New Technology

Luminous Robotics has successfully completed its first international deployment of AI-powered solar installation robots at Engie’s 250MW Goorambat East Solar Farm in Victoria, Australia.

US solar developer Sol Systems has completed construction on a 342MW PV project in the state of Illinois.

Residential solar and energy storage could meet all the projected demand from US data centres over the next five years if tech companies invest in household energy infrastructure.

Artificial intelligence (AI) company Avathon has launched its AI-powered Autonomy Platform to boost profitability in a market that is facing tax and policy challenges. 

UNSW spin-out company Lab360 Solar has been awarded funding from ARENA to bring its drone-based PV inspection technology to market.

Sembcorp Solar Singapore has won a tender to develop an 86MWp floating solar PV project on Pandan Reservoir. 

State-owned firm Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) has launched a tender for the construction of a 280MW floating PV (FPV) project.

Noria has started construction on a 50kW floating PV pilot project, which includes the first trackers on a floating solar project in the US.

Specialist floating solar (FPV) developer Third Pillar Solar will examine the potential to develop 500MW of assets on Texas reservoirs.

Australia’s federal, state and territory governments have agreed to develop a national solar module reuse and recycling scheme.