A record $4.7 billion in 2024-25 investment commitments, more than 2.5 times the value of the previous year, have been reported in the annual report of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation.| pv magazine Australia
Investment confidence in solar and battery storage development is clear-cut given over 50% of 20 successful Capacity Investment Scheme Tender 4 bids are for large scale hybrid projects.| pv magazine Australia
Researchers have developed a stagnant water layer cooling concept and tested it using seawater, tap water, and desalinated water. The panel temperature decreased by up to 8.2 °C, while power output increased by approximately 28%.| pv magazine Australia
Global renewables developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures has boosted its Australian portfolio with the acquisition of a 190 MW hybrid solar and battery energy storage project being constructed in central Victoria.| pv magazine Australia
The 300 MW Walla Walla Solar Farm in southern New South Wales, hailed as one of the state’s biggest, has begun generating power less than two years after Fotowatio Renewable Ventures Australia reached financial close on the project.| pv magazine Australia
Fotowatio Renewable Ventures Australia says it has begun construction on its first standalone battery energy storage system in the country after reaching financial close on the project.| pv magazine Australia
Renewable energy and battery storage developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures says it has raised more than $1.2 billion in new debt finance for its Australian clean energy assets, including its first standalone battery project planned for Victoria.| pv magazine Australia
FRV Australia has reached financial close on its Walla Walla Solar Farm thanks to a PPA with Microsoft. The company is also progressing its second big battery in Australia, the 250 MW / 500 MWh Gnarwarre battery in Victoria, after winning support from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.| pv magazine Australia
A team of researchers led by the University of Sydney has fabricated a triple-junction perovskite-perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell that achieved a power conversion efficiency of up to 27.06% and set new standards for thermal stability.| pv magazine Australia
The International Energy Agency has cut its 2025–30 renewables forecast by 5%, citing lower solar additions, though PV still represents nearly 80% of 4.6 TW expected growth.| pv magazine Australia
Electric vehicle sales and renewable energy production are on the rise globally. The United States alone added 5.8 million light-duty electric vehicles to its roads as of 2023, leading the US Department of Energy to predict that electricity demand for EV charging could increase overall US electricity consumption by 20-50% by 2050.| pv magazine Australia
A recent report from battery intelligence firm Accure reveals that while most battery energy storage systems operate reliably, nearly 19% of projects experience reduced returns due to technical issues and unplanned downtime.| pv magazine Australia
Frontier Energy has revealed a multi-stage expansion strategy for its Waroona solar and battery project being developed in Western Australia’s southwest, targeting up to 1 GW of PV generation capacity and 660 MW of battery energy storage by 2031.| pv magazine Australia
New Zealand government-backed utility Genesis Energy and FRV Australia, the local arm of global renewable energy developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures, have dissolved their solar development joint venture just months after delivering their first PV project.| pv magazine Australia
Energy retailer and technology company Amber Electric has secured $10 million in new funding to continue scaling its residential solar and battery automation tech into overseas markets.| pv magazine Australia
Australia’s rooftop solar market has climbed by more than 16% in the past month with the latest data revealing that 237 MW of small-scale rooftop PV capacity was installed last month as consumers increasingly turned to solar-plus-storage solutions.| pv magazine Australia
A 141 MWdc solar farm and big battery with up to four hours of storage proposed for central western New South Wales has been given the green light by the federal government less than three weeks after plans were submitted for assessment.| pv magazine Australia
Researchers at University of New South Wales have reported details about a novel sieving-aids technology that improves the separation of metal fragments from other components when recycling end-of-life PV panels. The patented process reportedly enhances the recovery of silver.| pv magazine Australia
Wood Mackenzie says module prices will climb as China ends export rebates and consolidates polysilicon production.| pv magazine Australia
The Victorian government will wipe up to $25,000 off upfront installation costs for a 100 kW rooftop solar system, and up to $34,300 off a 200 kW system to reduce cost burden from transmission network upgrades, and lower consumer energy bills.| pv magazine Australia
Australia has more solar panels per person than anywhere else in the world. One in three houses now has rooftop solar. Our grid operators are working hard to adjust to a new reality where the collective output of rooftop solar is one of our largest sources of power.| pv magazine Australia
Thirty remote schools in the Fiji islands are receiving off-grid solar installations with support from the Australian government REnew Pacific program to boost digital learning tools access and reduce reliance on diesel generators.| pv magazine Australia
Researchers have developed a novel defluorination method to dispose of PTFE, used in solar componentry and electric cable coating, that converts its constituent fluorine compounds and could enable eco-friendly polymer recycling.| pv magazine Australia
