Asia & Oceania

The Northern Territory government in Australia has proposed developing an AU$400 million (US$259 million) renewable energy hub featuring six solar PV power plants in the region.

Australia’s Pacific Blue, a renewable energy generator and retailer, has been granted council approval for a 300MW solar-plus-storage expansion in North Queensland.

State-owned China Energy Investment Corporation (CHN Energy) has completed a 1GW floating solar PV facility in the Shandong Province of China.

PV Tech spoke with Aiko Solar to learn more about the company's expansion plans in Australia and some of its latest products.

The announcement was made by the country’s president, Ilham Aliyev, during the opening ceremony of the Conference of the Parties 29 (COP29) summit, held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

US EPC contractor SOLV Energy has built over 13GW of solar PV capacity and remains the leading EPC contractor as of the third quarter of 2024.

The government of New South Wales, Australia, has released a new planning framework for large-scale renewable energy developments aiming to streamline planning decisions.

Iberdrola Australia, a sub-division of utility giant Iberdrola, has secured power purchase agreements (PPAs) with 13 regional councils in New South Wales that will see part of the energy sourced from a large-scale solar PV power plant.

Australia’s Clean Energy Council (CEC) has found that over 1.4GW of large-scale renewable energy generation projects worth over AU$3.3 billion (US$2.61 billion) were committed to in the third quarter of 2024.

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