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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
Funding available for distributed energy resources
Energy Journalist, , Asset Management, Batteries & Storage, Distributed Generation, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, Wind, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will provide $12.5 million for pilot projects and studies to integrate distributed energy...
Site approved for solar farm development
Energy Journalist, , Asset Management, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0Carnegie Clean Energy has been successful in an application to negotiate a 10MW solar and 10MWh battery site in...
Funding secured for Garden Island Microgrid Project
Energy Journalist, , Asset Management, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0Energy Limited has secured $2.1 million project financing from Commonwealth Bank Australia (CBA) for its Garden Island Microgrid Project,...
QLD schools to cut power bills with solar panels
Energy Journalist, , Asset Management, Electricity, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0The Queensland Government will spend $97 million over three years to help schools in the state cut their combined...
Guidelines to direct solar farm boom in QLD
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, News, Policy, Renewable Energy, Solar, 0New planning and community engagement guidelines are in development to guide Queensland’s solar farm boom. Minister for Natural Resources,...
WA Solar Farm operational
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, 0Western Australia’s Emu Downs Solar Farm has officially opened. Synergy has entered into a power purchase agreement with the...
How viable is concentrated solar thermal technology?
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has released a report outlining how concentrated solar thermal (CST) technology could be...
Funding approved for Newcastle solar farm
Energy Journalist, , News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0The Australia's Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will provide Newcastle City Council with $6.5 million in funding to help...
ACT arboretum goes solar
Energy Journalist, , Asset Management, Batteries & Storage, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0New solar panels and battery storage will be installed at the National Arboretum in Canberra to reduce the ACT’s...
First large-scale solar farm complete in WA
Energy Journalist, , Asset Management, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0Emu Downs Solar Farm in WA is the first of of 12 large-scale solar farms completed under a $92...
Sunny days ahead: emerging solar technologies
Energy Journalist, , Asset Management, Electricity, Features, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0With production costs plummeting and energy efficiency improving, the future of Australia’s solar industry looks bright. Here, we chat to...
Speed, power and mobility key to solar
Energy Journalist, , Asset Management, Civil Construction, Features, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0The Australian utility-scale solar market has been gaining momentum, and increasing competition amongst engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors is...
North Queensland solar farms to connect to the energy network
Energy Journalist, , Batteries & Storage, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0Two new North Queensland solar farms will be connected to the electricity transmission network in March 2018, following the...
World’s first integrated solar pumped hydro project
Energy Journalist, , Asset Management, Features, Hydro Power, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0After Stage One of the Kidston Solar Project began generating its first revenue in November 2017, Genex is now focusing...
Energy storage booms as renewable costs drop
Elisa Iannunzio, , Batteries & Storage, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Smart Energy, Solar, Sustainability, Wind, 0A new report from the Climate Council has found that Australia is on the cusp of a reliable renewable...
First co-located solar and battery facility connected to the grid
Energy Journalist, , Batteries & Storage, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0Australia’s first big solar and big battery storage facility has been connected to the grid in Far North Queensland...
Equis Energy has awarded the contract to build and maintain the Tailem Bend 127MWDC Solar Farm in South Australia....
Australian solar eclipses previous record
Energy Journalist, , Asset Management, Electricity, Features, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0Early estimates suggest that the amount of solar generation last year eclipsed the previous best in 2012 by around...
Storing energy for a sustainable future
Energy Journalist, , Batteries & Storage, Electric Vehicles, Hydro Power, Microgrids, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0Australia’s peak industry event for energy storage, the fifth annual Australian Energy Storage Conference and Exhibition (AES 2018), is coming...
Renewable microgrid contract awarded
Elisa Iannunzio, , Batteries & Storage, Microgrids, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind, 0Western Power has awarded the $6.8 million contract to construct a 100 per cent renewable energy-powered microgrid project for...
SA leading Australia’s energy revolution
Staff Writer, , Batteries & Storage, Hydro Power, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, Wave, 0South Australia has cemented itself as the leading state for renewables and energy storage following the announcement of what...
New renewable projects announced for SA
Energy Journalist, , Hydro Power, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0Tilt Renewables has announced plans to construct two new renewable energy projects for South Australia, including a battery and...
Solar and battery microgrid to power produce market
Energy Journalist, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0The South Australian Produce Market will install 1600 solar panels and a large lithium-ion battery on its facility at...
Research into increasing distributed energy in remote WA networks
Energy Journalist, , Asset Management, Distributed Generation, Electricity, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0Horizon Power will conduct a body of research over the next three years with the aim of increasing distributed...
Electricity grid put under pressure
Energy Journalist, , Asset Management, Electricity, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, 0The spotlight has been put on Australia’s electricity networks following record breaking temperatures and power outages across the country....
All-electric pilot suburb granted waiver
Energy Journalist, , Electricity, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0A Territory Plan waiver has been granted to the Ginninderry project in the ACT, allowing an all-electric pilot project...
World’s largest virtual power plant planned for SA
Energy Journalist, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0The South Australian Government has launched a plan to install solar and battery systems on 50,000 homes across the...
$30 million solar farm proposed near Wee Waa
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, 0Overland Sun Farming has submitted a proposal for a $30 million solar farm near Wee Waa in New South...
Meridian invests in renewables
Elisa Iannunzio, , Company news, Hydro Power, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind, 0Meridian Energy Australia has entered into a $168 million agreement to purchase three hydro power stations from Trustpower and,...
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