Installations

Premier Jacinta Allan today announced that the Victorian government will accelerate planning approvals for renewable energy projects. The move is meant to ensure that projects that bring energy prices down can come online with greater speed.

A new guide is hoping to point Australian households in the direction of the right solar system for their home, today and into the future. Mike Roberts, from the UNSW, helped create the Solar Consumer Guide and smart tools like SunSPOT and explained how they work.

New software released to serve both installers and consumers. The software aims to recommend optimal solar panel configuration and use of the solar energy by the household.

Australian renewables infrastructure provider, Pacific Energy, has completed and delivered four solar-BESS-gas hybrid systems, which have a combined capacity of 82 MW, to gold producer Westgold Resources.

A new Clean Energy Council report finds large-scale solar commissioning up but financial commitments below what is needed for the 6 GW annual generation required under Australia’s 82% renewables-by-2030 target.

Both active in the Australian renewables market, Philippines-based energy company ACEN has partnered with United States-headquartered producer BrightNight to develop the latter’s 1 GW renewable power portfolio in the Philippines.

The New South Wales workplace health and safety regulator has commenced a compliance blitz focusing on the safe installation of rooftop solar systems with inspectors to ensure business owners are checking on the safety of subcontractors.

A unit of French construction group Vinci has developed a new tool to ensure efficient earthworks for ground-mounted PV systems, with a focus on optimization parameters, design restrictions, allowable slopes for mounting structures, and terrain adaptation.

The Generating Authority of Thailand has announced that a 24 MW floating hydro-solar hybrid project has commenced commercial operations in the country’s northeast. The installation is part of wider plans to develop 16 floating solar projects with a combined capacity of 2,725 MW.

A Queensland tech start-up says it has developed an AI-based all-in-one solar farm operation and maintenance system that promises to boost the reliability of solar projects and could save the renewable energy industry $200 million a year.