Australia has recorded its four millionth rooftop solar installation maintaining its status as a world leader, with a total of 25 GW capacity, and which surpasses the amount of coal generation nationwide.| pv magazine Australia
Brisbane Airport has announced it's 100% powered by renewable energy from 10 MW of onsite solar generation sourced via 18,000 solar panels installed across the facility, plus a recent purchase of 100% renewable energy from state-owned generator, Stanwell.| pv magazine Australia
United Kingdom-headquartered renewables developer Harmony Energy has been given the green light for two solar projects in New Zealand that will add almost 150 MW combined capacity to its portfolio.| pv magazine Australia
Renewables developer Lodestone Energy will build a 220 MW solar farm on one of New Zealand’s iconic high-country grazing properties with the landowners targeting the PV facility to help rehabilitate redundant land.| pv magazine Australia
Researchers from four Australian universities have released a new paper questioning why solar microgrids are not ‘the norm’ in remote Central Australia, while energy insecurity prevails in very remote Aboriginal households.| pv magazine Australia
In five key trends, pv magazine looks back over a year that saw PV module prices fall lower than many thought possible, while demand was restrained by grid congestion, among other challenges. Energy storage has had a strong year and geopolitics is seeing solar and battery manufacturing enter new regions as competition drives technical innovation.| pv magazine Australia
South Australian-based space technology company Fleet Space has developed an intelligent platform in communication with a low orbit satellite, that can identify critical minerals and accelerate their extraction for use in clean energy technology.| pv magazine Australia
The commercial arm of Transgrid, Lumea, will connect one of New South Wales' largest solar farms to the grid, providing a major boost to the state’s transition to renewables with enough clean energy to power nearly a quarter of a million homes.| pv magazine Australia
Aotearoa New Zealand’s Nova Energy has partnered with gentailer Meridian Energy to build the 400 MW Te Rahui solar farm, to become the country's largest, while more solar projects are expected to quickly come on line following the government's passing its fast-track approvals bill into law.| pv magazine Australia