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ARENA financing enables New South Wales battery project to meet 300MWh ambition
Freshly revealed financing support from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is enabling the development of an intended large-scale battery project in New South Wales.
Jul 11, 2022 // Storage, Australia, NEM, Oceania, new south wales, ARENA, edify
South Korean Solar Giant Leaps into U.S. Production
Discover the significance of South Korean company Qcell's historic solar investment in Dalton, Georgia and the resulting economic impact on the U.S. solar industry, including incentives from the federal government and potential competition from overseas imports.
Oct 19, 2023 // Manufacturing News, USA, South Korea, Asia, North America, Qcell
Scatec Reaches Financial Close on 273MW South African Solar
Scatec Solar has closed financing on 3 Grootfontein solar projects in South Africa with a combined capacity of 273MW. Construction to begin Q1 of 2024 and estimated to power 100,000 households. Financed by equity and $241m of project finance debt.
Jun 30, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Scatec, Africa, South Africa, PV Power Plant
South African Prepaid Startup WiSolar Plans Preliminary Fund Raise
Firm to companion with property programmers on solar energy
WiSolar set up 9 megawatts of power, enough for 3,000 homes
Jan 12, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, South Africa, WiSolar
Amp Energy plans 1.3 GW of solar at South Australia renewables hub
Canada-based renewables firm Amp Energy will certainly develop a portfolio of large-scale PV projects and battery energy storage space systems as part of an AU$ 2 billion (US$ 1.55 billion) hub in South Australia.
May 5, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Australia, hydrogen, Oceania, AMP Energy, Dean Cooper
South African Miner Harmony Gold To Add 30 MW Solar For Cleaner Mining
The action plan is split right into 3 components: Phase I, Phase II and Phase III. Phase I has mandated the business to start building of 3 × 10 MW solar energy plant in Free State area where the approximated generation is more than 68 GWh annually.
Jun 6, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Blockchain, solar PV plant, esg, ESG goals, Free state region, Harmony Gold, Peter Steenkamp
New South Wales Opens 1-GW Tender for Long-Duration Storage Capacity
AEMO Services has launched a tender to contract 1 GW of long-duration energy-storage capacity across New South Wales, strengthening grid reliability ahead of looming coal retirements.
May 9, 2025 // Storage, storage, Australia, tender, Oceania, nsw, AEMOServices
Amp Energy closes funding for 120MW solar project in New South Wales
Renewables programmer Amp Energy has safeguarded financing for a 120MW solar setup in the Australian state of New South Wales that is expected to start energisation in early 2022.
Sep 17, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Natixis, Australia, Oceania, AMP Energy, Dean Cooper
100MW energy storage project to be delivered by wartsila in South East Asia
Finnish company Wartsila has secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from an undisclosed company in South East Asia to build a new 100MW / 100MWh energy storage project.
Jan 23, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Asia, Wartsila
South Australia approves first 900-MWh BESS under new HRE Act
Potentia Energy’s 900-MWh battery is the first approved under South Australia’s Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Act, unlocking more headroom for solar on the grid.
Aug 29, 2025 // Storage, Australia, South Australia, Oceania, HRE Act
Aquila Capital forms South Korean JV
Partnership with TopInfra to develop and create wind and solar projects in the country
Apr 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, South Korea, Asia, Aquila Capital, Alexander Lenz, Tristan Jung
State Grid of China, Singapore Power pull out of hybrid renewables and long-duration storage space project in Australia
An energy infrastructure group co-owned by State Grid Corporation of China and also Singapore Power has determined not to buy a hybrid nuclear power plant project in South Australia.
Apr 11, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, South Australia, hybrid power plant, State Grid of China, Singapore Power, Matt Squire
Engie Scraps 220 000-Panel Solar Farm After New South Wales Backlash
French utility Engie has withdrawn its 220 000-panel solar project in New South Wales after residents objected to visual, environmental and land-use impacts.
May 19, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Engie, new south wales, solar farm, Community Opposition
Energy Consultancy ABL Group to Assess 2 GW RE in South Africa
ABL claimed that about 1.5 GW of the energy yield assessment job is associated with nine potential solar PV developments in South Africa.
The continuing to be 500 MW is for 2 prospective onshore wind farms.
Sep 27, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Wind Energy, wind power, REIPPPP, ABL, Anne Myers, Oliver Davies, OWC, Saldanha Bay Industrial Development Zone
New South Wales removes 300-MW solar project by FRV
The New South Wales federal government has given the thumbs approximately a 300-MW solar project proposed by the Aussie system of Spain-based Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV).
Nov 30, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, new south wales, Fotowatio Renewable Ventures, Solar Project
