At the recent World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, Octopus Energy’s founder and CEO Greg Jackson urged market participants in the renewable energy sector to tap low-cost renewables to drive both clean energy adoption and acceptance. His speech was part of IRENA’s Innovation Day at WFES on January 14, 2025 and set the scene for a subsequent panel discussion on the topic “Digitalization to support the 3x Renewables Goal.”| pv magazine International
Renewables investment firm Octopus Australia has received planning approval from a local government body for its 500 MW / 1 GWh Blackstone battery energy storage system located 40 km southwest of Brisbane.| pv magazine Australia
Renewables investment firm Octopus Australia’s 128 MWh DC-coupled Fulham hybrid battery project and 80 MW solar farm have been granted a technical greenlight from AEMO.| pv magazine Australia
Construction of the 350 MW Blind Creek solar farm and large-scale battery energy storage project planned for southeast New South Wales is set to begin next year with renewables developer Octopus Australia announcing the state government has now granted planning approval.| pv magazine Australia
Six new solar farm projects totalling 623 MW of renewable capacity and four big batteries delivering up to 365 MW and 600 MWh of new energy storage have been given the tick of approval by the Victorian government as it looks to meet its target of powering all its operations with clean energy by 2025.| pv magazine Australia
Spanish group Gransolar says its construction subsidiary GRS has landed the contract to build the 171 MW Carwarp Solar Farm in Victoria, its 14th large-scale project in the Australian market.| pv magazine Australia
Finland’s Wartsila Energy has been engaged by EnergyAustralia to supply and commission the battery system for the 350 MW / 1,400 MWh Wooreen energy storage project being developed in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley.| pv magazine Australia
