The South Australian Produce Market will install 1600 solar panels and a large lithium-ion battery on its facility at...
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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,...
Support given for new solar tariffs in Victoria
Energy Journalist, , Electricity, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0The Alternative Technology Association (ATA) has expressed its support for new solar feed-in tariffs expected to be introduced in...
Registrations open for Australia’s largest smart energy conference
Lauren Cella, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, IOT, News, Policy, Renewable Energy, Smart Energy, Solar, 0It’s a new year, and the solar and storage industry is already gearing up for The Smart Energy Conference...
PV popularity hits all time high
Energy Journalist, , Electricity, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0Australian rooftop PV recorded the greatest ever annual installed capacity at 1,079MW in 2017. Together with installations sized over...
$800 million wind farm proposed for QLD
Elisa Iannunzio, , Batteries & Storage, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Wind, 0An Australian renewable energy company has lodged a state development application for an $800 million project, proposing a wind...
Cost of renewable power generation declining
Elisa Iannunzio, , News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, Wind, 0According to a new report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the cost of generating power from...
Northam Solar Farm reaches new milestone
Elisa Iannunzio, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind, 0Progress continues on the largest solar project under construction in Western Australia with the completion and execution of the...
UNSW Sydney signs world first solar energy agreement
Energy Journalist, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0The UNSW Sydney has signed a 15-year offsite solar PV corporate power purchase agreement (Solar PPA) with two energy...
Key milestone for solar thermal power station
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0SolarReserve has received development approval for its Aurora Solar Energy Project, a key milestone required to build the landmark...
The popularity of solar power smashed records with a huge spike recorded in small-scale technology certificate (STC) creation in...
ARENA funds solar cell research
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has distributed $29.2 million in funding to advance 22 solar cell research projects...
Funding boost for world-leading solar research
Energy Journalist, , News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has awarded $29.2 million in funding to 20 research projects to propel the...
First sod turned at Kennedy Energy Park
Elisa Iannunzio, , Batteries & Storage, Civil Construction, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind, 0Construction has started on the $150 million Kennedy Energy Park near Hughenden in North Queensland with the first sod...
New Hybrid Energy Hub for Flinders Island
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Wind, 0Hydro Tasmania has launched a new Hybrid Energy Hub at Flinders Island that will transform the island’s power supply...
Liddell Power Station plans revealed
Elisa Iannunzio, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Gas, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0AGL has outlined plans to repurpose Liddell Power Station beyond its 2022 closure. The New South Wales Generation Plan...
International Solar Alliance formed
Elisa Iannunzio, , Batteries & Storage, Company news, Hydro Power, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Smart Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0Australia has joined in the formal creation of the International Solar Alliance. Led by India and France, members of...
Battery solar project set for NSW
Elisa Iannunzio, , Batteries & Storage, Company news, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0Two companies have entered into an exclusive Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to design and construct a 250MW solar PV...
Kidston solar project generates first revenue
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, 0The Kidston Solar stage one project has generated its first revenue following successful transformer energisation. Electricity produced from the...
Four new energy project investments for SA
Elisa Iannunzio, , News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0The South Australian Government has announced four new proposals will receive support through the $150 million Renewable Technology Fund....
Virtual big battery turned on in Canberra
Elisa Iannunzio, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Smart Energy, Solar, 0Reposit Power and ActewAGL Distribution have switched on a virtual big battery as more than 250 households in Canberra...
Carnegie Clean Energy’s 10MW Northam Solar Farm in Western Australia is underway with the selection of co equity investors...
NT releases roadmap to renewable energy report
Elisa Iannunzio, , Batteries & Storage, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, 0The Northern Territory Government has released it’s Roadmap to Renewables report, which sets out a credible path for the...
Australia’s largest single-site solar panel installation in operation
Energy Journalist, , Electricity, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0Charles Sturt University (CSU) has completed Australia's largest single-site solar panel installation which will provide 20 per cent of...
Solar energy to power water reclamation plant
Energy Journalist, , News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0Stage one of a $3.4 million solar project is now underway at Black Rock in Victoria that will see...
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