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No late-stage growth capital for battery materials manufacturing risks billions  

Sicona Battery Technologies is calling for late-stage growth capital to fund critical minerals and battery materials manufacturing in Australia or miss out on a forecast $16.9 billion annual value-add.
Ev Foley
14 hours ago
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Technology & Products

Volt opens retail investment offer in renewable energy infrastructure

Australian solar tile company Volt is expanding into a new business arm to build, own, and operate renewable energy infrastructure and has opened a crowd-sourced funding offer to investors.
Ev Foley
17 hours ago
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Applications & Installations

Solar and storage included in $122 million remote community utilities upgrade

The Mutitjulu community inside the borders of the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in the Northern Territory will receive a 1 MW solar array and 3 MW battery energy storage system, as part of a $122 million utilities upgrade.
Ev Foley
18 hours ago
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Applications & Installations

Ampol expands EV charging network with $225 million buyout of Evie Networks

Ampol Energy has entered into a share sale agreement to buy, for $225 million, 100% of Fast Cities Australia trading as Evie Networks, nabbing 300 additional charging sites across Australia in the process.
Ev Foley
19 hours ago
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Technology & Products

SWIS network operator deploys dynamic system to control power ‘speed limits’

Western Power has launched a dynamic line rating system that enables control of how much power can travel through transmission lines using real-weather data and solar irradiance.
Ev Foley
20 hours ago

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The case for vertical BIPV

A major IEA PVPS Task 15 study finds that vertical BIPV façades can complement rooftop solar with minimal yield penalties, smoothing generation across the day while offering greater design flexibility. Across 357 configurations in 44 cities, the research also shows BIPV economics improve substantially when avoided building-material costs are counted, with long-term viability shaped by electricity prices, financing, installation costs, and application type.
IEA-PVPS
Sep 30, 2026
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Technology & Products

Solar myths and misconceptions busted

Solar has become one of those technologies everyone suddenly seems to be an expert on. Panels can’t be recycled. They poison the soil. They don’t last. They’re taking farmland away from farmers. One decent hailstorm and they’re toast.
Daniel Lazarus
Sep 29, 2026
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Research & Development

Four lessons learned using AI in energy sector

Artificial intelligence has emerged as a transformative technology in the energy sector but its application requires careful planning and attention. Here, Kaiyue Duan, software engineer for AI solutions at Amplink Technologies looks at the good, the bad, and the unavoidable of working with AI in energy domains.
Kaiyue Duan
Sep 22, 2026
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Markets & Policy

Australia needs renewable energy fast – but building it is only half the battle

Australia’s energy transition has never been more urgent. Ageing coal-fired power stations are retiring and energy bills are rising sharply. To address this, the obvious solution is to build more renewable energy projects and the transmission infrastructure to connect them at scale. But a major hurdle remains: community opposition.
Mingming Cheng & Peta Ashworth
Sep 08, 2026
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Rooftop solar, home battery installs hit record highs Australians are installing rooftop solar and batteries at record scale with the latest data revealing households added 1,894 MW of new PV generation and 8,691 MWh of energy storage capacity in the first half of 2026.
David Carroll
Sep 29, 2026
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Waratah Super Battery reaches full commercial operations One of the world’s most powerful battery energy storage systems is now fully operational, with the 850 MW / 1,680 MWh Waratah Super Battery actively serving as a ‘shock absorber’ for the New South Wales grid.
David Carroll
Sep 28, 2026
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Squadron lands federal tick for Queensland solar and battery project Plans to build a 500 MW solar farm and a 100 MW / 400 MWh battery alongside a 1.4 GW wind farm in Queensland’s Western Downs region have been waved through the federal government’s environmental permitting process.
David Carroll
Sep 28, 2026
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Marinus Link granted Australia’s first offshore transmission licence The proposed 345-kilometre undersea and underground electricity and data interconnector, Marinus Link has been granted the first transmission and infrastructure licence under Australia’s new offshore infrastructure regime.
Ev Foley
Sep 25, 2026
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No late-stage growth capital for battery materials manufacturing risks billions  

Sicona Battery Technologies is calling for late-stage growth capital to fund critical minerals and battery materials manufacturing in Australia or miss out on a forecast $16.9 billion annual value-add.
Ev Foley
14 hours ago
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Technology & Products

Volt opens retail investment offer in renewable energy infrastructure

Australian solar tile company Volt is expanding into a new business arm to build, own, and operate renewable energy infrastructure and has opened a crowd-sourced funding offer to investors.
Ev Foley
17 hours ago
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Technology & Products

SWIS network operator deploys dynamic system to control power ‘speed limits’

Western Power has launched a dynamic line rating system that enables control of how much power can travel through transmission lines using real-weather data and solar irradiance.
Ev Foley
20 hours ago
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Technology & Products

13 Wärtsilä gas engines bound for Australia to support clean energy integration

Destined for an undisclosed Australian 300 MW reciprocating engine power plant, Wärtsilä has announced it will supply 13 x 46TS-SG gas engines that guarantee fast starting flexible capacity and the ability to integrate greater renewable energy into a power system.
Ev Foley
22 hours ago
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Technology & Products

Joint venture to close energy and capital gap for grid-constrained projects

A joint venture between EORA Energy and resources investor the Tulla Group aims to design, supply, finance and integrate complete energy management systems on a range of off-grid energy-hungry projects.
Ev Foley
Oct 01, 2026
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Technology & Products

TrinaTracker launches solar panel installation and cleaning robots

Solar tracking systems provider TrinaTracker has unveiled two new AI-powered robots designed to automate PV module installation and cleaning, helping improve construction efficiency, safety and operations and maintenance.
David Carroll
Sep 30, 2026
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Technology & Products

