Vast Energy has entered into voluntary administration, with KPMG Australia's Peter Gothard and Amanda Coneyworth appointed as voluntary administrators to Vast and its wholly owned Australian subsidiary companies.| pv magazine Australia
In a project where the old world of energy meets the new, AGL will investigate the technical and financial feasibility of using thermal batteries to provide the steam for a 200 MW turbine at South Australia’s Torrens Island Power Plant, which usually run on gas.| pv magazine Australia
Newcastle-based clean energy company MGA Thermal has secured federal government funding to develop a 5 MWh pilot plant to demonstrate the generation of steam from stored thermal energy with the capacity to provide a new form of medium-term energy storage.| pv magazine Australia
A team of engineers from Newcastle University have patented a thermal storage material capable of storing large amounts of renewable energy as heat over long periods. These thermal energy storage blocks are now being manufactured by MGA Thermal with ambitions to act as storage for large-scale solar systems and to repurpose coal-fired power stations.| pv magazine Australia
Australian energy storage technology company AVESS Energy has completed a $1 million capital raise enabling the progression of projects including vanadium flow battery deployment at the Windimurra Vanadium Project.| pv magazine Australia
The South Korean government says all public parking lots larger than 1,000 square metres will be required to install solar power systems from the end of this month, as part of a nationwide policy to accelerate renewable energy adoption in urban areas.| pv magazine Australia
Australia founded, Texas-headquartered Infravision has appointed former Space X and energy systems engineer Frank Tybor as chief technology officer as the company leverages its recent $139 million Series B led by GIC.| pv magazine Australia
Portugese renewable energy giant EDP, through EDP Renewables Australia, has agreed to partner with the Queensland Investment Corporation to deliver the Punchs Creek Renewable Energy Project near Toowoomba.| pv magazine Australia
It was the news that rippled around the nation – and then the world: at least three hours of free grid-supplied electricity for Australian households, every day.| pv magazine Australia
The New South Wales state government has slashed red rape for owners of state heritage-listed properties who can now install solar panels and batteries without seeking formal approval.| pv magazine Australia
Ampyr Australia will relocate the 270 MW Davenport battery energy storage system in South Australia under the new name Northern Battery to a decommissioned, coal-fired power station at Port Augusta, after acquiring it from Green Gold Energy.| pv magazine Australia
Researchers in the Middle East have developed a fuzzy logic controller that simultaneously optimises the tilt angle of PV systems and performs maximum power point tracking. Year-long simulations indicate that the proposed approach increases power generation by approximately 20%.| pv magazine Australia
Octopus Australia has brought the $900 million Blind Creek Solar Farm and Battery project, a local landholder-partnered agrisolar project, to financial close and into construction| pv magazine Australia
Spanish energy company Iberdrola, which has a total installed capacity in Australia of 2.3 GW, has been selected to develop the Victoria to New South Wales Interconnector West, or VNI West transmission line.| pv magazine Australia
Project EnergyConnect, the high voltage interconnector under construction between South Australia and New South Wales has seen the Dinawan substation located in the Riverina region, completed.| pv magazine Australia
Tests conducted by a research team in outdoor environments in Spain and Poland have demonstrated a strong correlation between perovskite solar cell degradation and the combined effects of climatic and operating conditions. The scientists found that open-circuit operation accelerates degradation, whereas operation at the maximum power point and under short-circuit conditions has a lower impact.| pv magazine Australia
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has committed $25.3 million to SunDrive to support its copper metallisation technology from development at its South Sydney facility to a 300 MW commercial-scale production tool.| pv magazine Australia
Microgrid developer GenOffGrid has launched a solar, lithium and diesel microgrid to power the Auski Munjina Village roadhouse in the Pilbara, Western Australia, over 1,300 kilometres northeast of Perth.| pv magazine Australia
The last five years have placed unprecedented strain on global supply chains. Geopolitical tensions, trade wars, natural disasters and the global pandemic have revealed vulnerabilities across industries.| pv magazine Australia
Spanish renewable energy solutions company Solarig has surpassed 2 GW of renewable energy assets under its operation and management in Australia, following the start of operation at the Stubbo Solar Project in New South Wales.| pv magazine Australia
A key infrastructure asset at one of the world’s biggest batteries has reduced operations and delayed completion for more than six months, with few details made public regarding the critical asset.| pv magazine Australia
