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Australia-based renewables firm Windlab and Japan’s Eurus energy have received development approval for a hybrid project comprising 20MW solar, 30MW wind and a 2MW lithium-ion battery storage system in Queensland, Australia.

Akuo Energy issues second Green Bond, Wind and Solar hybrid ready to build in Australia, Phoenix awarded Texas EPC contract.

Australia’s Victorian government has issued Green Bonds and raised AU$300 million (US$225 million) in order to finance various projects including a major renewable energy project.

Conservative groups and power industry bodies have made fresh calls to hinder Australia’s Renewable Energy Target (RET) in the wake of the federal election.

Australia’s federal government plans a third AU$1 billion reallocation of money from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), prompting a backlash from solar campaigners.

Renewables firm Juwi Australia and KPS, a subsidiary of Pacific Energy, are partnering on hybrid systems using solar, battery energy storage and diesel or gas generation for remote mines in Australia.

An Australian transition to 50% renewables by 2030 would create 28,000 jobs, according to a report from Ernst & Young (EY) and the Climate Council.

Work has been completed on Australia’s “largest solar and battery storage project to date”, a 10.6MW PV installation at a copper mine linked to 6MW of storage, according to developer Juwi.

Australia’s Queensland government has announced long-term financial support for 120MW of large-scale solar PV farms.

The Australian state of Queensland is raising its solar feed-in tariff (FiT) by 17.3% for 2016/17 in response to an increase in wholesale energy costs.