Solar
We look at the day when South Australia reached a world-first peak of 100 per cent solar power, plus the latest rooftop solar PV forecasts, and Victoria opens up...
Sun Cable eye four sites on cattle stations in the Northern Territory for its massive 10GW solar farm and battery plant.
Renewables
Solar
Utility PV
Spains’s X-Elio lands its first Australian PPA for Blue Grass solar farm in Queensland
Spain-based solar developer X-Elio lands its first renewable power purchase agreement in Australia, for the output of the 200MW Blue Grass solar farm.
Battery
Electric Vehicles
Solar
Storage
Tesla
Tesla
Utilities
“We just need more cells”: Musk laments lack of battery capacity
Tesla says shortage of battery cells impacting supply of battery storage, and the roll out of new vehicles like the Tesla Semi.
AEMO
Institutions
Renewables
Solar
Wind
Negative prices: South Australia solar farms had to pay to produce in September
South Australia's solar farms paid to produce in September with an average price of nearly minus $10/MWh, while grid constraints also hit hard in Queensland.
Battery
Solar
Storage
Tesla
CEP and Marubeni unveil plans for 1GW battery and 1.5GW of solar in Australia
Big new renewables fund chaired by a former NSW Premier has billion-dollar plans to install 1.5GW of solar and 1GW of battery storage on C&I sites around Australia.
Monash
Research Groups, Institutes and Universities
Solar
Sydney University
University of Melbourne
Australian researchers say “unusual” breakthrough may solve perovskite solar instability
An "unusual discovery" by Australian researchers claims to have resolved one of the fundamental challenges slowing the progress of perovskite solar cells.
Research Groups, Institutes and Universities
Solar
Three innovations that will continue solar’s march down the cost curve
Wood Mackenzie research predicts solar PV costs will continue to fall through the 2020s, driven by three key improvements to module efficiency.
Gas
Governments
Institutions
one step
Solar
ARENA backs program to help manufacturers use more solar, less gas
ARENA-backed and ERM Power-led program will help 20 Queensland manufacturers boost industrial energy productivity, cut emissions and reduce costs.
AEMO
Governments
Graphs
Institutions
Renewables
Solar
South Australian Government
Wind
Twin peaks: South Australia reaches 100 pct solar, and then 100 pct wind power in same week
Big week for S.A. as solar delivers 100% of demand one day, for first time ever in any large grid, and wind does the same a few days later.