NSW-based solar racking business S-Rack has engineered and installed advanced racking for an 83 kW Sydney council carport solar system to support the organisation's energy generation and electric vehicle charger network.| pv magazine Australia
Pacific Energy has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Horizon Power to supply, from 2027, up to 60% renewable energy to the town of Leonora in Western Australia’s goldfields.| pv magazine Australia
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency is backing mining giant Fortescue with $45 million in funding, to trial new technologies that include methods to accelerate large-scale solar deployment and next generation solar construction techniques, at a Pilbara solar innovation hub.| pv magazine Australia
The federal government has fast-tracked in 19 days environmental approval to Samsung C&T Renewable Energy Australia for its Queensland-based Dunmore solar and battery energy storage project.| pv magazine Australia
Longi Green Energy, JinkoSolar, and JA Solar each posted significant third-quarter losses amid continued price declines and high inventory levels, raising concerns among analysts about oversupply and margin pressure across the PV supply chain.| pv magazine Australia
European Energy has signed a power purchase agreement with United States technology company Apple for electricity supply from the 108 MWdc Lancaster solar park in Victoria, putting Apple on track to achieve 1 million MWh per year generation in Australia.| pv magazine Australia
A new National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) report says Massachusetts’ solar-on-farmland policy framework offers lessons for developers navigating both opportunity and regulatory complexity.| pv magazine Australia
HD Renewable Energy and Zen Energy have entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement for the 111 MW / 330 MWh Templers Battery Project in South Australia, which is scheduled to commence commercial operations by the end of 2025.| pv magazine Australia
French renewables developer Neoen has completed the financing for its 100 MW / 200 MWh Capital Battery in Canberra, declaring the project is on track to be operational in the first half of 2023.| pv magazine Australia
The Australian arm of French renewable energy developer Neoen has lodged an application to build a 1000 MW /4000 MWh big battery in Western Australia as the state government looks to ramp up energy storage capacity to support its planned transition from coal-fired power to renewables.| pv magazine Australia
The world’s highest court says countries are legally obliged to prevent harms caused by climate change, in a ruling that repudiates Australia’s claims it is not legally responsible for emissions from our fossil fuel exports.| pv magazine Australia
Australian start-up, Infravision, has raised $91 million Series B from investors led by GIC that will help accelerate the global deployment of its power line stringing and automated grid construction technology.| pv magazine Australia
Australia's national science agency has reaffirmed its assessment that solar and wind energy backed by storage and transmission remain the lowest-cost new-build electricity generation technologies.| pv magazine Australia
The Australian government has announced it will open four new Capacity Investment Scheme tenders before the end of the year as it seeks to deliver on its objective of introducing 32 GW of new variable renewable energy capacity by the end of the decade.| pv magazine Australia
The Australian government will supercharge its program of underwriting renewable energy generation and clean dispatchable capacity by significantly expanding the next auction in its flagship Capacity Investment Scheme policy.| pv magazine Australia
Australia’s first national Capacity Investment Scheme auction has been inundated with expressions of interest, with the federal government revealing that investors have tabled 40 GW of new renewable energy generation projects such as wind and solar.| pv magazine Australia
South Korea has announced plans to introduce legislation by 2026 to expand the deployment of agrivoltaics, enabling broader use of solar panels on agricultural land.| pv magazine Australia
Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania has inked a contract to design and build two 100% battery-electric ferries for Molslinjen, Denmark’s largest passenger ferry company.| pv magazine Australia
Tasmanian shipbuilder Incat has marked a significant milestone in global shipbuilding with the launch of the world’s largest 100% electric ship.| pv magazine Australia
China is rapidly installing PV along highways, combining slopes, tunnels, and service areas to generate renewable electricity and cut transport-sector emissions.| pv magazine Australia
The world’s largest battery-electric ship has reached a new milestone with shipbuilder Incat Tasmania confirming that one of the vessel’s four battery rooms is now receiving electrical charge ahead of sea trials later this year.| pv magazine Australia
Renewables developer Global Power Generation Australia is seeking federal government approval to develop a 290 MW solar farm and 180 MW / 360 MWh battery energy storage system in Queensland’s Fraser Coast region.| pv magazine Australia
