Solar and battery project a game changer says Wärtsilä
The Fulham solar and battery project being built in regional Victoria has been labelled a “game changer” with technology group Wärtsilä Energy saying the project highlights a growing trend toward integrating renewable energy and storage to support grid stability, especially as solar and wind curtailment becomes more common.
AI-powered robotic pile technology speeds up 500,000 solar panel project
Bouygues Construction Australia is trialling an autonomous piling system machine to build French renewable giant ENGIE’s 250 MW Goorambat East Solar Farm in northern Victoria.
History repeats as Iberian blackout demonstrates urgent need for battery storage
The vast blackout that gripped the Iberian Peninsula on April 28 has echoes of a similar event in South Australia in 2016. The solution in both cases appears to be the same.
5 MWh pilot plant provides new impetus for thermal energy storage startup
MGA Thermal has its sights fixed on the commercialisation of its long-duration electro-thermal energy storage solution after the successful commissioning of a 5 MWh pilot plant on the New South Wales Central Coast.
World Bank build marks debut of ClearVue solar skylights
Western Australia-headquartered ClearVue Technologies has signed its first commercial order for Africa with its solar energy-generating skylights to be integrated into a new World Bank building in Nigeria.
Top-cell transparency remains critical challenge for tandem solar cells
New research has shown how improving top-cell transparency and performance remains key to the commercialization of tandem perovskite-silicon solar cells, as well as for all other types of tandem devices. The analysis demonstrated, in particular, that the top cell must achieve higher single-cell efficiency to compensate for reduced transparency.
Jemena adds community batteries as part of prep for rooftop solar influx
Victorian distribution network service provider Jemena has flicked the switch on the first two community batteries to be installed within its electricity network as it prepares for rooftop solar capacity to more than double in the next decade.
SEC reveals major milestone for 1.6 GWh battery project
The third and final transformer has arrived for installation at the Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub in Victoria with the 600 MW / 1,600 MWh first stage of the battery energy storage system (BESS) on track to come online later this year.
Sun-Ways inaugurates removable PV plant on railway tracks
Swiss startup Sun-Ways says it has activated what it calls the world’s first removable solar plant on active rail tracks, with passenger trains set to operate over the 18 kW installation from today.
Ingeteam technology tapped for Australia solar projects
Spanish manufacturer Ingeteam has been tapped by Denmark-headquartered developer European Energy to supply its power conversion and control technology to two grid-scale solar farms being built in Australia.
