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Markets & Policy
Investment in Australian large-scale renewables jumped 50% in 2022 Large-scale wind and solar farm investment commitments grew nearly 50% in 2022, according to new data published by the Clean Energy Regulator.
Bella Peacock
Feb 08, 2023
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Applications & Installations
Missteps, monster solar farms and hangovers: solar’s 2022 in review Last year was a tricky one for solar, with each segment from residential to commercial to utility behaving quite differently. The industry trends have been laid out in Sunwiz’s latest Australian PV Report and pv magazine Australia takes a dive into what happened and what there is to learn.
Bella Peacock
Jan 31, 2023
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Applications & Installations
Australia’s first utility-scale solar farm marks 10th anniversary Australia’s first utility-scale solar PV project is marking its 10th anniversary, a milestone that also serves to highlight the pace and scale of the country’s transition to a renewables-led future.
David Carroll
Oct 20, 2022
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Research & Development
Australia’s increasingly turbulent irradiance laid bare in decade of mapping Solar data company Solargis has released 10-year solar performance maps showing Australia’s massive variations in irradiance and the impacts of extreme weather patterns and events.
Bella Peacock
Apr 12, 2022
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Markets & Policy
Australian battery storage market passed 1GWh in 2021 Australian deployment of battery storage remained steady in 2021, according to market research firm SunWiz, bringing cumulative installations to 1,089MWh.
Marija Maisch
Apr 07, 2022
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Applications & Installations
Variability compounding complexity compounding risk: the state of play in the NEM today Australia’s energy system was already a complex web, but it’s now transforming into the work of a labyrinth spider, which build tunnels so complicated and thick they look like white silk vortexes. You get the picture. Or you will from reading the Generator Insights 2021 report published today.
Bella Peacock
Dec 15, 2021
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Markets & Policy
Australia’s biggest battery cleared for testing following fire debacle Energisation testing is set to resume from tomorrow for Neoen’s 300 MW / 450 MWh Victorian Big Battery, following the fire which caught global attention and destroyed two of its Megapacks on July 30.
Bella Peacock
Sep 28, 2021
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Applications & Installations
Is Australia’s solar industry really still shonky? Finn Peacock on the industry’s best and worst bits Why do you almost never hear about prosecutions for illegal phoenix activity? Why do some Approved Solar Retailers behave so badly? And what remains of Australian solar’s cowboy history?
Bella Peacock
Mar 03, 2021
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Applications & Installations
Historical wholesale price trend bucked thanks to renewables January normally sees a spike in the average wholesale electricity price. This year, however, increased solar PV and wind generation have seen this traditional trend bucked.
Bella Peacock
Feb 16, 2021
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