First Solar announced on Monday that they had broken ground on the Nyngan Solar Project in New South Wales, the largest utility-scale project in the country, only six months after AGL Energy closed the finances for the project. The 250 hectare solar plant will consist of approximately 1,350,000 advanced thin-film photovoltaic … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy The decline in demand and wholesale prices, and the rising influence of rooftop solar may be about to claim its biggest base-load victim to date in Australia, with talk that the 980MW Wallerawang coal fired power station in NSW could be closed in 2014. Some 3,000MW … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. NSW network operator Ausgrid is installing a 60kW battery storage system in the Sydney suburb of Newington to see how it can help manage summer peak demand events. The installation of the lithium-ion storage system is the biggest battery trial so far for Ausgrid, which operates … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. An Australian solar farm developer is poised to begin construction of a 2.5MW solar PV project that it says will be financed through an innovative unit-based investment structure, and will be the first utility-scale solar farm funded by small investors. Soleir this week opened the first … [continued]
Originally posted on Renew Economy. By Sophie Vorrath. In our Graph of the Day on Monday, we looked again at the record-breaking week of August 10-18 for wind energy in Australia. As it turns out, the entire month of August 2013 was a record breaker, all round – for the National Electricity … [continued]
This article originally published on RenewEconomy The award-winning UNSW Solar Racing Team, Sunswift, is making a big transition this year – from racing a solar module on wheels to what team members think might be the future of the car; a solar electric hybrid vehicle. Sunswift currently holds the world … [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]
This article was originally published on RenewEconomy. Community energy and pro renewable NGOs are calling for the Federal government to establish a $50 million fund that would seek to leverage up to half a billion dollar of investment in community-owned renewable energy projects. The call for a Community Energy Grant … [continued]
This post first appeared on RenewEconomy The momentum for a big push into community solar projects appears to be gathering pace, with several different organisations planning public launches in the next month, and suggestions that several dozen projects could be built on NSW rooftops in coming years. Among plans revealed … [continued]
This article first appeared on RenewEconomy. An Australian solar thermal technology developer says it can provide concentrated solar thermal energy to outback and remote locations for just 8c/kWh, and hopes to sign for its first two commercial projects within the next few months. Graphite Energy, an Australian company privately owned … [continued]
