Seven regional Victoria battery storage projects, all at the commissioning phase, will be the first to connect to Victorian distributor Powercor's high voltage distributed energy resource management system, adding stability to the grid.| pv magazine Australia
An AGL and Risen Energy collaboration has seen Australia’s first utitily-scale solar farm using Heterojunction technology commissioned in southern New South Wales to power an almond orchard's farming operation of over 700,000 trees.| pv magazine Australia
Following the Australian Energy Market Commission’s (AEMCs) final determination in December 2024 allowing virtual power plants to compete directly with large-scale generators in the energy market, technology company GridBeyond has reported the broader market benefits of this significant change.| pv magazine Australia
Energy major AGL will invest $150 million for a 20% stake in smart energy platform Kaluza in a move the utility hopes will radically transform its retail operations and deliver significant savings.| pv magazine Australia
Melbourne Airport is among the organisations taking part in a two-year trial intended to help commercial and industrial energy users shift their demand away from peak times, easing pressure on the grid and supporting the integration of more renewables.| 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
Netherlands-headquartered Photon Energy has sold two operational Riverina solar farms and an under-development solar and battery project in the state’s north at Boggabri, to Sydney-based developer CleanPeak Energy.| pv magazine Australia
Australian solar and storage technology firm RayGen has secured more than $51 million in new funding to accelerate the commercialisation and deployment of its concentrated PV and thermal hydro long-duration energy storage technology.| pv magazine Australia
AGL Energy has acquired the 150 MW solar, 90 MW thermal, and 720 MWh of storage Yadnarie Project from Dutch developer Photon Energy, and follows the project's development approval received in June.| pv magazine Australia
Australian renewable hydrogen company Infinite Green Energy is targeting first commercial-scale production of green hydrogen by the end of 2024 after finalising the $8 million (USD 5.65 million) acquisition of an 11 MW solar farm in Western Australia and penning its first offtake agreement for the project.| pv magazine Australia
The Arrowsmith Hydrogen plant is the first of many green hydrogen projects across Western Australia being developed by Perth-based company Infinite Blue Energy.| pv magazine Australia
Australia's largest energy gentailer AGL has bought 100% of South Australia's public housing virtual power plant from Tesla with intentions to integrate it with its VPP network on the east coast.| pv magazine Australia
Western Australian clean energy developer Infinite Green Energy will partner with South Korean industrial conglomerate Samsung C&T to develop and build a commercial-scale green hydrogen project that will leverage the existing 11 MW Northam Solar Farm east of Perth.| pv magazine Australia