Solar myths and misconceptions busted

Solar has become one of those technologies everyone suddenly seems to be an expert on. Panels can’t be recycled. They poison the soil. They don’t last. They’re taking farmland away from farmers. One decent hailstorm and they’re toast.
Daniel Lazarus
Sep 29, 2026
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No late-stage growth capital for battery materials manufacturing risks billions  

Sicona Battery Technologies is calling for late-stage growth capital to fund critical minerals and battery materials manufacturing in Australia or miss out on a forecast $16.9 billion annual value-add.
Ev Foley
14 hours ago
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Technology & Products

Volt opens retail investment offer in renewable energy infrastructure

Australian solar tile company Volt is expanding into a new business arm to build, own, and operate renewable energy infrastructure and has opened a crowd-sourced funding offer to investors.
Ev Foley
17 hours ago
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Markets & Policy

1GWh battery energy storage system gets green tick to start construction in NSW

A proposed 125 MW / 1,000 MWh battery energy storage system supported by a 14-year LTESA awarded through AEMO and located near Narrabri in northern NSW has received state government planning approval.
Ev Foley
Oct 01, 2026
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Markets & Policy

Rooftop solar, home battery installs hit record highs

Australians are installing rooftop solar and batteries at record scale with the latest data revealing households added 1,894 MW of new PV generation and 8,691 MWh of energy storage capacity in the first half of 2026.
David Carroll
Sep 29, 2026
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Markets & Policy

Global solar additions hit 690 GW in 2025

Latest report from IEA-PVPS says the world’s cumulative solar capacity reached 2.96 TWh by the end of last year, a total theoretically capable of generating about 12% of global electricity consumption.
Patrick Jowett
Sep 28, 2026

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Technology & Products

Volt opens retail investment offer in renewable energy infrastructure

Australian solar tile company Volt is expanding into a new business arm to build, own, and operate renewable energy infrastructure and has opened a crowd-sourced funding offer to investors.
Ev Foley
17 hours ago
View article
Applications & Installations

Solar and storage included in $122 million remote community utilities upgrade

The Mutitjulu community inside the borders of the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in the Northern Territory will receive a 1 MW solar array and 3 MW battery energy storage system, as part of a $122 million utilities upgrade.
Ev Foley
18 hours ago
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Applications & Installations

Ampol expands EV charging network with $225 million buyout of Evie Networks

Ampol Energy has entered into a share sale agreement to buy, for $225 million, 100% of Fast Cities Australia trading as Evie Networks, nabbing 300 additional charging sites across Australia in the process.
Ev Foley
19 hours ago
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Technology & Products

Joint venture to close energy and capital gap for grid-constrained projects

A joint venture between EORA Energy and resources investor the Tulla Group aims to design, supply, finance and integrate complete energy management systems on a range of off-grid energy-hungry projects.
Ev Foley
Oct 01, 2026
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Markets & Policy

1GWh battery energy storage system gets green tick to start construction in NSW

A proposed 125 MW / 1,000 MWh battery energy storage system supported by a 14-year LTESA awarded through AEMO and located near Narrabri in northern NSW has received state government planning approval.
Ev Foley
Oct 01, 2026
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Applications & Installations

FRV notches Australian first with commissioning of 100 MW battery

Another big battery has joined Australia’s main grid with Saudi-backed developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures announcing the successful commissioning of the 100 MW two-hour Terang battery in southwest Victoria.
David Carroll
Sep 30, 2026
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Applications & Installations

The case for vertical BIPV

A major IEA PVPS Task 15 study finds that vertical BIPV façades can complement rooftop solar with minimal yield penalties, smoothing generation across the day while offering greater design flexibility. Across 357 configurations in 44 cities, the research also shows BIPV economics improve substantially when avoided building-material costs are counted, with long-term viability shaped by electricity prices, financing, installation costs, and application type.
IEA-PVPS
Sep 30, 2026
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Two-stage pyrolysis process turns waste solar panels into silicon carbide

Russian scientists have developed a process that combines pyrolysis at 500 C with electric arc treatment above 1,800 C. The resulting solid product contained up to 61% silicon carbide, a material used in power electronics and refractory ceramics.
Lior Kahana
21 hours ago
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Research & Development

Commercial perovskite and tandem modules tested in outdoor field study: UNSW

Researchers from UNSW are testing commercial perovskite and tandem solar modules to better understand their performance and durability in real-world settings.
Ev Foley
Oct 01, 2026
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Research & Development

Bilayer transparent conductive film for electrostatic dust removal achieves 96.36% cleaning rate on PV panels

Chinese researchers have developed a bilayer transparent conductive film for electrostatic dust removal from PV panels. An 80 nm magnesium fluoride coating offered the best balance of optoelectronic and cleaning performance, with dust removal reaching 96.36%.
Lior Kahana
Sep 29, 2026
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Markets & Policy

Decommissioning to drive 23% of solar buildout in the 2040s, says Wood Mackenzie

Wood Mackenzie’s latest report says the need to replace ageing infrastructure will bring a more than 60% increase in equipment sales in 2050 when compared to today’s levels.
Patrick Jowett
Sep 27, 2026
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Research & Development

Victorian company trials solar sleeve on nbn fixed wireless monopoles

Victorian telecommunications and electrical infrastructure services company Decon Corporation has finalised a trial of solar laminate panels wrapped on a National Broadband Network fixed wireless monopole.
Ev Foley
Sep 25, 2026