Articles written by Jonathan Gifford

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Technology & Products
Weekend Read: Coal meets batteries Big batteries are blooming in the Australian sun and they will play an increasingly important role as coal plants are switched off and the share of renewables rises in the energy mix.
Jonathan Gifford
Mar 15, 2024
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Applications & Installations
Nextracker to use local steel in 480 MW Queensland project In the Australian leg of its global strategy, US-based tracker supplier Nextracker will use localy produced steel for a major project.
Jonathan Gifford
Mar 15, 2024
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Applications & Installations
Interview: Guiding consumers to make smart solar decisions A new guide is hoping to point Australian households in the direction of the right solar system for their home, today and into the future. Mike Roberts, from the UNSW, helped create the Solar Consumer Guide and smart tools like SunSPOT and explained how they work.
Jonathan Gifford
Mar 13, 2024
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Markets & Policy
Weekend read: Thin prospects The production of PV ingots and wafers remains the most highly concentrated of all the production stages in the silicon solar supply chain. Yet efforts to re-establish production in Europe and the United States are not for the faint-hearted.
Jonathan Gifford
Mar 08, 2024
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Applications & Installations
PPA upside for large-scale solar grows Bilateral power offtake agreements between corporate and industrial companies and solar projects are creating significant and growing demand for utility scale PV in Australia. The development is one of a number of bright spots in a challenging market segment.
Jonathan Gifford
Mar 07, 2024
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Technology & Products
CEC calls for federal residential battery subsidy The Clean Energy Council (CEC) has called for the federal government to introduce a subsidy program to support residential battery uptake. The CEC says a so-called Home Battery Saver Program would be “the missing piece of the [policy] puzzle.”
Jonathan Gifford
Mar 06, 2024
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Markets & Policy
Smart Energy Expo: Trina spotlights system supply Trina highlights value of single supplier in community solar, agrivoltaic applications along with PV power plant revamping.
Jonathan Gifford
Mar 05, 2024
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Applications & Installations
Renewed push on agrivoltaics could help resolve conflict in rural communities With opposition to large-scale renewables transmission projects being expressed in some rural and regional communities, solar’s ability to be coupled with agriculture could present opportunities for collaboration rather than conflict.
Aleisha Hey, Jonathan Gifford
Feb 25, 2024
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Technology & Products
QLD adds $210 million to battery industrial strategy The Queensland government is adding a further $210 million in pursuit of establishing a battery production industry in the state. The sum brings the total committed to its Battery Industry Strategy to $570 million.
Jonathan Gifford
Feb 22, 2024