NSW launches guide to help navigate REZ development
A new guide has been released to help landowners navigate their potential role in the Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone and understand the possibilities and challenges of hosting utility-scale solar farms, battery energy storage systems, wind turbines or transmission infrastructure.
Community batteries charge on across New South Wales and Victoria
Over 30 community batteries have been launched since 1 April 2025 backed by federal government grants as part of its $200 million deployment of 400 community battery installations across Australia.
Cybersecure Australian-made residential battery launched in NSW
On the back of the federal government’s $2.3 billion home battery subsidy, a new CSIRO designed and Energy Renaissance-built residential battery has been launched at a New South Wales-based gigafactory.
Researchers make green perovskite manufacturing breakthrough
Scientists at Macquarie University and the University of New South Wales have broken through significant barriers to perovskite solar cell industrial adoption with the discovery of ground breaking green manufacturing processes and materials.
Pioneering ‘solar garden’ scores sustainability award
Australia’s first large-scale solar garden, the Haystacks Solar Garden in the New South Wales Riverina region has been named among the winners of the country’s longest running sustainability awards.
NSW peak demand backed up by 7,800 home battery installations in 5 months
More than 7,800 home batteries have been installed since 1 November 2024 under a New South Wales peak demand reduction scheme rebate, which includes an incentive to connect solar battery systems to virtual power plants.
Western Australia solar projects top March 2025 performance list
The Potentia Energy Greenough River 1 and Sun Energy Merredin solar farms in Western Australia have topped Rystad Energy’s leaderboard for best performance in March 2025.
Mid-2025 start date set for Central-West Orana REZ transmission project
Australia’s first renewable energy zone 240 kilometre transmission line project will begin construction in mid-2025, and once complete connect 7.7 GW of wind and solar projects and 4.5 GW of new network capacity by 2028.
Potential of chalcogenide pervoskite for next generation solar cells: study
Researchers from the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics and the University of New South Wales have published findings on the potential for next generation solar cells of chalcogenide pervoskite BaZrS3.
Mounting install at Culcairn solar farm picks up pace using Leapting robots
China-headquartered smart solutions company Leapting’s specialised robots are helping speed up the installation of Neoen’s Culcairn solar farm in New South Wales, which the company says reduces labour intensity and mitigates construction safety risks.
