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SmartestEnergy Commits to Procure Power from 333-MW Darlington Point Solar Farm
Australian energy retailer SmartestEnergy has committed to procuring 25% of the output from the 333-MW DC Darlington Point solar farm in New South Wales, the largest solar complex in Australia, under a long-term deal with Octopus Australia.
Feb 1, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, Oceania, PV Power Plant, SMARTESTENERGY
Australia Boosts Renewable Target to 40 GW by 2030
Australia boosts its renewable target to 40 GW by 2030, unlocking AUD 73 billion for solar, wind, and storage, aiming for 82% renewable electricity.
Jul 30, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania
AGL, Someva Renewables Partner for Pottinger Energy Park JV
AGL and Someva Renewables team up for Pottinger Energy Park, a massive renewable energy project in NSW set to revolutionize the energy landscape.
Mar 4, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Australia, Oceania, PV Power Plant, AGL, Someva Renewables
Silfab Solar joins elite group in PVEL's '2020 PV Module Reliability Scorecard'
North America-based PV module manufacturer, Silfab Solar ranked in the tiny group of four suppliers that attained 'Leading Performer' status across PV Development Labs (PVEL) 4 historic component dependability examination programs in this year's 2020 PV Module Dependability Scorecard record.
May 28, 2020 // Manufacturing News, pv modules, monocrystalline wafer, North America, pvel, top performer, DNV GL, silfab solar, Paolo Maccario, Tristan Erion-Lorico
Researchers Driving Tandem Solar Cells to Mass Production by Reaching 30% Efficiency
Researchers from Australia and Germany set a new record with a 30.3% efficient perovskite and silicon tandem solar cell, funding by ARENA. Stay up to date with the latest Solar Energy news.
Feb 13, 2023 // Technology, Germany, Australia, Europe, solar cell, Oceania, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, efficiency, Monash University, ANU, Australian National University, Flinders University, University of Sydney
Lightyears Secures Infradebt Deal for Solar Expansion
Lightyears secures refinancing with Infradebt to power up 27 MW of community-scale solar farms, boosting sustainable energy in New Zealand.
Oct 14, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, New Zealand, Oceania, Lightyears
New Zealand airport intends 150-MW solar park as part of wider project
Christchurch Airport in New Zealand's eponymous city is creating a renewable resource park that will initially feature a 150-MW solar energy center, with plans to include battery storage and also green hydrogen capabilities in future.
Dec 3, 2021 // Plants, New Zealand, Oceania, PV Power Plant, Christchurch Airport
Neoen wins bid to build 300MW Oz battery
Energy storage project in Victoria is being provided with Tesla as well as is due online by the end of 2021
Nov 5, 2020 // Storage, TESLA, Victoria, Australia, neoen, Lily D’Ambrosio, Oceania, Louis de Sambucy
Plummeting lithium price will further dent Ganfeng profits
Beijing’s sudden retreat on electric vehicle subsidies in the summer has caused the value of lithium to hit the floor, with disastrous effects on the balance sheets of Chinese companies which had invested big in supply chains to support anticipated huge demand.
Oct 15, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, China, Australia, Asia, Oceania, Ganfeng Lithium
Risen to develop 100-MW/400-MWh battery near Neoen-owned PV park in NSW
China's Risen Energy Co Ltd (SHE:300118) intends to mount a 100-MW/400-MWh battery storage system in New South Wales as well as is currently holding a public exhibition for the project.
Jan 24, 2023 // Storage, neoen, new south wales, Risen
Australia's first renewable energy area gets 27GW deluge of applications
Strategies to establish the initial of 3 'renewable resource areas' (REZ) in the Australian state of New South Wales have seen an overwhelming degree of rate of interest, with an ask for propositions chalking up a nine-fold oversubscription.
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
Swedish-Israeli research group will certainly examine the self-healing abilities of perovskite solar cells
A research collective project involving scientists from Sweden's Karlstad University and also Israel's Ben-Gurion University of the Negev as well as Weizmann Institute of Science will take a look at exactly how perovskite solar cells could recover and self-repair at night.
Jan 9, 2023 // Technology, Sweden, solar cells, Europe, Asia, Israel, perovskite, Karlstad University, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Weizmann Institute of Science, Ellen Moons
Neoen Starts 350-MW Culcairn Solar in NSW
Neoen officially powers up its 350MW/440MW Culcairn solar park in NSW—one of Australia’s biggest PV sites—boosting utility-scale clean energy and accelerating the nation’s renewables growth.
May 7, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, neoen, PV Power Plant
LONGi Group's sales energy of solar modules and mono-wafers continues in Q1
Leading monocrystalline wafer producer and 'Solar Module Super League' (SMSL) participant LONGi Environment-friendly Energy and subsidiary, LONGi Solar, have actually proceeded an unmatched sales run, scratching up very first quarter 2021 profits of RMB15.85 billion (US$ 2.44 billion), its second highest quarterly numbers.
May 5, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, longi solar
BlackRock Real Assets to get PV installer solarZero in New Zealand
A fund taken care of by BlackRock Real Assets has actually entered into a contract to obtain New Zealand-based solar-as-a-service firm solarZero in its initial financial investment in the Pacific Ocean island nation.
Sep 14, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, New Zealand, Oceania, blackrock real assets, solarZero