pv magazine Australia – Photovoltaic Markets and Technology
Nov 27, 2024 · Western Australia-based Perth Markets Group Limited (PMGL) has started the state’s largest 5 MW rooftop solar installation using 10,000 solar panels over 25,000 square metres, to supply a third of its electricity use.
Australia rated global leader in hybrid solar and battery energy ...
Jul 23, 2024 · With more than 300 large-scale solar and battery storage projects in the pipeline, Australia has been identified as a global leader in hybrid solar and battery systems in a new whitepaper released by global energy company Hitachi Energy.. The Accelerating utility-scale solar through hybrid systems paper looks at the drivers fueling the boom in solar power and other renewables, the challenges ...
CSIRO analysis reveals large-scale solar still cheapest electricity ...
May 22, 2024 · The CSIRO GenCost report shows renewables remain the cheapest new build electricity technology in Australia, with utility-scale solar emerging as the golden child, despite inflationary pressures, supply chain constraints and costs …
Rooftop solar on the rise in Australia’s clean energy mix
Apr 16, 2024 · Combined rooftop solar capacity is now the second largest source of renewable electricity generation in Australia with new analysis showing that PV systems mounted atop the nation’s buildings provided more than 10% of the country’s power supply in 2023.
Trina targets 6.5 GW after landing approval for first Australian …
Feb 24, 2023 · Chinese manufacturing major Trina Solar says it has received connection approval for its first utility scale PV project moving to construction in Australia, kick starting a five-year strategy that is expected to deliver more than 6.5 GW …
Vast scores EDF support for concentrated solar power technology
Dec 11, 2023 · Vast Renewables has announced it will partner with EDF Renewables to deliver multiple long-duration storage and green fuels projects in Australia featuring Vast’s concentrated solar power (CSP) technology that uses mirrors to concentrate and capture heat from the sun in solar receivers before generating heat and dispatchable power during the day or night.
Fortescue announces commissioning of a 100 MW solar farm in …
Jul 26, 2024 · Australian-headquartered global mining company Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) has begun commissioning of a 100 MW solar farm at the North Star Junction, adjacent to its Iron Bridge ore mine, 140 kilometres south of Port Hedland, Western Australia (WA).
Weekend Read: PV goes portable – pv magazine Australia
From pv magazine Global 02/24. At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, in January 2024, the likes of Amazon, Samsung, Google, and LG were busily launching TVs, smart home devices, robots of all kinds, and talking up artificial intelligence developments.
$8 billion of transmission projects declared actionable
Jun 26, 2024 · Seven transmission projects across the National Electricity Market (NEM) are declared newly actionable in the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO)’s 2024 Integrated System Plan (ISP).. Projects in Tasmania, South Australia, New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland join 10 projects already underway that represent 2,500 km of new line and will be followed by a further 11 transmission projects ...
BIPV technology provides potential solution for solar duck curve
4 days ago · Rooftop solar has boomed in Australia with 4 million homes and small businesses already hosting solar panels but the building integrated PV (BIPV) market remains largely untapped. Rebecca Yang, director of the Solar Energy Application Laboratory at RMIT University in Melbourne, said BIPV – which ...