Victoria's 2035 renewables target is forecast to require 27 million solar panels raising concerns over end-of-life management, with a government modelling forecast that tonnages of photovoltaic system e-waste will increase around 20% per annum over the next decade.| pv magazine Australia
NSW Environment Protection Authority circular solar program recipients have progressed their projects to scale up solar panel recycling solutions in New South Wales, and divert valuable material from landfill.| pv magazine Australia
Urgently decarbonising and electrifying Australia’s iron ore industry in the Western Australia Pilbara region with common-user transmission infrastructure, is highly recommended by a new Climate Energy Finance report.| pv magazine Australia
Fortescue has announced three projects – two in Australia and the other in the US – have reached final investment decision (FID). The company held its annual general meeting today, where members voted down its contentious executive pay policy.| pv magazine Australia
In an Australian first, up to 100% of daytime operations at two major iron ore mines have been powered entirely by renewable energy after power utility Alinta Energy switched on the 60 MW Chichester Hub Solar Farm in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.| pv magazine Australia
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese insists Australia is “on track” to become a global renewable hydrogen superpower despite mining billionaire and green hydrogen advocate Andrew Forrest signalling a major slowdown of Fortescue’s ambitions.| pv magazine Australia
Western Australia's energy provider Horizon Power has awarded GHD Group the task of overseeing the preliminary design of the Pilbara Green Link's transmission lines and substations.| pv magazine Australia
A recent analysis shows that renewable energy could partially replace diesel fuel to power instruments and provide heat at the South Pole. A team of researchers has proposed a solar, wind and battery energy storage hybrid system that could reduce diesel consumption by 95% and save approximately $86 million over 15 years, after an initial investment of about $14.5 million.| pv magazine Australia
In a novel study to further solar waste forecasting in Australia, the economic decisions of rooftop solar owners have been shown to fast forward waste and recovery needs 10 years earlier than a system's warranty.| pv magazine Australia
An international team of researchers led by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology has fabricated a triple junction perovskite-perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell that achieved a world record efficiency for this cell architecture. The device incorporates stabilised perovskites that ensure improved performance and stability.| pv magazine Australia
Researchers at two Sydney universities have developed 24 new ways of evaluating the circular economy of PV modules to identify the merits of various strategies based on current and future energy, materials and silver use.| pv magazine Australia
The government of Western Australia has released its South West Interconnected System Transmission Plan, in which phase one will unlock 2.6 GW of new renewable energy generation capacity.| pv magazine Australia
Western Australia clean energy developer Frontier Energy has been granted $215 million in debt finance for its Waroona Renewable Energy Project south of Perth, from specialist infrastructure fund Infradebt.| pv magazine Australia
Construction of a 200 MWh battery energy storage system has commenced on New Zealand’s North Island as part of power company Genesis Energy’s plans to transform the country’s largest thermal power station to renewables.| pv magazine Australia
New Zealand's biggest solar farm to date is now live with Genesis and joint venture partner FRV Australia officially flicking the switch on the 47 MW Lauriston Solar Farm near Christchurch on the nation’s South Island.| pv magazine Australia
New Zealand power company Genesis Energy has taken another step in delivering on its commitment to build 500 MW of grid-scale solar by the end of 2028 with the acquisition of a 114 MW consented PV project on the nation’s North Island.| pv magazine Australia
Fotowatio Renewable Ventures’ Australian platform has shifted its attentions to across the ditch, teaming with one of New Zealand’s largest energy providers in a joint venture which will develop up to 500 MW of solar PV capacity over the next five years.| pv magazine Australia
Australia’s rooftop solar market continues to ease with the latest data from market intelligence outfit SunWiz revealing that national installation volumes dropped off by 12% in August compared to the previous month.| pv magazine Australia
Portugal-headquartered TagEnergy has acquired German-owned early-stage developer ACE Power, adding approximately 6 GW of battery, wind and solar projects to its already significant portfolio in Australia's clean energy sector.| pv magazine Australia
Plans for a 141 MWdc solar farm to be developed alongside a 480 MWh battery energy storage system in central New South Wales have joined the queue for federal environmental approval.| pv magazine Australia