An Indian-British research team has developed a building-integrated linear concentrating PV facade by sandwiching an asymmetric compound parabolic concentrator, PERC cells, and encapsulation layers between two sheets of glass.| pv magazine Australia
The largest ever tender for grid-forming batteries in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory has been released by grid owner/operator Transgrid, which plans to request proposals for services from the second half of 2026.| pv magazine Australia
The installation of almost 500,000 solar panels at Victorian solar farm will be completed this week, thanks in part to a collaboration with US robotics company Luminous, which has trialled its autonomous fleet at the site, during the construction phase.| pv magazine Australia
Achieving Australia's 2035 energy goals needs engineering firms to have project intelligence at their fingertips, through unified, real-time data about a project, its people, and finance, to ensure accurate forecasting, avoid delays and maximise performance.| pv magazine Australia
University of New South Wales researchers have filed patent protection and are working to scale production of a new class of photostable organic molecules proven to boost silicon solar cell efficiency, reduce heat and extend panel lifetimes using singlet fission.| pv magazine Australia
Australian green infrastructure investor and developer Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners’ Supernode battery Stage 1 substation has been successfully connected to Queensland’s transmission network.| pv magazine Australia
The International Energy Agency’s Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme says dust, pollution, and debris on solar panels reduce output by 4% to 7% worldwide, costing the industry billions of dollars annually and making tailored mitigation increasingly urgent.| pv magazine Australia
Renewables developer Neoen has commenced construction of its first six-hour battery energy storage system and has also delivered Australia’s biggest battery to date – four months ahead of schedule.| pv magazine Australia
The 300 MW Walla Walla Solar Farm in southern New South Wales has commenced commercial operations according to developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures.| pv magazine Australia
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The 1 GW Tallawang solar and battery hybrid project being developed in central west New South Wales has secured final state planning approval after being forced to an independent tribunal after attracting more than 50 objections.| pv magazine Australia
Victorian transmission infrastructure operator VicGrid has identified over half the state as having potential to host future renewable energy developments, as outlined in its draft Victorian Transmission Plan guidelines.| pv magazine Australia
Australia is in critical need of robust planning of distributed battery energy storage systems to increase network flexibility alongside the development of new generation resources and transmission infrastructure.| pv magazine Australia
JinkoSolar has launched an all-in-one battery solution for commercial and industrial (C&I) solar applications. It includes a new outdoor cabinet that integrates battery packs, a management system, a power conversion system, and firefighting equipment. The system offers 215 kWh of battery capacity and up to 100 KW of rated power output.| pv magazine Australia
Australian developer ACEnergy is building an initial portfolio of 10 neighbourhood batteries totalling 50 MW/100 MWh across Victoria and New South Wales. The company is also engaging networks to lobby for reforms to the connection process and tariff structure in light of grid support the technology can offer.| pv magazine Australia
The 5 MW Woods Point Solar and Storage Farm in South Australia is open – it is one of three identical solar storage projects being commissioned by SEI and Yes Group in December, and part of a much larger mid-scale play.| pv magazine Australia
In a strange synchronicity, two of Australia’s major aspiring vanadium producers have today come out with announcements. TNG Limited has solidified a deal to commercialise vanadium redox flow batteries using output from its Mount Peake project, while competitor Australian Vanadium has filed a patent application for its vanadium processing route.| pv magazine Australia
After “bunkering down” in 2020, the Redflow's CEO discusses major developments within the company, as well as its path towards mass manufacturing processes – which it sees as the key to slashing battery costs by a third and, in turn, solidifying Redflow as a major player in the increasingly sought-after flow battery storage market.| pv magazine Australia
Vanadium flow battery specialist VSUN Energy is pushing ahead with plans to develop a Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFB) for the Australian residential market.| pv magazine Australia
A vanadium redox flow battery will be installed at a Western Australian caravan park in the new year. Supplied by VSun Energy, the installation is advances their parent company’s vanadium endeavours.| pv magazine Australia
Perth-based Australian Vanadium has received another boost from the Federal Government with the award of a further $1.25 million research and development grant to fund research into improving vanadium processing.| pv magazine Australia
The New South Wales government has made history, opening two significant tenders for projects of up to 1 GW of new, long-duration storage, and up to 3.98 GW of access rights to the South West Renewable Energy Zone.| pv magazine Australia
