Renewable Energy asset owner Brookfield Renewable has signed an agreement to acquire Origin Energy Limited, with a view to expanding its renewables generation capacity across Australia in the next decade
Many companies working in the Australian utility-scale solar sector are exploring opportunities to integrate agricultural production into projects, writes Lucinda Tonge, a senior policy officer at the Clean Energy Council.
Suntech has announced the signing of a strategic agreement with major Australian distributor Go Solar for the annual purchase of 100MW of its Ultra V Pro series N-type modules.
Q4 2022 saw a marked uptick in renewable energy investment in Australia, and a 17% total bump in year-on-year investment was recorded compared with 2021. Despite this, more is needed to reach the country’s Renewable Energy Targets according to the Australian Clean Energy Council.
Australian rooftop solar installations have passed the 20GW threshold, with the sector set to overtake coal-fired generation in April to become the largest power generator in the country.
JinkoSolar has announced the signing of a strategic distribution agreement with Go Solar Group, one of its major distributors in Australia, for the shipment of 600MW of the company’s high-efficiency Tiger Neo N-type modules in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Australia requires further investment in generation, storage and transmission to satisfy reliability requirements over the next decade, according to an updated report from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO).
