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Engie trial flips fears of solar tax to help customers earn from solar curtailment

Uptake of an ENGIE and SA Power Networks trial offer to help manage periodic oversupply of household rooftop solar energy – by rewarding customers – has seen its cap of 50 households double to 100.

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Fortescue begins works at Cloudbreak solar farm

Construction has begun on a 190 MW solar farm at Fortescue’s Cloudbreak mine site in the Pilbara region of Western Australia as the iron ore and green energy giant forges ahead with its decarbonisation plans.

NSW launches guide to help navigate REZ development

A new guide has been released to help landowners navigate their potential role in the Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone and understand the possibilities and challenges of hosting utility-scale solar farms, battery energy storage systems, wind turbines or transmission infrastructure.

Neoen Australia’s 477 MWh Blyth battery goes live in South Australia

NHOA Energy and Elecnor have successfully commissioned the 238.5 MW / 477 MWh Blyth battery energy storage system in South Australia for France-based Neoen Australia.

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Enosi evolves United Kingdom deal for its clean energy trading solution

Sydney clean energy technology company Enosi has partnered with United Kingdom-based energy supplier Evolve Energy to offer its clean energy matching software.

Large-scale solar development locations have role in biodiversity protection

The location of large-scale solar farm developments can play a significant role in protecting biodiversity says a new report that charts a path for clean energy projects to avoid areas with conservation value and alternatively explore the benefits of agrivoltaics.

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Researchers make green perovskite manufacturing breakthrough

Scientists at Macquarie University and the University of New South Wales have broken through significant barriers to perovskite solar cell industrial adoption with the discovery of ground breaking green manufacturing processes and materials.

Mid-2025 start date set for Central-West Orana REZ transmission project

Australia’s first renewable energy zone 240 kilometre transmission line project will begin construction in mid-2025, and once complete connect 7.7 GW of wind and solar projects and 4.5 GW of new network capacity by 2028.

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Senate inquiry recommends households install rooftop solar and batteries

The Australian senate inquiry into residential electrification final report gives bipartisan support to leverage rooftop solar and recommends federal, state and territory governments promote the uptake of consumer energy resources.

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HyFuel solar refinery secures $700,000 grant for solar fuels project

HyFuel Solar Refinery, a subsidiary of Vast Renewables has been awarded $700,000 through an Australia-Singapore low emissions technologies initiative for maritime and port operations.

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