Western Australian mining company Sandfire Resources is set to build a 10.6MW solar PV array, with “6MW” of battery storage, to power an existing off-grid copper mine 900kms north east of […]
Largest floating solar array in USA planned for New Jersey reservoir
Bold plans are underway in Atlantic City, NJ, to install what is believed to be the largest system of floating solar panels in the US, according to ShoreNewsToday.com. Bruce Ward, […]
Business Renewables Center aims to help double US wind & solar capacity by 2025
America’s large-scale solar market is set to get a boost after the launch last week of a new business advisory body aimed at speeding up the shift to renewables by […]
Yingli solar panels in Australia
As one of the world’s largest solar panel manufacturers, Yingli Solar is a leader in solar PV technology, with almost 10% global market share and over 40 million solar panels […]
Next round of ACT feed-in tariff for large-scale renewables to foster solar-plus-storage projects
The ACT government is set to follow up its successful utility-scale solar and wind energy reverse auctions with another renewables bidding round – this time for large-scale solar plus storage […]
Solar Choice’s 2GW Bulli Creek Solar Farm receives planning approval from Toowoomba Regional Council
Originally published on RenewEconomy A staged plan to build what would be the largest solar PV plant in Australia – and possibly the largest yet proposed in the world – […]
Quiet innovations keeping screen printed solar cells on top
For all the well-deserved hype surrounding advanced solar cell designs, the screen printed (SP) solar cell remains the industry standard. Accounting for approximately 90% of worldwide production in 2014, its […]
Distributed rooftop solar is the new ‘shale’ for US energy market
A new US report has described solar energy as the new “shale,” predicting it will transform power markets, with large-scale solar expected to reach grid parity in nearly 75% of […]
Concentrated solar PV costs could match fossil fuel costs by 2030
The cost of generating electricity from concentrating solar PV plants could be cheaper than that generated from fossil fuel sources by as soon as 2030, a new report has predicted. […]
South Australians turn to solar amid rising retail electricity prices
In 2002, the South Australian government introduced sweeping reform in the electricity sector, allowing retailers to compete for customers. The basic idea was to give consumers a broader choice of electricity […]
2016 Obama budget could bolster US solar industry
The US solar sector stands to get a significant boost from the Obama administration’s 2016 budget draft, with a permanent extension of government tax credits for renewables proposed to Congress.Currently, […]
NSW’s Broken Hill solar farm to be completed by end of 2015
The Broken Hill solar plant in New South Wales will be completed as scheduled by the end of the year, according to a press release from the plant’s developer, utility […]
US utility giant NRG to offer ‘community-shared solar’ to customers
One of America’s biggest power utilities is set to co-develop more than 8 megawatts of community solar projects in a joint venture with Colorado-based community energy group, SunShare. The renewables […]
Labor’s landslide in Queensland election could spell sunny future for solar
Campbell Newman’s loss in the Queensland state election on the weekend could be solar’s gain, as attention turns to the Labor party’s renewable energy policy. Queensland’s Labor Party unveiled its solar […]
In sign of the times, both SuperBowl teams’ home stadiums have solar
The two NFL teams who competed in this year’s Super Bowl in the US this weekend have solar systems installed at their home stadiums, new research has revealed. According to data […]
Two produce companies first to benefit as CEFC & Comm Bank team up to finance commercial solar
A $100 million financing facility established by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation and the Commonwealth Bank has helped two major Victorian produce suppliers install 100KW of solar PV each, cutting […]
USA will have 28GW of solar installed by end of 2015: SEIA
The continued surge in US solar growth could boost the nation’s accumulated capacity to 28GW by the end of 2015, new research has predicted. In a recent presentation by America’s […]
World’s largest solar-powered desalinisation plant to be built in Saudi Arabia
The world’s first large-scale solar powered water desalination plant is set to be built in Saudi Arabia, after a local company revealed it would build a $130 million facility alongside […]
Panel maker Suntech expands reach to energy storage, performance monitoring & off-grid renewables
Suntech Power is well known in Australia as a solar panel manufacturer. Now a subsidiary of Shunfeng International Clean Energy Ltd. (formerly Shunfeng Photovoltaic International Ltd.), the company has installed […]
The untapped potential of Australia’s capital cities
In the first part of this series, we outlined the enormous potential for Australia to become a solar energy exporter for the southeast Asia region. In fact, we are so […]
Solar Citizens’ ‘Solar Scorecard’ shines light on solar-friendly politicians, could sway QLD election
Queensland burgeoning number of solar households could play a major role in the outcome of last weekend’s state election, according to research released by Solar Citizens this week. The data, compiled by […]
Three Massachusetts landfills go solar with GameChange’s Pour-in-Place Ballasted Ground mounting system
Three solid waste landfills in the US state of Massachusetts will go solar using GameChange racking’s innovative Ballasted Ground mounting system. The new power plants, which together will have a capacity […]
Solar in Clubs – round one installations complete for Clubs NSW
The first round of installations for the ‘Solar in Clubs’ project is nearing completion, and the participant clubs have begun sending us images of their installed solar PV projects. Solar […]
Swiftly dropping renewable energy prices present ‘a historic opportunity’: IRENA
The International Renewable Energy Agency – IRENA – is calling on the governments to start making sensible decision about the future of energy, based on real assessments of technology costs. […]
Commercial PV Price Index – January 2015
Echoing residential solar system price trends since the end of last year, commercial solar system prices have remained remarkably steady since November 2014 and January 2015. While there was some price […]
Rooftop solar and energy efficiency accounted for nearly 90% of national electricity demand reduction in 2014
Gone are the days where the conventional, fossil fuel driven electricity industry were thought to be unstoppable. Green Energy Markets annual review of the National Electricity Market states that solar […]
Powershop aims to revolutionise retail electricity with interactive, data-on-demand approach to billing
Powershop, recently featured in an article in the Age, is an online electricity retailer that allows its customers to be active players in the retail electricity market in a way […]
Largest solar PV plant in Middle East to deliver record-low electricity prices
Energy companies and analysts believe that the energy revolution taking place across the world could be accelerated – rather than derailed – by the collapse in the oil price because […]
Unsubsidised solar will be cost-competitive with fossil fuels in 80% of global market by 2017
Within 2 years solar systems will be at grid equality, in up to 80 per cent of the global market, and the oil price will do nothing to slow down […]
Australia outshines US on per-capita solar installations in 2014
A rooftop solar system was installed every 2.8 minutes in 2014 in Australia, nearly as many as the US even though it has just a fraction of the population. According […]
PV systems boost US property value by an average of $18,000
A recent report by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the US quantifies the increase in property values for US homes fitted with rooftop PV systems. The study found that the […]
