Australian utility AGL Energy Limited has announced its Broken Hill Solar Plant has begun generating electricity. Announced on Thursday, AGL Energy Limited revealed that the 26 MW Broken Hill Solar Plant, located in the the eastern state of New South Wales, began generating electricity and feeding it into Australia’s National … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. by Sophie Vorrath Australia’s largest solar farm, the AGL Energy-owned 102MW Nyngan Solar Plant in western New South Wales is set to become fully operational in a matter of weeks after achieving the milestone of full generation on Tuesday. AGL said the solar farm, construction of … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy by Sophie Vorrath Major Australian utility, Origin Energy, is set to launch a solar leasing program in three separate states, focusing on small-scale residential and commercial solar systems. The utility said on Friday last week it would start rolling out the program in Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and … [continued]
AGL Energy, one of Australia’s largest energy utilities and one of the country’s largest polluters, has announced Friday that it intends to start on a path that will conclude in 2050 with complete decarbonization. Which I can only therefore assume means something horribly wrong is about to happen in Australia, … [continued]
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First Solar is supplying modules to Australia’s largest solar project, the Nyngan and Broken Hill solar power plants, located in New South Wales.
RenewEconomy The debate over the future of Australia’s renewable energy target should properly be fought out in the public arena, among politicians, and in the mainstream media. Both seem disinterested, so the real fight is happening behind close doors, in the in-camera sessions of the RET Review panel and within … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. Attempts by the fossil fuel lobby to downplay the impact of wind generation during the recent heatwaves in southern Australia has been contradicted by a new study, and by recognition from one of the biggest gas producers that low prices in the recent heat wave had … [continued]
This article originally published on RenewEconomy AGL Energy, one of the big three power utilities in Australia, says that 9,000MW of fossil-fuel baseload capacity needs to be taken out of the national electricity market (NEM) to bring it back into balance. The claim was made by managing director Michael Fraser, … [continued]
Australian energy giant AGL have announced they are set to move forward with the largest solar power project in the southern hemisphere in tandem with First Solar. Together, the two companies will construct a 102MW solar plant at Nyngan and a 53MW solar project at Broken Hill Upon completion, the two … [continued]
