Tag: First Solar
First Solar to invest US$680m in new manufacturing facility in Ohio, US
American solar technology company First Solar will invest $680 million in a new manufacturing facility in Ohio to expand America’s domestic photovoltaic (PV) solar...
The largest solar projects in Australia have been completed
AGL Energy and First Solar have successfully completed the two largest solar photovoltaic (PV) plants at Nyngan and Broken Hill.
Both solar plants are located...
Broken Hill solar farm ramps up to full generation
Just three days after the last of the 677,760 solar panels was installed, the 53MW Broken Hill solar farm in New South Wales –...
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...
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...
Australia’s largest PV power station gets go ahead to feed full capacity into grid
The Nyngan solar PV plant – part of the $440 million AGL solar project, which is supported by $166.7 million from ARENA and $64.9 million from...
Southern Hemisphere’s largest solar PV plant hits major milestone
Representatives from ARENA, AGL and First Solar joined Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy Anthony Roberts and NSW Minister for the Environment Mark Speakman...
Major solar research facility switched on at UQ campus
Industry and Science Minister Ian Macfarlane has officially opened the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) research facility in the southern hemisphere at the University of...
University of Queensland and First Solar begin work on Australia’s largest solar photovoltaic research...
The University of Queensland (UQ) announced last week that construction of the Gatton PV Pilot Plant – the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) research facility in...
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