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Queensland’s biggest solar farm starts generating to grid
Sun Metals solar farm – which led the way for corporate Australia to source their own renewable energy needs – switched on in Queensland.
Giles Parkinson

May 31, 2018

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Solar

RES plans 176MW solar and battery plant near Adelaide
RES Australia proposes 176MW solar farm plus lithium-ion battery bank for Pallamana, 60km south-east of Adelaide.
Sophie Vorrath

May 21, 2018

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Solar

Massive 1.5GW solar plant proposed for south-east Queensland
Queensland Somerset Regional Council receives application for 1.5GW solar PV farm, with two substations and provision for battery storage.
Sophie Vorrath

May 8, 2018

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Solar

Big solar boom kicks off in SA with completion of 6MW Whyalla project
South Australia’s first completed utility-scale PV project officially opens next week, marking the start of a big solar construction boom in the state.
Sophie Vorrath

Jan 17, 2018

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Commentary

Graph of the Day: Queensland’s biggest solar farm powers up
The first 50MW of Genex Power’s Kidston solar and “giant water battery” project has started sending electricity to the grid. Here’s what that looks like.
Paul McArdle

Dec 4, 2017

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Chile solar auction sets new record low for solar PV
Chile energy auction attracts record low bid for solar, with average prices for renewables down 75% since its first auction in 2015.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 7, 2017

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Solar

Solar farms wrestle with storage costs in Queensland as tender closes
Solar projects tendering for Queensland government’s 400MW of large-scale renewables contracts will have to add storage to their projects.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 27, 2017

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Solar

Another solar farm planned for Collinsville, as Blackrock buys in
New 50MW Hayman solar farm to go merchant, as US investor BlackRock makes first big move into renewables with two solar farm investments.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 11, 2017

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Solar

Conergy to focus on Australian solar after buyout led by Goldman Sachs
Conergy says acquisition by US-based funds including Goldman Sachs will strengthen its big solar and battery storage development in Australia and Asia-Pacific.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 2, 2017

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Solar

WA, UK team announce $200m big solar pipeline for Australia
WA-based Stellata Energy and UK investment group Ingenious to build 120MW solar farm in Merredin, as first of $200m pipeline of big solar projects.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 13, 2017

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Solar

Construction set to begin on 148MW Ross River Solar Farm
Construction is set to begin on one of the largest solar projects in Australia’s development pipeline, after the 148MW Ross River Solar Farm this week achieved financial close.
Sophie Vorrath

May 1, 2017

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Solar

Five things we learned from the Big Solar conference
Day 2 of the Large-Scale Solar 2017 conference in Sydney saw some interesting themes emerge. Here are five of them…
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 4, 2017

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