Australia’s rooftop solar market ends a challenging 2020 stronger than ever, setting a new installation record.
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Household battery storage still best fix for solar duck curve problem
Since the duck curve problem originates on the rooftops of individual households, it makes sense to solve the problem there, behind the meter.
India achieves record low price for large scale solar plant
A new 500MW solar auction in the Indian state of Gujarat has resulted in a nation-wide record-low tariff.
World’s largest solar plant – 2GW – secures project financing
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company announces successful financial close on 2GW Al Dhafra Solar PV project, set to be built outside of Abu Dhabi city.
Greek investor buys second Australian solar farm
Construction expected to begin “shortly” on 110MW solar farm in Queensland after the project became second purchase of Greek investor.
Victoria has a new solar farm: Glenrowan West starts sending power to grid
The 149MW Glenrowan West solar farm in Victoria’s north east becomes one of last large-scale renewables projects to join the grid for 2020.
Extinction Rebellion has much to learn from Angus Taylor, Australia’s “worst” minister
Gap between Coalition ideology on climate and energy and the rest of the world is so great that even AFR readers voted Angus Taylor worst minister.
2020 was a stunning year for German renewables, and a killer one for coal
2020 in Germany saw huge growth in renewables but a record drop in coal generation, giving the country a post-pandemic boost to its climate ambition.
Planning for chaos: We can’t use the past to predict the future
Australia’s regulatory framework needs to catch up with the fact that climate change means that we can’t use the past to predict the future.
Grid operators turn to wind, solar and batteries as system issues grow
Grid and network operators look to wind, solar and battery storage to supply the essential grid services to be lost as coal and gas plants decline.










