Clean Energy Council nominated as small-scale renewables product assurance body
The Clean Energy Regulator has nominated the Clean Energy Council as the product listing body for solar panels and inverters eligible under the small-scale renewable energy scheme.
Build starts on 240 MW second stage of Origin Energy’s Eraring battery project
Construction of the second stage 240 MW battery at Origin Energy’s Eraring Power Station located 120 kilometres north of Sydney and 40 kilometres south of Newcastle in New South Wales, has officially begun.
Vast signs 550 MWh USA-based green methanol and sustainable fuels deal
Australian concentrated solar company Vast Renewables has signed a development services agreement with Singapore-headquartered energy company GGS Energy to bring concentrated solar powered green methanol and sustainable aviation fuel to the USA.
Solar module manufacturing capacity could exceed 1.5 TW by 2035, says IEA
The International Energy Agency’s latest report, which maps out the future evolution of clean energy manufacturing, says the combined global market for PV, wind turbines, electric cars, batteries, electrolysers, and heat pumps will rise from $1 trillion in 2023 to more than $3 trillion by 2035.
Bluetti launches new ESS with up to 154.8kWh of storage
United States-based Bluetti has developed a new energy storage system that offers up to 154.8 kWh of storage and 60 kW of output by connecting up to three systems in parallel. It includes an inverter and a voltage controller with up to seven batteries.
Mount Isa copper mines earmarked for gravitational energy storage system
New South Wales-based gravitational energy storage technology company Green Gravity will repurpose shafts in two Queensland copper mines scheduled to close in 2025, to store renewable energy.
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.
Rooftop solar doubles third quarter grid-scale solar supply: AEMO report
Rooftop solar has outshone other renewables in Q3 2024, contributing 38.5% of generation ahead of grid-scale solar, 18.3% and wind,13.4%, while new capacity progressing through the connection phase grew 36% and battery projects, by 87%, compared to Q3 2023.
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.
Neoen flicks switch on first stage of Collie big battery
French renewable energy and storage developer Neoen has confirmed that the 219 MW / 877 MWh first stage of what will be one of Australia’s largest battery energy storage systems has commenced operations in Western Australia’s coal heartlands.
