Solar EPC and O&M firm Sterling and Wilson Solar recently bagged orders worth AUD 300 million (INR 1,600 crore) for two large solar projects in Australia. According to the statement, two large scale solar projects in the country will have an installed capacity of over 300 MW. The new projects have been secured from global […]
Indian-origin researcher Neeraj Sharma has been given the ‘Early Career Researcher of the Year’ award by the Australian government for developing next-generation battery systems such as sodium-ion battery that will leave minimal environmental impact. Thirty-five-year-old Sharma, a professor at University of South Wales (UNSW)’s School of Chemistry, was handed over the award at the Government […]
The Clean Energy Regulator has now approved enough capacity to guarantee that the Large-scale Renewable Energy Target of 33,000 gigawatt hours of additional renewable energy will be met in 2020. Today, the Clean Energy Regulator Chair David Parker announced this major milestone for renewable energy in Australia. “It is now certain Australia will generate enough […]
With the increasing amount of renewable energy in the system, grid operators must address the challenge of balancing supply and demand from intermittent energy generation. One way of meeting this challenge is to use advanced forecasting tools to provide predictability in renewable energy generation in order to keep the grid stable. In support of Vestas’ […]
Canadian Solar has announced that it will be partnering with Signal Energy to provide Engineering, Procurement and Constructions (EPC) services and supply solar modules for ESCO Pacific’s 175MWp/133MWac Finley Solar Farm in New South Wales, Australia. Dr. Shawn Qu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Solar, said, “We are delighted to be selected by ESCO Pacific to […]
JinkoSolar announced that it has entered into the contract for the Supply of PV Modules with Decmil Australia Pty Ltd on September 27, 2018, for supply 255MWp of its high efficient solar panels for the Sunraysia Solar Farm (“Project”) developed by Maoneng Group. The Sunraysia Solar Farm is expected to be the largest solar farm to […]
SunPower announced that it is supplying 349 megawatts of its high power solar panels for the Limondale solar power plant, Australia’s largest solar project to date. “We commend innogy and BELECTRIC for this milestone project, and for using high-performance SunPower technology to ensure long-term value,” said SunPower Executive Vice President Peter Aschenbrenner. “Customers worldwide rely […]
Sungrow Power announced that it is now shipping products from its utility and large scale commercial range into Australia, a decision that will triple the size of its product portfolio in the country. As the largest combined product launch in the company’s history in Australia, this especially promises to increase competition in the hotly contested […]
SIMEC ZEN Energy – part of India-born British billionaire Sanjeev Gupta’s global GFG Alliance – has launched its landmark US$1 billion, one‐gigawatt dispatchable renewable energy program in the Upper Spencer Gulf. In the first of a number of projects slated for the upper Spencer Gulf region, will include a 120 mw lithium-ion battery bigger than […]
ABB has supplied a containerized microgrid solution to support a gas-fired power station to optimize and automate its operations, increase energy efficiency, reduce fossil fuel consumption and enable uninterrupted power supply from Alinta Energy’s Newman Power Station, which supplies mining operations in the Pilbara. ABB’s microgrid solution includes a 30 megawatt (MW) battery energy storage […]
