E-commerce giant Amazon has announced its plan to build a large-scale solar farm in New South Wales. This farm will be the company’s second renewable energy project in Australia. The new plant was announced alongside four other Amazon solar projects – one in China (100MW), two in Ohio, US (200MW and 80MW) and one in…
They’re the easiest way to move on from coal Australia should see around 15GW of solar and wind by the end of 2021, and that’s just from the farms. Rooftop solar should increase by 2GW each year too. All told, the country will be adding around 6GW of wind and solar per year and according…
Highly rated by Solar Quotes, Google and now a Clean Energy Council Approved Retailer AHLEC Solar have given countless families control back over their energy bills. We’ve always been trusted for our quality products and expert service, but now there’s even more reason for us to celebrate. AHLEC has recently been awarded Clean Energy Council…
Australian energy giant AGL has signed a deal with renewables company Maoneng for four large-scale batteries – 50 or 100MWh each – to be developed in NSW. The 200 to 400MWh storage project includes a 15-year contract based on swap agreements that will let AGL call on the batteries’ capacity at a fixed price. Out…
Australia’s great potential for solar power and storage is attracting companies at home and overseas in a race to corner the market. Sungrow, the China-headquartered solar inverter company, and Australia’s Redearth Energy Storage both made announcements at the end of October to tie in with the All-Energy Australia tradeshow in Melbourne. Sungrow signed a 100MW…
Storage has always been the problem that’s dogged the renewable energy industry, but it looks like Australia’s Outback is where it’ll be solved. In early 2020, one of the world’s first combined solar, wind and battery storage projects will fire up just outside the small town of Hughendon. The Kennedy Energy Park will comprise 43MW…
The National Energy Market, Australia’s main grid, broke the 50% renewables benchmark on November 6 2019. This is the first time that 50% of the nation’s net demand has been met by renewables. At 11.50 AEST, the combined output of rooftop solar, large-scale solar and large-scale wind comprised 50.2% of the almost 25GW being produced…
In August of 2019, the leading solar company LONGi released its report to the world. This statement details their achievements regarding their capacity as well as the financial results of this quarter. Significant announcements One of the most prominent pieces of news made available in their report was the news of their M6 Silicon Wafer.…