The Clarke Wind project is to be established in 2 phases. The company claims that stage among the wind project is anticipated to be fully functional by 2024. Stage 2 will certainly be completed and also practical in 2026. Forrest kept that when the project is full, the wind, solar as well as battery energy thus produced will be enough to power more than 660,000 homes that comprise 40% of total homes in Queensland. The leading iron ore player also added that he intends to transform his flagship firm Fortescue Metals Group Ltd right into the world's biggest green energy group. He is presently the chairman of the company. He has actually set an ambitious target of transforming Fortescue Metals right into a modern startup. The function of the transformation is to create five times a lot more renewable energy than the Australian power grid. The group also wishes to offer hydrogen to the factories and mills of the globe. In his vision, the globe needs at least 5,000 GW of clean energy to arrest climate change difficulties and he is ready to offer resources as well as innovation to produce at least 1000 GW. He added, "We figure if we have the ability to set an instance of a 1,000 GW target after that people will certainly understand that the difficult isn't in fact difficult. We're wishing that firms will enter and also intensely compete with us, as well as perhaps even test and beat us, however what will occur because process is international warming will slow and also at some point stop. That's our mission."
Mar 2, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, clean energy, Australia, Oceania, Andrew Forrest, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Fortescue Metals Group, Clarke Wind project, Squadron Energy
DuPont on the hunt for Aussie field survey partners
of understanding PV system failures. Is it currently collecting data from the Australian marketplace for its Global Field Survey? And what is it revealing?
Oct 16, 2019 // Solar, China, Asia, Hong-Jie Hu, DuPont
Singapore's athein targets 2-GWp solar portfolio by 2030
the following three years to fund its pipe of solar and also wind power in Australia, India, the Philippines, and
Apr 7, 2023 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Asia, Singapore
FRV re-finances 56-MW solar park in New South Wales
Moree photovoltaic (PV) park is part of Fotowatio Renewable Ventures Australia's portfolio, which FRV possesses along with Omers Facilities. The Canadian
Nov 15, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, new south wales, frv, Solar Park
RWE wins German solar tender
Wünschel, chief executive for onshore wind and solar in Europe & Australia at RWE Renewables stated: "The success of the auction offers us tailwind for
Dec 7, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, tender, Europe, rwe
Ideematec materials tracking systems for 100 MW Agri-PV project portfolio to France
has thus far provided its radar to projects in Jordan (250 MW), Australia (350 MW) and also Spain (200 MW), among others. AMDA Energía is a
Mar 18, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, France, Germany, Europe, Ideematec GmbH, Agri-Photovaltaik project
FRV kicks off commercial procedures at 115-MW Aussie solar park
facility will certainly run under a power acquisition arrangement (PPA) with Australian power merchant Snowy Hydro. Fotowatio Renewable Ventures Australia is
Sep 13, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, Oceania, frv, Fotowatio Renewable Ventures, PV Power Plant
SUSI Partners wraps up storage spree
of grid-scale as well as behind-the-meter properties in Canada, the UK, Australia as well as The Golden State, the United States. The fund's latest financial
Oct 12, 2021 // Storage, USA, Canada, Europe, North America, Northern Ireland, England, SCOTLAND, SUSI Partners, SESF
FTC Solar to ship trackers for APA's 88-MW solar project in Queensland
manufacturer claimed that it will supply its 2P Voyager+ trackers to Australian energy framework company APA Group (ASX: APA), which will certainly use them for a
Feb 7, 2022 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, queensland, ftc solar, Solar Project, Sean Hunkler
Japan's Eneos invests in 57 MW of solar plants
part in the solar energy generation service in the United States as well as in Australia, Eneos kept in
Mar 11, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Japan, Asia, PV Power Plant, Eneos
WoodMac: Bifacial solar poised to surge ten-fold by 2024
trade tariffs have seen US modules become 40-50% pricier than in Europe and Australia, Trump’s Section 201 levy exemption for bifacial will “profoundly” sway US
Sep 25, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, Wood Mackenzie, China, pv power plants, bifacial, Asia, North America, Xiaojing Sun
Australia’s Horizon to replace overhead network with solar and batteries
Australia’s government-owned utility Horizon Power has become the first in the nation to remove parts of its overhead network and replace them with an off-grid
