50+ min ago   (420+ words) Adelaide-headquartered solar and electrical construction company Solmech has delivered a hybrid retrofit at the 4.1 MW Warnertown Solar Farm in South Australia, replacing six of the site’s Sungrow PV inverters with hybrid alternatives, each paired with a 200k Wh Powerkeeper battery unit,…...

5+ hour, 12+ min ago   (226+ words) Researchers at Germany’s Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH have found that heterojunction (HJT) solar cells using aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO) as an alternative to indium tin oxide (ITO) for the transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer are more vulnerable to damp-heat conditions, potentially…...

1+ hour, 59+ min ago   (399+ words) The latest round of the Australian government’s Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) is officially open, providing renewable energy project developers with the opportunity to register and bid for underwriting contracts for generation projects in Western Australia’s Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM). CIS…...

1+ day, 45+ min ago   (598+ words) The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) said a record pipeline of new generation and storage is putting Australia on a stronger path to maintain electricity reliability but stressed the timely delivery and operational availability of these developments is key to…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (222+ words) Gentari Australia, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s state-owned energy company Petronas, recently announced mechanical completion at the DC-coupled Maryvale solar and battery energy storage project in central western New South Wales (NSW). The project, near Dubbo in the heart of the…...

1+ day, 49+ min ago   (759+ words) When Schneider Electric launched its On-the-Go Learning Centre, the aim was simple: take practical training directly to electricians, contractors and customers across Australia. The mobile demonstration centre is housed in a 2.5-tonne trailer and carries the energy technologies our teams…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (325+ words) Off-grid power specialist Pacific Energy has signed a 10-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Perth-based gold and nickel developer Rox Resources to supply power to the miner’s Youanmi gold project in remote Western Australia. Under the agreement, Pacific will design,…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (353+ words) Australian-owned Quinbrook, through Solquartz, plans to build a state-of-the-art polysilicon manufacturing facility at Lansdown, powered by large-scale solar and battery energy storage projects it is developing nearby. The manufacturing facility is planned for the Lansdown industrial hub located about 40 kilometres…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (267+ words) European Energy has commenced construction of an AC-coupled 40 MW / 80 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) intended to unlock the full potential of its Mokoan Solar Farm near Winton in northern Victoria. The 58 MW solar farm has been fully operational since…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (332+ words) Newcastle-headquartered Allegro Energy has entered a strategic partnership with Jena Batteries, a subsidiary of China-based Suqian Time Energy Storage, to accelerate the commercial deployment of the Australian company’s flow battery technology. Allegro co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Thomas Nann the…...