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Neoen lands $1.4 billion debt finance for an additional 1.3 GW of renewables

French renewables developer Neoen has more than doubled its Australian renewable energy portfolio financing by securing a further $1.4 billion of debt for an additional 1.3 GW of wind, solar and storage assets.

EDF Renewables Australia partners with Swinburne clean energy startups program

The Australian arm of France-headquartered utility, EDF Renewables Australia, has partnered with Melbourne’s Swinburne University of Technology to launch a program driving innovation for the energy transition.

French forecast service targets Australian solar

With Australia’s clean energy transformation ramping up, French solar energy and weather forecasting service provider Reuniwatt has unveiled plans to expand its operations in the country with the focus to include large-scale PV projects.

Mobile floating PV plant powers Paris’ Olympic village

Transported 900 metres along the Seine, a 78 kW temporary photovoltaic power plant has been docked at the Athletes’ Village to provide renewable electricity to meet the demands of the Olympic and Paralympic Place in Paris.

Paris’ solar-powered Olympic village to become collective self-consumption hub

After the end of the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, the 15 solar power plants installed on the roofs of buildings in the athletes’ village will be integrated into a collective self-consumption operation once the future residents of the district have taken possession of the premises.

Tasmanian shipbuilder inks European partnerships to build all-electric ferries

Tasmanian shipbuilder Incat will team with two European companies to test the waters on building 100% battery-electric powered passenger and car ferries as part of a push to help decarbonise the maritime transport sector.

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Brookfield reaches agreement to acquire majority stake in Neoen

Canadian global asset management company Brookfield has reached agreement for a majority stake in Australia’s largest developer of renewables, France-headquartered Neoen, and is set to acquire a 53.32% stake in pursuit of 100% ownership.

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Schneider Electric launches new storage systems for microgrids

French multinational energy management company Schneider Electric has released two new battery energy storage systems with enclosures of 2.1 metres and 6.06 metres. Their power ranges from 60 kW to 500 kW.

EDF to drive development of 3 GWh pumped hydro project

The Australian arm of French energy giant EDF Group has acquired and agreed to co-develop the proposed 300 MW / 3 GWh Dungowan pumped hydro energy storage project being progressed in the New South Wales New England region.

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Collie Battery to get slice of Neoen’s $1.1 billion finance pie

The 219 MW / 877 MWh Collie Battery Stage 1 project being constructed in Western Australia’s southwest is the first new asset to be financed through a landmark $1.1 billion deal completed by French renewables developer Neoen.

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