Solar

Professor Jai Singh has been recognised for his work on solar cell research in his role at Charles Darwin University...

Energy Networks Australia and the Australian Energy Market Operator are seeking to engage the public in consultation on how to...

The Australian Government has implemented a new rule that ensures that householders are not being overcharged for their energy usage....

The Victorian State Government has launched the Victorian Energy Policy Centre (VEPC) in Melbourne. Minister for Energy Lily D’Ambrosio launched...

Professor Martin Green has won the Global Energy Prize for his achievements in research and technology in solar photovoltaics. The...

Terrain Solar (Terrain), together with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), have agreed to sell a sizeable solar farm to the University of Queensland...

Two new major projects have been announced, with APA Group set to extend the existing Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in...

by Louis Brailsford, Energy Advisor, The Climate Council Australia is currently enjoying an energy storage boom. In 2017, Australians installed...

Energy Networks Australia has released the national Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Grid Connections Guidelines and Principles to support the fair...

The world’s leading manufacturer for solar inverters, the SMA Group, has collaborated with Wilson Transformer Company to develop a range...

By Ivor Frischknecht, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Renewable Energy Agency. In the decades to come, it is increasingly clear that much...

Latrobe Council has approved the Wesley Vale Solar Farm, near Devonport, that will supply 12.5MW of renewable energy to the...

The Queensland Government has commissioned a $29 million solar farm in Longreach, taking it a step closer to becoming Australia’s...

by Robert Pritchard, Executive Director, Energy Policy Institute of Australia There is much community dismay at Australia’s failure to meet...

Construction has started on Queensland's newest 121MW Yarranlea solar farm, west of Toowoomba. Energy Minister, Dr Anthony Lynham, said “The...

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is providing funding for a feasibility study on the use of solar gardens in...

Powerlink’s 130MW Clare Solar Farm near Ayr in Queensland has started supplying electricity to the grid, and the Haughton Solar...

ARENA will provide funding for a project to develop a sustainable solution to the problems of water supply and bottled...

New figures released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) have revealed that the renewable energy industry created more than...

Energy laws in Queensland will be reviewed to accommodate new energy storage systems, remote-controlled home energy and customers who are...

The consortium behind the plan to create the Asian Renewable Energy Hub (AREH) in Western Australia’s Pilbara region in is...

A new one-megawatt solar farm is now online, sending power to the nearby Barwon Water Black Rock water reclamation plant....

SIMEC ZEN Energy and NEOEN have signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together to develop, operate and...

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will conduct an Australian-first trial of drinking water systems that produce clean drinking water...

ARENA will provide $370,000 in funding for a feasibility study into a ‘virtual microgrid’ for the Latrobe Valley. The $775,000...

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will provide $289,725 in funding for Canberra-based ECLIPS Engineering to design, manufacture and test...

Genex Power has signed a deal to secure the land option to develop a wind farm project up to 150MW...

A international energy company has been selected to transform 1250 hectares of underutilised state-owned land at Aldoga in Queensland into...

The Western Australian Government has approved a joint venture with Synergy, infrastructure investment company DIF and Australian industry super fund...

The Etheridge Shire Council has given development approval (DA) for stage two of the Kidston solar project (K2-Solar). The DA...