Legal

Rooftop solar certificate aggregator Emerging Energy Solutions, which has gone into liquidation reportedly owing creditors more than $86 million, has had its registration “permanently suspended” by the Clean Energy Regulator.

Japanese utility giant Electric Power Development Company, known as J-Power, has acquired Sydney-headquartered renewables energy and storage developer Genex Power with a $381 million deal backed by its shareholders.

Inverter manufacturer Fimer has launched a process to sell itself to new owners. Interested investors have until August 31 to submit offers.

SunCable’s flagship Australia-Asia Power Link project, the largest intercontinental renewable energy and transmission project in development in the world, is a step closer to realisation after securing the tick of approval from environmental regulators.

The federal treasurer Jim Chalmers has presented the Future Made in Australia Bill to parliament taking the next step to bringing into law pathways to help make Australia a renewable energy superpower.

Three pumped hydro projects that would deliver a combined 1,035 MW / 9,480 MWh of dispatchable capacity are among six projects that have been declared critical state significant infrastructure by the New South Wales government, potentially smoothing the way for their approval.

Two Western Australian companies and three people have been fined almost $40,000 for an illegal electrical licence-sharing arrangement involving 25 rooftop solar installations at properties in the state’s southwest.

All new solar systems and home batteries installed under Victoria’s solar and battery rebate schemes will need to be fitted with an active internet connection to support emergency backup and flexible exports under new rules to come into play later this year.

A Victorian solar installation company that “repeatedly” put workers at risk when working at height has been convicted of failing to provide or maintain a safe workplace and fined $40,000.

Australia’s corporate watchdog has filed a lawsuit against Sydney-based Magnis Energy Technologies and its executive chairman for allegedly failing to disclose details about the “true situation” at the lithium-ion battery company’s United States manufacturing facility.