Oct 4, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Storage, Australia, Oceania, aemc, Horizon, Stephanie Unwin
Plans accepted for greatest battery storage system in Victoria
Australian solar and currently storage programmer, Maoneng, claimed on Wednesday that the $190 million Mornington battery energy storage system (BESS) had actually received development authorization as well as was on track for completion in mid-2023. The standalone BESS will be located alongside AusNet's existing Tyabb substation, regarding 67km east of Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula, where Maoneng says is will certainly satisfy fluctuations in demand driven by seasonal tourist. Maoneng states the Mornington battery will attract as well as keep energy from the grid during off-peak durations and also dispatch it back to the grid during times of peak need, producing power for the matching of 40,000 average Australian homes. When constructed, the Mornington BESS is on track to presume the mantle of the greatest grid-connected battery in Victoria, exceeding Neoen's 300MW/450MWh Victorian Big Battery, near Geelong which kicked right into full equipment in the initial week of December, 2021. Yet it is unlikely to hold that title for long, with new and also progressively big storage projects emerging in the state's development pipe regularly. One of these, a substantial hybrid renewables as well as storage project proposed last year by UK-based RES for near Stawell, is slated to consist of a 400MW/1200MWh big battery. And simply last month, Australia's Syncline Energy introduced plans for a 600MW, four-hour battery storage facility in Victoria, once again upping the ante over what may be the greatest battery project in the state, or perhaps the nation. Syncline suggests the 600MW/2,400 MWh Melton Renewable Energy Hub to be located next to the Sydenham terminal station owned and also run by network firm Ausnet, where it will link right into the state's main 500kV transmission foundation. For the Mornington BESS, Maoneng says the following step is to lock in an engineering, purchase, as well as construction professional-- a decision the business wishes to reveal in coming weeks. " The Mornington BESS will certainly be an important piece of regional facilities that will certainly profit the local economic climate in a number of means," stated Maoneng co-founder and CEO Morris Zhou, in a declaration on Wednesday. " It will aid secure the network as well as manage durations of peak demand when regional companies and households actually require trustworthy electrical energy. " There are also commercial possibilities throughout building and construction, as well as extra work with the supply chain will begin quickly as our service provider comes on board and also starts the procedure of hiring people, firms and also devices providers as the project rises to speed." Maoneng's Australian portfolio includes nearly 300MW of solar capacity from the Sunraysia Solar Farm in NSW and the Mugga Lane Solar Park in the ACT. The firm is likewise in the process of constructing greater than 1,800 MWh of utility-scale battery energy storage system projects throughout Australia, including the Gould Creek Battery Energy Storage System, north-east of Adelaide in South Australia. That project, which safeguarded state advancement authorization in October last year, will certainly be sized at a 225MW/450MWh, offering 2 hrs storage and outdoing the recently expanded Hornsdale Power Reserve-- Australia's initial big battery-- which is currently rated at 150MW/194MWh. Various other recently introduced big battery plans for Victoria consist of the Hazelwood Battery-- a 150MW/150MWh center being recommended by French energy giant Engie and Macquarie's Green Investment Group at the site of the currently closed brownish coal generator. Building and construction has actually currently begun on that particular project, which will be built and maintained over a 20-year period by US-based Fluence, utilizing-- for the first time in Australia-- its sixth-generation Gridstack product as well as its AI-enabled bidding system. AGL has prepare for a 200MW/800MWh battery at the site of its Loy Yang A brownish coal generator, and also Tilt (now had by PowAR) is looking at a similar sized battery in other places in the Latrobe Valley, as is EnergyAustralia, which is talking of a 350MW/1,400 MWh big battery to help replace the Yallourn generator.
Jan 20, 2022 // Storage, Victoria, Australia, Oceania, Morris Zhou, Maoneng
GIG, Shell Energy To Deliver 200MW Australian Energy Storage System
aiming to support the safe, safe and secure and also reliable procedure of Australia's power system. Through an offtake agreement, Shell Energy will certainly have
Apr 3, 2023 // Storage, Green Investment Group, Shell Energy, Fluence, GIG, Greg Callman, Battery Energy Storage System, Greg Joiner, Macquarie Asset Management, BESS in Cranbourne, Perfection Private, Rangebank BESS, Shell Energy Operations, Victoria BESS