Risen Energy reveals first in small-scale solar strategy
Better known for its large-scale exploits, global solar module supplier and project developer Risen Energy Australia has lodged a development application to build a 5 MW utility-scale solar PV farm at Wagga Wagga in southern New South Wales.
Looking back at a Q2 2021 period that’s been anything but boring
We’ve ticked over into July 2021, and so have left Q2 behind us… now with two units at Callide back in service, and also three units at Yallourn as well (though Yallourn unit four missed its expected return to service on Wednesday 30th June). Let’s hope prices continue to settle down.
NSW to invest record $380 million for renewable energy rollout
The New South Wales government will allocate $380 million in next week’s budget to help fuel investment in large-scale renewable energy as it continues its transition away from coal-fired generators.
Victorian developers commit $5.8 million in first sale of Australian company’s modular hydrogen production units
Sydney-headquartered Patriot Hydrogen has secured the first sale of its modular hydrogen production ‘P2H’ units. It is set to deliver Port Anthony Renewables Limited two of the modules by the end of the year.
Telstra dials up its renewable energy commitment
Telecommunications giant Telstra has continued it transition to renewable energy, signing a long-term agreement to purchase electricity from the Crookwell 3 Wind Farm being built near Goulburn in New South Wales.
Renewable transmission superhighway, EnergyConnect, clears final hurdle
South Australian transmission company ElectraNet on Monday announced it will invest $457.4 million to deliver the its section of the Project EnergyConnect, the high-voltage electricity transmission interconnector between South Australia and New South Wales.
World-first ‘solar hydro’ plant to be built in Victoria, promising 17 hours of storage for $27m
Australian technology company RayGen Resources has received funding to build a 3 MW/50 MWh ‘solar hydro’ power plant. Described by ARENA as the “first of a kind,” it is being lauded as one of the largest and lowest cost storage projects undertaken in the country. Energy giant AGL has also come onboard and will assess whether the technology would be suitable for its soon-to-retire Liddell facility.
Lightsource bp secures $330 million for QLD and NSW solar farms
Lightsource bp, the solar arm of oil major BP, has reached financial close on its 107 MW West Wyalong Solar Farm in New South Wales and its 214 MW Woolooga Solar Farm in Queensland, bringing the company’s Australian pipeline to over 1.5 GW (DC) and exhibiting the strength of green investment strategies.
Registrations of interest open for Australia’s biggest REZ
Australia’s largest renewable energy zone is one step closer to fruition with the New South Wales Government calling for registrations of interest from developers of solar PV, wind and energy storage projects.
How the NEM works and why NSW’s commission is calling for reforms
New South Wales’ Productivity Commission has called on the state to reform its energy and water regulations, among other recommendations, in the White Paper report published this week.
