by Matt Power, General Manager, Renewable Energy Target Branch, Clean Energy Regulator As demand for rooftop solar continues to...
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The latest news, views and projects from Australia’s solar energy industry, exploring technologies, policies and their impact on the broader energy industry
Construction has begun on the Glenrowan Solar Farm, which will generate enough energy to power around 45,000 Australian homes. ...
Australia’s most ambitious renewable export project: can it be done?
Energy Journalist, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Features, Renewable Energy, Solar, 0When it was first launched in 2018, Sun Cable’s Australia-Asia Power Link project was touted as the world’s first...
Powering up the first of New England’s 1.5 million solar panels
Holly Tancredi, , Batteries & Storage, Features, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0By Holly Tancredi, Assistant Editor, Energy Magazine The Australian Market Energy Operator (AEMO) recently celebrated one of the best...
Powercor instals its first neighbourhood battery in Melbourne’s West
Tayla Oates, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0Powercor has installed its first neighbourhood battery in Melbourne’s western suburbs, which will be charged by both network electricity...
Wurrumiyanga Solar Infill and Energy Storage Pilot contract awarded
Tayla Oates, , Batteries & Storage, Company news, News, Renewable Energy, Smart Meters, Solar, 0The design and construct contract for the Wurrumiyanga Solar Infill and Energy Storage Pilot project, part of the Northern...
NSW’s $1.5 billion clean energy commitment
Tayla Oates, , Batteries & Storage, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The New South Wales Government is setting up a $1.5 billion Clean Energy Superpower Fund to fast track clean...
WA battery storage system increases rooftop solar access
Tayla Oates, , Batteries & Storage, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0Accessibility of rooftop solar will be increased for over 1000 households and 500 businesses thanks to the completion of...
ARENA approves funding for SA concentrated solar power plant
Tayla Oates, , News, Solar, Spotlight, 0ARENA is delivering $65 million in funding for Vast Solar’s 30 MW/288 MWh concentrated solar power (CSP) plant VS1...
Solar and wind investment jumps 50 per cent in 2022
Tess Macallan, , News, Solar, Spotlight, Wind, 0Australian businesses and households made massive investments in renewable energy in 2022, according to recent data from the Clean...
Network battery to improve energy reliability in Sovereign Hills
Tayla Oates, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0The Sovereign Hills area of Port Macquarie, New South Wales, will have a more reliable energy grid thanks to...
Powercor triples Ballarat Base Hospital’s power supply
Tayla Oates, , Electricity, Energy Efficiency, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0Ballarat Base Hospital’s power supply capacity will be more than tripled, and the surrounding network improved, to support more...
Walla Walla Solar Farm receives $100M from CEFC
Tayla Oates, , Electricity, Energy Efficiency, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has committed $100 million of funding to the 300MW Walla Walla Solar Farm...
Antaisolar to supply 2p tracker for agrivoltaics farm in Guangxi, China
Tess Macallan, , Company news, Solar, Sponsored Editorial, 0With a wealth of experience in solar and agriculture, Antaisolar won the bid to provide 2p trackers for the...
The next generation of solar technologies
Energy Journalist, , Features, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0The Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics discusses their recent funding support, their research work into cell technology that will...
Australia’s energy future is renewable and it’s here. Are you ready?
Holly Tancredi, , Renewable Energy, Retail, Solar, Sponsored Editorial, 0Year on year, the percentage of renewable energy entering the Australian electricity market is growing, and these figures are...
Managing solar waste: getting ahead of the challenge
Energy Journalist, , Features, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0By 2030, solar panels are expected to create a cumulative waste volume of more than 500,000 tonnes. To avoid...
Mannum Solar Farm Stage 2 expansion underway
Holly Tancredi, , News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 2New bifacial panels, inverters, and a single-axis tracking system will be installed as part of Epic Energy’s Stage Two...
The future of Australia’s solar market
Holly Tancredi, , Renewable Energy, Retail, Solar, Sponsored Editorial, 0Risen Energy Australia (REA) CEO, Archie Chen, discusses past achievements and future challenges at the solar panel manufacturer, including...
200MW Blue Grass solar farm launches in QLD
John Thompson, , Company news, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0A new 200MW solar farm has been officially launched in Queensland’s Western Downs by global renewable energy company X-ELIO....
Solar panel funding for Bass Coast projects
John Thompson, , News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0The Victorian Government’s Community Climate Change and Energy Action Grants will deliver $33,000 in combined funding to four community...
Neoen, BHP sign 70MW renewable energy baseload contract
Stephanie Nestor, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Wind, 0Operations at BHP’s Olympic Dam in South Australia will be powered by the Goyder South wind farm and Blyth...
CEFC invest $75M toward 8GW clean energy debt raise
John Thompson, , News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Wind, 0The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will invest $75 million toward Australian renewable energy assets, in support of renewables...
Weather resilient backup power systems, microgrids planned for VIC
Holly Tancredi, , Batteries & Storage, Disaster Management, Electricity, Microgrids, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 1$7.5 million for backup power systems, and $9.8 million for rural microgrids are part of the Victorian Government’s new...
$7M for solar panel efficiency technology
Holly Tancredi, , News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 2The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has announced a $7 million commitment to support the commercialisation of new solar...
Territory-first virtual power plant trial kicks off in Alice Springs
Rebecca Todesco, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0Alice Springs has been selected to test the economic and energy efficiency of a new Virtual Power Plant (VPP)...
The Victorian Government will award $10 million in funding for new solutions to reducing solar panel waste, driven by...
$1.4M funding for floating solar project
Rebecca Todesco, , News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Federal Government has announced $1.4 million of funding for the installation of Australia’s largest floating solar array, which...
WA contracts DER suppliers for $35.5M solar project
John Thompson, , News, Projects, Solar, Spotlight, 0The Western Australian Government has contracted Evergen and Rheem to supply third-party distributed energy resources (DER) for its $35.5...
AGL in partnership for 5.2GWH microgrid
Rebecca Todesco, , Energy Efficiency, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0A partnership between AGL and Cadell Orchards will see the construction of a new 5.2GWh microgrid to power irrigation...
Farewell, Liddell: AGL’s renewable pledge
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