$7.5 million for backup power systems, and $9.8 million for rural microgrids are part of the Victorian Government’s new...
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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
$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...
Lorraine Khng, the Head of Marketing for Risen Energy Australia, discusses some of the factors contributing to a solar...
Preparing Melbourne’s electricity network for the solar future
Energy Journalist, , Features, Networks, Solar, 0by Jordan Oliver, Media and Public Affairs, United Energy Voltage management has always been a key focus for electricity...
Solar outshines coal with new records for net-zero energy
John Thompson, , News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has observed record production of renewable energy, with rooftop solar at times representing...
Crowdfunding consumers driving clean energy investment
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Features, Renewable Energy, Solar, 1Australia’s 2022 federal election was colloquially named the ‘climate change election’. With the Australian Labor Party, as well as...
Update for large-scale solar project guidelines
Rebecca Todesco, , News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 1The NSW Government has released revisions to its Large-Scale Solar Energy Guidelines which include guidance on key issues such...
Australia’s largest solar farm reaches vital turning point
Rebecca Todesco, , Energy Efficiency, News, Solar, Spotlight, 0In a major breakthrough, Australia’s largest solar farm under construction – the Western Downs Green Power Hub (WDGPH) –...
Investment stage reached for SunCable’s AAPowerLink
Holly Tancredi, , News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0Infrastructure Australia has announced that SunCable’s Australia-Asia PowerLink (AAPowerLink) has met all requirements of the Infrastructure Priority list and...
The Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP) is set to receive up to $45 million in funding from the...
NSW allocates $1.2 billion to fast-track REZs
Mikayla Bridge, , Electricity, Energy Efficiency, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, 0The New South Wales 2022-23 Budget is allotting $1.2 billion to fast-track the construction of Renewable Energy Zones (REZs)...
100 standalone power systems across WA
Annabelle Powell, , Electricity, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, 0Western Australia has reached a milestone, with 100 standalone power systems now deployed across the state’s main electricity grid,...
Solar upgrades for 30,000 NSW households
Stephanie Nestor, , Energy Efficiency, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, 030,000 New South Wales households are set to gain access to solar or energy-saving appliance upgrades under the $128...
Site selected for new neighbourhood battery in Melbourne
Stephanie Nestor, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, News, Solar, 0A site has been selected in Melbourne’s Western Suburbs for the development of a neighbourhood battery on Powercor’s network,...
Virtual power plant to be developed in NT
Stephanie Nestor, , Electricity, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0Alice Springs Future Grid is set to develop the Solar Connect Virtual Power Plant (VPP) that will link solar...
AusNet to connect Glenrowan Solar Farm to grid
Stephanie Nestor, , Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0AusNet Services has been appointed to connect the 125MW Glenrowan Solar Farm in Victoria’s northeast to the grid. When...
From the Northern Territory to Singapore: the Australia-Asia PowerLink
Holly Tancredi, , Electricity, Features, Solar, 1The $30 billion Australia-Asia PowerLink will include the world’s largest solar farm and battery storage facility, as well as...
Cities go solar and fight climate change
Holly Tancredi, , News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The City of Greater Bendigo in Victoria and Stirling in Western Australia are tackling climate change by investing in...
NT facility to test solar inverters
Mikayla Bridge, , Electricity, Energy Efficiency, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0The Alice Springs Future Grid project has partnered with Charles Darwin University (CDU) to test the capacity of solar...
Held on 11–13 May, Intersolar Europe 2022, the world’s leading exhibition for the solar industry, highlighted some of the...
Largest solar, battery and VPP trial for schools announced
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Batteries & Storage, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0Dozens of schools in New South Wales will take part in Australia’s largest school-based trial of solar, battery energy...
Additional clean energy funding for WA schools
Stephanie Nestor, , News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0The second round of Western Australia’s clean energy funding program is now open for schools to apply for solar...
$300 million in VIC 2022/23 Budget for energy
Stephanie Nestor, , News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0The Victorian Government has released its 2022/23 Budget, with $300 million allocated for energy initiatives. As part of the...
The Victorian Government has expanded the eligibility as part of its $1.3 billion Solar Homes program. Victorians, who have...
Antaisolar supplied ground-mounted system for a 14MW solar plant in Japan
Energy Journalist, , Electricity, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sponsored Editorial, 0The recently completed 14MW solar plant located in Fukushima Japan, utilised Antaisolar’s aluminum ground mounting system. As it’s shown...
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