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Due to a lack of state government support, Australian mineral exploration company Province Resources has shelved its multi-gigawatt solar and wind-powered green hydrogen project in Western Australia, HyEnergy.

Acen Australia’s 600MW Birriwa solar-plus-storage project in New South Wales has been granted federal approval from Tanya Plibersek, Australia’s minister for the environment and water.

Swedish solar developer OX2 on Thursday (5 September) agreed to sell a 119MW solar PV project in Victoria, Australia, to an undisclosed bidder.

Iberdrola Australia, a sub-division of utility giant Iberdrola, has commenced construction of a 376MW solar-plus-storage project in Queensland.

In this blog, PV Tech Premium speaks to Richard Petterson, CEO of Tindo Solar, on solar PV module recycling in Australia.

Solar consultancy group SunWiz has revealed that rooftop solar PV volumes in Australia fell by 7% month-on-month in August yet it still managed to be the 13th-best month on record.

Australia has around 5,516MW of solar PV projects currently in financial commitment or under construction, with the majority of these based in Victoria (4 September).

Plans for a 50GW hybrid solar PV and wind project in Western Australia have progressed with project developers Western Green Energy Hub (WGEH) and the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) having signed a new collaboration agreement yesterday (2 September).

From 26 August to 1 September, Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) saw the highest rooftop and utility-scale solar PV contribution across the 2024 winter period.

On Saturday (31 August), the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) opened the first round of its AUS$1 billion Solar Sunshot programme.