Voltavate to power up battery tech with Artesian backing
Australian battery tech startup Voltavate has secured $850,000 in an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round led by $1.22 billion global alternative investment management firm Artesian.
Report reveals Sydney potential for 21 GW renewable energy zone
A new report calls for mandated solar installations on all new residential and industrial buildings in Sydney to help transform the city into an urban renewable energy zone capable of generating three quarters of its annual energy needs.
Scientists build 29.5%-efficiency all-perovskite tandem solar cells
An international team of researchers used a novel interfacial treatment to improve the performance of perovskite solar cells across a range of narrow and wide bandgap single junction, tandem, and mini-module samples. An all-perovskite tandem solar cell demonstrated its use with a certified efficiency of 29.5%.
Kardinia Energy rolls out printed solar for Coldplay concert
Australian printed solar tech company Kardinia Energy and globally acclaimed rock band Coldplay have together delivered one of the largest live-event deployments of mobile solar while providing a high-profile test for organic, ink-based photovoltaics.
Deakin puts peer-to-peer trading of excess solar to test
Researchers at Deakin University have launched a first-of-its-kind project exploring how Australian households and small businesses with solar and or battery systems can sell their excess clean energy to others without the technology.
Queensland boosts funding for CopperString project
The Queensland government has reinforced its commitment to the CopperString transmission line project that is to stretch across the state’s northwest, announcing it will allocate $2.4 billion towards the project.
Queensland big battery ready to start commissioning and testing
BlackRock-owned Victorian battery storage developer Akaysha Energy’s 300 MWh Stage 1 Ulinda Park battery energy storage system is ready to enter the commissioning and testing phase.
Module reliability scorecard reveals widespread quality risk
Independent testing laboratory Kiwa-PVEL has published the 11th edition of its PV Module Reliability Scorecard, having extensively tested PV modules from 50 different manufacturers. The scorecard reveals improvements in energy yield per watt-peak and resistance to potential-induced degradation, but an increase in breakage under mechanical stress and hail simulations, and an overall higher failure rate are cause for concern to many.
Project mapping platform adds high-res imagery to mix
Australian renewable energy market intelligence and mapping tool provder RenewMap has partnered with aerial imagery platform Nearmap in a move that provides users with access to the tech company’s high-resolution digitised content.
Mannum battery joins South Australia commissioning pipeline
Another big battery in South Australia has moved into the commissioning phase with energy infrastructure company Epic Energy announcing that the 200 MWh Mannum project is on track for full energisation in Q3 2025.
