Shell breaks ground on 120 MW PV project to power onshore gas operations
Construction has begun on Royal Dutch Shell’s 120 MW solar farm which will generate clean energy for QGC’s natural gas processing plants near Wandoan in South West Queensland. The project is the oil major’s first global investment in an industrial-scale solar farm.
Total to buy 50% stake in Adani Group’s 2.1 GW solar portfolio
The French oil and gas giant—which is already a partner in Adani’s natural gas business—will now invest US$ 510 million to buy 50% stake in 2,148 MWac operating solar power projects owned by Adani Green Energy Limited.
AFP miraculously drops Taylor investigation
In a decision that seems to endorse the intervention of the supernatural, the Australian Federal Police has dropped its investigation into Energy Minister Angus Taylor and the allegedly forged document he attempted to use to skewer Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore.
Power Ledger wins contract with Italian energy utility
West Australian peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading pioneer Power Ledger has won a lucrative contract with Alperia SpA, one of Italy’s largest renewable electricity utilities.
The Smart Energy Council and the Turnbulls gather with progressive conservatives to shift the dial on climate change
Identity politics and an almost religious zeal have come to characterise Australian parliamentary climate debate, but smart industry groups, lobbyists, scientists and Liberal-minded change agents are working to influence the centre-right agenda towards a more economically rational and conservationist approach to energy transition.
Solar and batteries slash costs at off-grid WA cattle station
With the help of solar PV and zinc-bromine batteries, a cattle station located in the dry Murchison region northeast of Geraldton will save as much as $10,000 a year in diesel costs.
GreenSync’s Bridget Ryan wins 2020 Women in Focus grant
“It’s a pivotal time to be working in the industry,” said Women in Focus award recipient Bridget Ryan. The GreenSync Policy and Government Lead has seen great change in her two decades in the industry, but recognises there is still a way to go.
Canadian Solar to deliver 1.2 GW to Australian and U.S. projects – including bifacial
Canadian Solar and Lightsource BP have signed a multi-year 1.2 GW module supply agreement that will see both monofacial and bifacial modules installed in Lightsource BP’s Australian and U.S. solar projects.
City of Adelaide commits to 100% renewable electricity
From July 1, if it is run by the City of Adelaide, it is being powered by wind and solar electricity under a landmark power purchase agreement inked electricity retailer Flow Power.
Coronavirus could cause solar panel price spike
The coronavirus outbreak in China could raise solar module prices in the near term as manufacturers have already begun experiencing wafer and solar glass shortages. Production rates are also being affected by an extended new year holiday introduced by the authorities as a measure to deal with the virus, and the requirement workers from infected areas quarantine themselves for two weeks.
