australia

Rio Tinto has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with European Energy to buy all of the power at the latter’s Upper Calliope solar farm.

Enel Green Power Australia, the Australia-based renewables arm of Italian energy company Enel, has signed a binding agreement with minerals company QEM to purchase a 1GW solar and wind project.

Despite having the ideal attributes to become a clean energy superpower, Australia has never quite lived up to its potential. Will Norman assesses the barriers and asks whether recent investment announcements could turn the tide.

The Q4 2023 edition of our downstream solar PV journal, PV Tech Power, is now available to download, leading with a focus on solar PV's resilience against extreme weather.

The tender is seeking bids for up to 600MW/2,400MWh of dispatchable capacity in South Australia and Victoria.

Lightsource bp has sold a solar portfolio in Australia with a combined capacity of 1GW to Beijing Energy International Australia.

State governments in New South Wales and Tasmania have granted approvals to two large-scale solar PV projects this week.

Investment in renewable projects in Australia has continued its slow trend in the third quarter of 2023 with only two new projects achieving financial commitment, according to trade body the Clean Energy Council (CEC).

The Australian government’s start of competitive Contracts for Difference (CfD) tenders for dispatchable renewable energy capacity backed with energy storage is an unprecedented step for national energy policy.

TransAlta and BHP have started commercial operations at a solar-plus-storage facility in Western Australia.