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Broken Hill 53MW solar plant nears full generation, as last PV modules installed
AGL’s 53MW Broken Hill solar farm on track to be fully operational by end 2015, after First Solar installed last of the NSW project’s PV modules.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 12, 2015

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Rio Tinto switches on largest solar plant at Australian mine
Rio Tinto switches on largest solar facility to date at an off-grid mine in Australia. More solar and battery storage to follow.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 29, 2015

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CleanTech Bites

First Solar says utility solar market in Australia poised for growth
First Solar says tenders from two governments, one agency, and one retailer suggests large scale solar market is about to take off in Australia.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 17, 2015

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Other Good Stuff

Solar Star, largest PV power plant in the world, now operational
579 megawatts on-line in Antelope Valley, built by SunPower and now owned by BHE Renewables
Eric Wesoff

Jun 26, 2015

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Commentary

First Solar CEO: ‘By 2017, we’ll be under $1/watt fully installed’
CEO of First Solar cites 3 big trends in solar power whilst speaking at the recent Edison Electric Institute meeting in New Orleans.
Eric Wesoff

Jun 23, 2015

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Australia’s biggest solar plant starts generating to the grid
First 25MW from Nyngan, Australia’s largest solar farm, start feeding into the national grid.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 22, 2015

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Apple to power giant new data centres with wind and storage
Apple is spending €1.7bn on two new data centers in Ireland and Denmark, each run entirely on renewable energy, and will test wind storage systems.
Tina Casey

Feb 25, 2015

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Dubai shatters solar price records – lowest ever!
Saudi Arabia conglomerates bid under 6c/kWh – without subsidies – in Dubai tender for large scale solar, the lowest seen in the world to date.
Anand Upadhyay

Dec 8, 2014

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Topaz, largest solar plant in the world, is now fully operational
The 550-megawatt Topaz project is on-line and sending power to the California grid.
Eric Wesoff

Nov 26, 2014

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Home of Big Oil to get 150MW solar plant at half cost of coal
Texas, home of Big Oil, gets 150MW solar plant that is cheaper than gas, half cost of coal, and almost one third cost of nuclear.
Eric Wesoff

May 19, 2014

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Cheapest solar – SunEdison sells solar PV output at 5c/kWh
SunEdison is selling electricity from a 150MW solar pv plant for less than 5c/kWH – the cheapest solar deal so far.
Eric Wesoff

Mar 12, 2014

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Mixed Greens: Solar’s harsh new reality
First Solar blames ‘new market reality’ for job cuts, plant closure; soaring solar capacity predicted; $4bn in subsidies for Oz miners; biofuel boast; GHGs rising.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 18, 2012

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