Victoria-headquartered not-for-profit think tank, the Superpower Institute, has found Australia’s total potential revenue from clean energy exports is about $700 billion at today’s levels of industry output – or $1 trillion at forecast 2060 levels of output.
Payments to farmers and landholders hosting large-scale renewable energy projects across Australia’s main electricity grid are expected to top $1 billion by 2030 and could reach up to almost $10 billion by 2050.
Mining company Whitehaven Coal has indicated it will look at selling a 20 MW solar farm it plans to build to power its Narrabri coal mining operation in northwest New South Wales.
The Australian government has announced a $125 million funding commitment to help deliver off-grid and community scale renewable energy projects in remote and rural parts of the Pacific.
Six large-scale solar farms capable of generating 180-210 MW of clean energy and a battery energy storage system built next to existing transmission infrastructure are included in plans for a proposed Darwin Renewable Energy Hub.
A 70 GW solar and wind mega-project proposed for Western Australia’s Goldfields–Esperance region has been submitted for environmental approval from the state government.
The New South Wales government has released updated planning guidelines for large-scale renewable energy projects following criticism that the previous framework was slowing the state’s transition away from coal-dominated generation.
Canadian-headquartered developer and operator of long-duration storage systems Hydrostor is set to install an advanced compressed air energy storage facility at a minesite near the New South Wales outback city of Broken Hill.
A study on the potential benefits of co-locating solar energy generation and sheep grazing shows those that graze in the shade of solar panels may produce better quality wool than those on traditional agricultural properties.
Battery technology company Livium’s recycling subsidiary Envirostream Australia has secured an $850,000 grant from the Western Australia government to develop a battery recycling facility in the state.
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