Canadian Solar Archives - Renew Economy

Solar

Massive New England solar-battery hybrid project gains grid connection approval
A 360MW solar and 600 MWh battery hybrid project gains grid connection approval, but still has to negotiate planning hurdles.
Rachel Williamson

Apr 20, 2026

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Solar

Contractor named to build delayed solar-battery project in Victoria
Contractor named for solar project in Victoria that had been delayed but will now go ahead with a big battery.
Rachel Williamson

Mar 5, 2025

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Solar

Solar farm and battery emerge from rhombus of regret with bank finance and a construction plan
Financial close has been reached for a long awaited solar and battery project pitched originally for a particularly weak part of the grid.
Rachel Williamson

Dec 18, 2024

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Solar

Inverter “burst into flames:” Fire injures worker at South Australia solar farm
Investigations are underway after an inverter station at the Mannum 2 solar farm caught fire, resulting in a subcontractor being treated for burns.
Sophie Vorrath

Jan 10, 2024

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Battery

Another big battery joins South Australia pipeline in race to energy storage
Epic Energy adds yet another big battery to South Australia’s development pipeline as the state seeks to manage its huge renewables supply.
Sophie Vorrath

Jan 9, 2024

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Solar

Canadian Solar says 2.6MW of end-of-life modules recycled in Australia last year
Canadian Solar says it recycled or recovered materials from 2.6MW of end-of-life modules in Australia in 2022, in partnership with Reclaim PV.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 14, 2023

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Storage

Location, location: Battery storage projects jostle for position to back up wind and solar
The competition among battery storage projects for connection points in intense, with many proposing batteries right next door to rival projects.
Rachel Williamson

Jan 30, 2023

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Storage

Solar giant joins big battery market with launch of utility-scale SolBank
Leading global PV manufacturer Canadian Solar launches lithium-iron phosphate utility-scale big battery system with up to 2,800kWh of usable energy capacity.
Joshua S Hill

Sep 19, 2022

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Solar

Warren Buffett snaps up two Australian solar farms, and big PV and storage pipeline
Warren Buffett makes first big Australian solar play, buying two Australian solar farms and striking deal to co-develop a multi-gigawatt solar and battery pipeline.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 8, 2022

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Solar

Two more NSW solar farms start sending power to the grid – and Amazon
Two solar farms contracted to help decarbonise the Australian power supply of global online retail giant Amazon have begun delivering energy to the grid.
Sophie Vorrath

May 18, 2022

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Solar

All new solar farms will have batteries included, says Canadian Solar
Canadian Solar corporate vice president predicts that that all new large-scale solar farms being proposed for construction in Australia over the coming five years will include storage.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 16, 2020

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Amazon signs biggest corporate solar PPA in Australia with Suntop project
Amazon identifies solar farm in NSW that will support the biggest corporate PPA with a solar project to date in Australia.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 22, 2020

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