Aspiring renewable energy developer ACE Power will partner with the clean energy arm of Japanese energy giant Osaka Gas to jointly develop a portfolio of Australian solar and battery projects with a total capacity of more than 500 MW.| pv magazine Australia
The International Energy Agency says the cost of capital for solar remains higher in Southeast Asian countries than it does in other emerging and developing economies.| pv magazine Australia
Australian renewables developer ACEnergy has won approval from the New South Wales Independent Planning Commission for a 250 MW / 1,100 MWh battery energy storage system to be built in the state’s southwest.| pv magazine Australia
Ongoing grid connection issues and concerns about Australia’s unpredictable regulatory and policy environment have been identified as the key culprits with a new report revealing investor confidence in the nation’s renewable energy sector has slumped to a five-year low.| pv magazine Australia
South Australian transmission company ElectraNet on Monday announced it will invest $457.4 million to deliver the its section of the Project EnergyConnect, the high-voltage electricity transmission interconnector between South Australia and New South Wales.| pv magazine Australia
At an inner-city dinner party for the Australian Business Council, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said "we will not achieve net zero in the cafes, dinner parties and wine bars of our inner cities"; and he was right, because at this particular inner-city dinner party he continued to shy away from net zero 2050 commitments.| pv magazine Australia
Transmission Company Victoria has advised landholders impacted by the VNI West transmission project, the expected completion date is shifting from 2028 to late 2030, while landholder engagement programs are expanding beyond the boundaries of easement.| pv magazine Australia
With cost estimates for overhead transmission line projects blowing out by up to 55%, the Australian Energy Market Operator has launched formal consultation on a draft report outlining a range of new and updated transmission network developments along with distribution network augmentation options.| pv magazine Australia
New data released by the Australian Energy Market Operator details the growing reach of clean energy technologies with renewables, including grid-scale and rooftop solar providing 43% of the supply mix in the nation’s main grid during the first three months of the year.| pv magazine Australia
I recently came across an article about renewable curtailment that sparked a significant amount of online discussion, stating that a total of 4.5 TWh of energy was curtailed in Australia's National Electricity Market in 2024.| pv magazine Australia
Data from international consultancy Rystad Energy shows that 82 new renewable energy generation and battery storage projects corresponding to more than 20 GW of capacity were proposed across Australia’s National Electricity Market in the first quarter of 2024, with developers largely focused on Queensland and New South Wales.| pv magazine Australia
Pacific Blue Australia has turned the sods on construction of its $100 million, 60 MW / 130 MWh grid scale battery at Clements Gap in South Australia and is the company’s first storage system scheduled to commence operation in 2026.| pv magazine Australia
A tender for 600 MW / 2.4 GWh of energy storage in Victoria and South Australia has been announced as part of the new national Capacity Investment Scheme – essentially a project underwriting program coordinated by the federal government.| pv magazine Australia
Australia's largest electricity generator AGL Energy is accelerating its exit from coal, announcing it will shut down the Loy Yang A power plant in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley a decade earlier than planned, with the company aiming to abandon coal completely by 2035.| pv magazine Australia
A parliamentary committee has recommended the Victorian government explore options to allow greater integration of distributed energy resources, including rooftop solar PV into the grid as climate activists urge the state to ramp up its renewable energy ambitions.| pv magazine Australia
The Andrews Labor Government is delivering on last year's election promise to boost renewable energy in Victoria and is seeking to legislate increasing its renewable energy target to 50% by 2030.| pv magazine Australia
Construction of a 150 MW solar farm will go ahead at New Zealand’s Christchurch Airport precinct with joint venture partners Lightsource bp and Contact Energy announcing a final investment decision on the project.| pv magazine Australia
Two years ago, Snowy Hydro announced a reset for its troubled Snowy 2.0 giant pumped hydro project amid cost blowouts. The supposed final cost was $12 billion.| pv magazine Australia
Block chain-based tracking of a solar panel's lifecycle or a national certification program for second-hand modules, are two strategies University of South Australia researchers studied in developing a game plan for keeping panels out of landfill.| 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
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
