australia

The Australian government’s green bank, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), has confirmed it invested a record AU$3.5 billion (US$2.19 billion) in the six months to 31 December 2024.

Engineers at Australia’s University of New South Wales (UNSW) have claimed to have achieved a new world record for photovoltaic efficiency using high-bandgap kesterite solar cells (CZTS).

Australia’s Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen, has called on the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to increase funding for community electrification initiatives involving solar PV and batteries.

TotalEnergies has submitted its 320MW Middlebrook solar-plus-storage project in New South Wales, Australia, to the government’s EPBC Act.

New South Wales, Australia, set a new solar generation state record on Tuesday (21 January), with a maximum output of 3,525MW at 11:30am.

Western Australia’s Western Green Energy Hub (WGEH), a 70GW solar PV and wind project, has been submitted to the Australian government’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.

Vena Energy has added a 41.5MW battery energy storage system (BESS) to a 87MW solar PV power plant in South Australia.

Spanish solar PV developer X-Elio has submitted a 720MW solar-plus-storage project in Queensland, Australia, to the Federal government for approval under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.

Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator (CER) has taken compliance action under the small-scale renewable energy scheme (SRES) against rooftop solar PV retailer RACV Solar and Formbay Trading for allegedly using unaccredited installers.

Through the Victorian VRET scheme, Australia can accelerate its clean energy transition, writes Aaron Zadeh, director of business development – Asia Pacific at Array Technologies.