Solar SunShot is well named. The Australian government has announced it will plough $1 billion into bringing back solar manufacturing to Australia, boosting energy security, swapping coal and gas jobs for those in the solar industry, and guarding against supply chain shocks and geopolitical tension.| pv magazine Australia
Renewable energy generators chasing access rights to the new Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone network will be presented with a streamlined application process as the New South Wales government prioritises achieving financial close on the network project.| pv magazine Australia
The New South Wales government has formalised its decision to double the size of Australia’s first coordinated renewable energy zone, boosting its capacity to 6 GW of solar, wind and storage in a move designed to better cater for the state’s future energy as it transitions from coal and gas to a renewables-based grid.| pv magazine Australia
The rollout of large-scale batteries in Australia continues with electricity gen-tailer EnergyAustralia issuing a call for a project partner to help deliver the Wooreen Energy Storage System to be built in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley.| pv magazine Australia
Three New South Wales regional towns have switched on 192 kW / 530 kWh community batteries under the federal government’s Community Batteries for Household Solar program and are now trading in the National Electricity Market.| pv magazine Australia
The New South Wales government will channel up to $1 billion into large-scale and community batteries, pumped hydro, and virtual power plants as it seeks to ramp up investment in renewable energy generation and storage projects to support the state’s shift from coal-fired generation.| pv magazine Australia
Large power grids are among the most complicated machines humans have ever devised. Different generators produce power at various times and at various costs. A generator might fail and another fills the gap. Demand soars in the evenings and on hot days. In Australia, eastern and southern states trade power across borders. Meanwhile, Western Australia has two […]| pv magazine Australia
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has been directed to consider more funding for residential solar and battery energy storage systems as the federal government examines how best to expand household electrification projects around the country.| pv magazine Australia
Inverter manufacturer Sungrow has deployed the first commercial and industrial community battery energy storage systems in South Australia to undergo common smart inverter profile for Australia testing.| pv magazine Australia
To the tune of $2.4 billion, six utility-scale battery storage projects reached financial close in the first quarter of 2025 kickstarting the year with 1.5 GW of storage capacity and 5 GWh of energy output.| pv magazine Australia
Singapore-based developer Vena Energy is set to start building a 320 MW solar plant that will form part of its multi-phased Wandoan South renewable energy project being expanded in Queensland’s Western Downs region.| pv magazine Australia
Battery storage developer Akaysha Energy is looking to automate wholesale market participation for a large portion of its Australian battery energy storage fleet using Fluence’s AI-powered bidding software Mosaic.| pv magazine Australia
Australian battery storage developer Akaysha Energy has secured a $650 million debt deal that will accelerate the development of what is to be the largest four-hour battery energy storage system in the National Electricity Market.| pv magazine Australia
Balance-of-plant contractor Zenviron has been awarded a contract with electricity gen-tailer EnergyAustralia to build a four-hour battery energy storage system of 350 MW capacity in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley.| pv magazine Australia
One of the biggest players in Australia’s surging battery energy storage system market says regulators and policy makers must establish effective frameworks for market access and get the market signals right to ensure continued investment.| pv magazine Australia
The New South Wales clean energy transition is ramping up with the state government providing planning approval for a second 2 GWh battery energy storage system in as many days.| pv magazine Australia
As rising renewables penetration and electrification place ever more strain on the world’s grids, the use of grid-forming inverters, rather than grid-following models, will play a vital role in network stability.| pv magazine Australia
EnergyAustralia says it will increase the capacity of a battery energy storage system to be built adjacent to its Hallett Power Station in South Australia from an initial 50 MW to 150 MW, and 200 MWh to 600 MWh, after the successful completion of the first stage.| pv magazine Australia
EnergyAustralia has released the concept design for a 335 MW pumped hydro energy storage and generation project it plans to develop at Lake Lyell near Lithgow in central western New South Wales.| pv magazine Australia
EnergyAustralia today announced it would be closing Australia’s most carbon-intensive coal power station, Yallourn, four years early and building a 350 MW utility-scale battery at the Latrobe Valley site instead.| pv magazine Australia
South Australian and Victorian researchers have found households could sell their surplus solar power to neighbours using peer-to-peer energy sharing, helping stabilise the grid and improve on retail market feed-in tariffs.| pv magazine Australia
A multibillion-dollar solar, battery storage, wind and potentially green hydrogen project in Victoria’s Gippsland region is moving forward after getting backing from superfund Hostplus. Originally proposed by Solis Renewable Energy, the project is now owned by Octopus Australia as part of its joint venture with CFEC.| pv magazine Australia
