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Last panel at Broken Hill installed
The 53MW Broken Hill solar farm in New South Wales – Australia’s second-largest utility-scale solar plant – is on track to be fully operational...
Dyesol awarded ARENA grant to commercialise high-efficiency, low-cost solar cell
Renewable energy supplier Dyesol has announced that it has been awarded a $449,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).
The NSW company will...
Rio Tinto turns on Australia’s first commercial diesel displacement solar plant
Weipa Solar, a 1.7MW solar PV plant at Rio Tinto's Weipa bauxite mine and processing facilities in north Queensland, has officially begun operation.
The plant –...
AGL Energy’s Broken Hill Solar Plant generates power for the first time
The second largest solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Australia – AGL’s Broken Hill solar plant in western New South Wales – has started feeding...
ARENA and CEFC announce combined $350m investment in solar power
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will invest $350 million in solar power for the construction of...
PV installation at Australia’s Moree Solar Farm begins
Australia's 70 MW Moree Solar Farm (MSF) – owned by Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FVR) – has begun to install the batches of solar modules provided by...
Australia’s largest solar project hits major milestone
Almost 100,000 solar photovoltaic panels have been installed to date on Australia’s largest solar array under construction, the Moree Solar Farm (MSF).
According to the...
New hybrid solar plant to be built at Australian copper mine
An AUS$40 million solar project in Western Australia is due to commence construction shortly, after renewable energy developer juwi Group confirmed it will begin...
Octillion gets ARENA funding to work on advanced lithium-ion battery storage solutions
Thanks to a $6.3 million investment by the Southern Cross Renewable Energy Fund, supported by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), Brisbane based Octillion...
Prototype wave power unit to be installed off the coast of Port Fairy in...
Sydney-based renewable energy technology company BioPower Systems (BPS) has completed the construction of its prototype wave power unit to be installed off the coast of Port Fairy,...
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