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Battle of the batteries: Solar soakers provide some common ground for Australia’s competing energy visions
Labor and the LNP might be approaching the federal election from diametrically opposite ends of the ideological spectrum on energy, but there is one key battleground where their policies will collide. 0
Surge in solar, wind and battery investment sets pace for 82 pct target. Can Australia keep it up?
The politics remains shaky, but strong investment in solar, wind and energy storage in the final quarter of 2024 has put Australia back on track for renewables target.
Sharp quits solar business in Europe, citing “challenging conditions”
Citing “challenging conditions” in the European market, Sharp pulls the pin on its German-based solar operations after 30 years in business.
Rooftop PV
Battle of the batteries: Solar soakers provide some common ground for Australia’s competing energy visions
Labor and the LNP might be approaching the federal election from diametrically opposite ends of the ideological spectrum on energy, but there is one key battleground where their policies will collide.
“Miles lower:” Rooftop PV takes biggest bite yet out of grid demand in Australia’s biggest coal state
Electricity demand in Australia’s biggest grid, and biggest coal state, hits a dramatic and surprising new low. But it was large scale solar that suffered most.
Utility PV
Two First Nations-backed solar farms cleared to help power Pilbara and its huge iron ore mines
Two First Nations-backed solar projects cleared for construction in the Pilbara, to power mining and industry and give back to Indigenous communities.
People power: How rooftop PV now rules roost over coal in the midday sun
The gap between rooftop solar and coal hits new peak, with output from homes and businesses almost double that of the country’s remaining coal generators at times.
Solar Thermal
Vast unveils new power tower – the “last bit of gear” for Australia’s first big solar thermal plant
Vast Renewables completes first-of-its-kind CSP receiver tower, one of the final components of what will be Australia’s first large scale solar thermal project.
Fortescue-backed concentrated solar hydrogen tech graduates to pilot phase
Resources giant Fortescue has committed to the next phase of advancing a novel green hydrogen technology that uses only sunlight, water and a photocatalyst.
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