Origin Energy’s announcement that it is accelerating the closure of Australia's largest coal-fired power station has triggered calls for the Federal Government to develop a nationally co-ordinated approach to manage the retirement of fossil fuel generation as well as support investment in new clean energy generation.| pv magazine Australia
The Australian arm of global fund manager Octopus Group has expanded its renewable energy portfolio, teaming with the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to purchase the rights to develop two proposed utility scale solar-storage hybrid power plants in Victoria’s Gippsland region.| pv magazine Australia
In the UK investor's first deal since entering the Australian marketplace, Octopus Investments and Australian renewables developer Edify Energy have arranged more than $450 million to finance one of Australia’s major PV projects - a 333MW DC (275MW AC) solar farm, which has an approval to be collocated with a 100 MWh energy storage facility at Darlington Point, NSW.| pv magazine Australia
Just days after a regulation to prevent new gas network connections to buildings in the Australian Capital Territory came into effect, the Victorian government has released updated plans designed to end that state’s reliance on fossil gas.| pv magazine Australia
Queensland’s ambition to become a leading producer and exporter of green hydrogen has received a boost with state government-owned electricity generator Stanwell teaming with a consortium of Australian and Japanese energy companies to commence a feasibility study for a proposed large-scale production and export project in Gladstone.| pv magazine Australia
Western Australia's green fuels developer InterContinental Energy has announced its revolutionary cost cutting nodel hydrogen production system, which allows for the scaling of giga-scale production and is the mainstay of the proposed 70 GW Western Green Energy Hub.| pv magazine Australia
Sydney-based Green Energy Systems and its innovative Solar Waves system are to be included for trial as part of Project Nexus, California’s first solar canal pilot project, currently underway in California’s Central Valley.| pv magazine Australia
Australian renewables developer Energy Estate is seeking to raise more than $500 million to support its development activities and bankroll the construction of renewable power plants in both Australia and New Zealand.| pv magazine Australia
The work schedules of Australia’s battery retailers and installers will likely get busy in the coming months with Labor’s win in the federal election paving the way for the introduction of a $2.3 billion national battery subsidy scheme.| pv magazine Australia
Australia’s rooftop solar uptake continued to surge in 2024 with a new report revealing more than 300,000 PV systems with a combined capacity of almost 3 GW were bolted on to the roofs of homes and businesses across the nation last year.| pv magazine Australia
A new survey shows the majority of Australian solar installers are unconcerned what brand solar panels and battery energy storage systems they work with, but they have a clear preference when it comes to inverters.| pv magazine Australia
A pilot hydrogen energy plant that will employ a novel approach by producing green hydrogen directly from water and sunlight, without relying on electrolysers or grid power, is on track to begin commissioning in South Australia next month.| pv magazine Australia
The Queensland University of Technology has been awarded $9.87 million from the federal government's funding arm, the Australian Research Council's (ARCs) Discovery grants program, to support 16 projects, including three focussed on research in hydrogen production, perovskite cells, and lithium ion batteries.| pv magazine Australia
The Queensland government has reinforced its commitment to the CopperString transmission line project that is to stretch across the state’s northwest, announcing it will allocate $2.4 billion towards the project.| pv magazine Australia
The Queensland government has broken ground on the $5 billion CopperString transmission line project that is to stretch across the state’s north, connecting the region to the national grid and helping to unlock an estimated 6 GW of renewable energy resources.| pv magazine Australia
South Australia-headquartered solar panel manufacturer Tindo Solar will work with the University of New South Wales to accelerate the development of TOPCon solar cell technologies, targeting improvements in reliability and performance.| pv magazine Australia
Modular solar developer 5B is Australia's first recipient of the federal government's $1 billion Solar SunShot program, receiving $46 million to increase the manufacturing capacity of its Maverick unit.| pv magazine Australia
Australian solar panel manufacturer Tindo Solar has announced plans to build the country’s first solar panel gigafactory as it looks to increase its manufacturing capacity to capitalise on a growing domestic market currently dominated by imports.| pv magazine Australia
Researchers at Deakin University have launched a first-of-its-kind project exploring how Australian households and small businesses with solar and or battery systems can sell their excess clean energy to others without the technology.| pv magazine Australia
Western Power has closed off 759 MW of connection offers for FY2024/25, announcing the last two projects for the period, and in the coming financial year expects to offers made for a further 300 MW of storage and 112 MW solar generation.| pv magazine Australia
Perth-based contractor GenusPlus Group has been tapped to design and build the 400 MWh Merredin battery energy storage system being developed in Western Australia’s central Wheatbelt region.| pv magazine Australia
