Australia’s first hydrogen-fuelled garbage trucks to hit Queensland streets this year
Pure Hydrogen has entered into a partnership with Australia’s largest privately-owned waste management company, JJ Waste & Recycling, to build what it claims will be the country’s first ever hydrogen fuelled garbage truck.
Work on Queensland’s ‘truly green’ government-owned hydrogen plant to start in six months
Construction of the Kogan Renewable Hydrogen Demonstration Plant in Queensland’s Western Downs region is expected to start by September, with government-owned CS Energy, the plant’s operator, having finalised the EPC contract with IHI Engineering Australia to construct the project.
New Zealand opens $9 million in funding for renewable projects for Māori housing
New Zealand’s federal government has opened the final funding round in its NZ$14 million (AU$13 million) Māori Housing Renewable Energy Fund, open to small and larger-scale projects.
Sydney port to provide 100% renewable power to docked ships
Sydney’s Bay Port will soon be offering 100% renewably sourced power to docked ships, a world first for a dry-bulk precinct and the first in the Southern Hemisphere for a cruise terminal.
Could Russia’s actions in Ukraine accelerate renewables investment?
Given the goings-on in the world this last quarter, Mike Jefferies, Investment Manager at Octopus Investments Australia, takes a look at the current macroeconomic environment, how this is tied to energy markets, the impacts Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had on that energy market, what this could mean for Australia and how renewables could help address these issues.
Hydrogen-powered trains for the German network
Elsewhere, the Danish government announced a plan to deploy up to 6 GW of electrolyser capacity by 2030 and Germany and Norway agreed to conduct a feasibility study on large-scale hydrogen transport, including via pipeline.
Broome community batteries to unlock 1.4MW of solar hosting capacity
The rollout of rooftop solar in the remote coastal town of Broome in northern Western Australia is set to get a boost with state-owned regional energy provider Horizon Power installing two centralised community batteries that are expected to unlock more than 1,400kW of solar PV hosting capacity.
AGL gets tick of approval for 2GWh Liddell battery
Australia’s biggest power producer AGL has secured planning approval for a 500MW/2GWh grid-connected utility scale battery to be developed at the site of its coal-fired Liddell power plant in the New South Wales Hunter Valley.
Call to mandate rapid shutdown technology surfaces in wake of floods
With residents across New South Wales and southeast Queensland still cleaning up after the devastating floods that ripped through their communities earlier this month, solar industry advocacy group Safer Solar has issued a call for Australia to mandate rapid shutdown technology on solar PV systems.
World’s largest solar tree record smashed
With a PV panel surface area of 309.83m2, the solar tree is officially certified by Guinness World Records (GWR) as the largest solar tree in the world.
