Toyota teams with BHP to test electric HiLux dual-cab
With electric vehicle demand continuing to grow in Australia, Japanese auto manufacturer Toyota has revealed it will team with mining giant BHP to trial the “first ever” battery-powered HiLux dual-cab ute.
Flexible printed solar film research tacks closer to commercial viability
Researchers at the CSIRO have taken their pilot-scale prodcution of flexible printed solar film to a new level, following the official launch of its Printed Photovoltaic Facility in southwest Melbourne, Victoria.
Mars plans concentrated solar thermal tech for Victorian plant
The federal government will tip more than $17 million into what it said will be Australia’s first commercial concentrated solar thermal heat plant, expanding the application of solar power beyond electricity to heat generation.
Trucking giant turns to solar and battery storage to accelerate EV shift
Western Australian transport and logistics giant Centurion is building a fully integrated off-grid energy system including rooftop solar and on-site battery energy storage to help accelerate its shift to electric vehicles.
Storage and solar ‘as-a-service’ venture hits Australia’s C&I segment
Founder and former CEO of SwitchDin Dr Andrew Mears is launching his new venture, Tesseract ESS, at Melbourne’s All Energy today. The proposition expands on his previous technologies to deliver a ‘storage-as-a-service’ model focused on Australia’s C&I segment, providing battery and solar systems at $0 CAPEX to Australian farmers, manufacturers and other businesses. Pv magazine Australia spoke to Mears ahead of the launch.
Australian co-developer of PERC solar cells wins prestigious ATSE award
Australian co-developer of the passivated emitter and rear contact solar cell, Professor Andrew Blakers, wins prestigious award for contribution to the world’s renewable energy transition.
Victorian efficiency certificate returns boost commercial solar investment
Victorian commercial solar system installations greater than 100 kW can access a decade’s worth of energy efficiency certificates up front after the first year, based on greenhouse gas emissions reductions rather than power generated.
Australia’s clean power growth tops global leaderboard: World Energy Outlook
Australia tops the leaderboard for reducing its use of unabated fossil fuels and increase in clean power through sources like solar energy, and faster than electricity demand, according to the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2024 report.
OX2 buys proposed battery energy storage system north of Perth
Sweden-headquartered global renewable solutions company OX2’s purchase of a proposed Western Australia 1 GW wind farm, includes an indicative 100 MW battery energy storage system north of Perth.
Rooftop solar drives up ambient temperatures in urban centres: study
A University of New South Wales, Sydney study, in collaboration with the University of Calcutta, India, has found urban rooftop solar installations can raise daytime temperatures in a given area by up to 1.9 degrees, and lower them at night by up to 0.8 degrees.
