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NZ biggest corporate PPA seeks up to 2,000GWh a year of new renewables
A group of New Zealand’s largest commercial and industrial energy users, including dairy giant Fonterra, has joined forces to procure what could be thousands of gigawatt-hours a year of renewable electricity via one of the nation’s first…
Tesla’s Latest Moves In Solar Indicates It Is Either Crazy Or Has Made A Breakthrough
Clean Power Published on July 20th, 2020 | by Paul Fosse July 20th, 2020 by Paul Fosse Tesla has been getting a lot a positive attention in the last few weeks as its stock has skyrocketed above a $300 billion market…
SA Water large-scale solar and native revegetation need each other
SA Water’s highly ambitious $300 million solar uptake is proving a golden goose as a partnership with Succession Ecology to revegetate almost a tonne of native seedlings under large-scale solar arrays proves a win-win. The ground-mounted…
Solar installers say they’re waiting too long for Xcel Energy grid connections
A survey by the state’s solar industry association revealed more than 100 complaints about interconnection requests. Minnesota solar installers say they are facing frustrating delays from the state’s largest utility despite new rules…
Shell In Talks For Distributed Solar JV In India
July 19th, 2020 by Saurabh After achieving significant success in large-scale solar power projects and solar parks, the Indian government is now looking to expand the decentralized solar power sector as well.
According to media…
Solar farm and big battery approved for Parkes in NSW
Plans to build an 80MW solar farm and big battery in Parkes in the Central West region of New South Wales have been been given the green light by the state government.The 80MW Quorn Park solar farm, which will include a 20MWh battery…
7 major players shortlisted for ARENA hydrogen funding round
Commercialisation of hydrogen production is a Government priority. Today seven applicants for ARENA funding of large-scale hydrogen proposals made it through to the next round, in which they will submit full applications for projects that…
Renewable Energy-Rich States In India Draw Up Power Export Policies
July 19th, 2020 by Saurabh Two large renewable energy-rich states in India have announced plans to export surplus renewable energy to other states.
The southern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu have expressed an…
The Science Channel Presents: “Inside the Tesla Gigafactory”
Published on July 18th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider The Science Channel has a new series called Super Factories that focuses on the marvels of modern engineering. The show reveals epic engineering feats. It began this week with the Tesla…
The weekend interview: Empowering reconciliation
Western Australia’s Horizon Power is relatively unique among electric utilities – it supplies small cities, big and small agricultural and mining operations, and some of the most remote indigenous communities in the world. It has been a…