Australia’s only panel manufacturer enters utility market with ‘world beating’ module
Tindo Solar, Australia’s only solar panel manufacturer, has launched its first module designed specifically for utility-scale projects, the 545W Karra module. Australia-made, the module boasts a 23.1% cell efficiency with a low cell-to-module loss rate of 0.07%.
Tasmanian installer convicted and two agents suspended following Regulator’s investigations
A Tasmanian solar installer has been prosecuted for providing a false signature on a certificate form after being investigated by the Clean Energy Regulator. The Regulator has this month also suspended the registration of two solar agents, one permanently.
Australia’s biggest steelmaker refines its green steel plans
BlueScope Steel, the country’s largest steelmaker, is refining and progressing its plans to decarbonise its steel making process – considered to be one of the greatest opportunities for green hydrogen use.
India and Australia sign letter of intent on solar, ‘clean’ hydrogen
India and Australia have signed a letter of intent to cooperate on scaling up the manufacture and deployment of ultra-low-cost solar and “clean” hydrogen.
Q Cells offers 15 year warranty on ‘sleek’ new home battery, an Australian first
The latest home battery system from Q Cells, owned by South Korea’s Hanwha Solutions, will the “first to market” to provide a standard 15 year product warranty. The Q.HOME CORE will be available in Australia from March.
The battle for AGL heralds a new dawn for Australian electricity
Two events in the past week mark a watershed for Australia’s electricity industry.
Major installer’s home battery sales surge by 400%
Australian company Natural Solar has seen a 400% increase in battery installs across Australia within two years. The company’s CEO Chris Williams told pv magazine Australia that Victoria has led demand, growing 350% in the second half of 2021 alone. Williams believes the surge has been driven by several compounding factors.
Australian solar thermal company shortlisted as global ‘pioneer’
Australian concentrated solar thermal power company Vast Solar has been shortlisted as a finalist for BNEF’s Pioneers 2022 program.
Panel recovery plants using European tech to open in Queensland ahead of national rollout
Queensland will soon be home to two solar recycling and materials recovery plants after Solar Recovery Corporation announced its partnership with La Mia Energia, an Italian consortium which has developed a panel recycling process it claims can recover up to 99% of raw materials. The partnering companies are planning to expand across Australia in the next two years.
Climate-driven billionaire to pursue AGL takeover despite board rejection
AGL has this morning rejected an “unsolicited” $8 billion takeover bid from software billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes’ Grok Ventures and Canadian fund manager Brookfield. Cannon-Brookes described the consortium as “disappointed” by AGL’s decision, saying it will continue to “move forward” with the bid which would dramatically accelerate coal retirements in Australia.
