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Leapting rolls out PV module-mounting robot in Australia

Leapting will soon deploy a solar module-mounting robot at an Australian project, saying the automatic installation speed of the AI-driven machine can reach one panel per minute, delivering an estimated 30% reduction in installation costs on utility scale solar projects.

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Female sparky numbers rising but remain untapped resource for energy transition

Though women in electrical trades grew a record 65% in the past few years and 17% of the energy sector workforce in Australia being women, just 4% are soley employed in hands-on trade roles, such as electricians.

Per capita, global energy jobs are highest in Australia: IEA report

The International Energy Agency’s third World Energy Employment 2024 report has found that while China and India have the biggest energy work forces, energy jobs per capita are the highest in Australia and New Zealand.

North Queensland council provides approval for 1 GW multi-stage solar farm

Renewable energy developer Cambridge JMD Australia has received council planning approval to build its first Australian project, a multi-staged solar farm of more than 1 GW in north Queensland.

Australia’s solar manufacturing future needs skilled expatriate workforce: report

A global renewable energy jobs review has found Australia could achieve a 5 GW module capacity on the back of new domestic upstream facilities but requires a $7.8 billion investment over the next decade, and initially, an expatriate workforce to achieve it.

Australian-backed Philippines lithium battery factory targets 2 GWh capacity

An Australian-funded lithium iron phosphate battery manufacturing plant in the gigafactory has hit go on the Philippine’s first purpose-built battery production line, which is expected to generate an output of 2 GWh of capacity by 2030.

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Extra 33,000 electricity workers needed to match 2029 clean energy demand

The Australian Skills Guarantee has been identified by a RACE 2030 report as one solution to help boost, and double to 63,000 by 2029, the number of skilled electricity workers needed to deploy clean energy projects.

Solar installer fined $40,000 after worker falls

A solar installation company has been convicted and fined $40,000 after one of its workers was injured when he fell about 10 metres through an asbestos roof in Victoria’s southwest.

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Work packages awarded for 48 GWh pumped hydro project

Queensland Hydro has announced more than $190 million in work packages linked to the construction of the 2 GW / 48 GWh Borumba pumped hydro energy storage project being developed near Gympie in the state’s southeast.

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SunPower files for bankruptcy

United States-headquartered solar company SunPower Corp has filed for bankruptcy, among the largest in a series of major bankruptcies in the industry.

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