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Solar PV developer Lightsource bp has commenced construction on a 450MW solar PV plant in New South Wales, Australia, and a 214MW solar-plus-storage project in Queensland.

Australian energy company APA Group has completed the construction of a 45MW solar-plus-storage project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Swedish solar developer OX2 has been contracted by Victoria’s State Electricity Commission (SEC) in Australia to deliver a 100% state government-owned 119MW solar-plus-storage project.

Australia’s Pacific Blue, a renewable energy generator and retailer, has been granted council approval for a 300MW solar-plus-storage expansion in North Queensland.

The New South Wales Independent Planning Commission (IPC) in Australia yesterday (11 November) granted approval for the 320MW Middlebrook solar-plus-storage project in Tamworth.

The New South Wales government has approved plans for a 250MW solar-plus-storage project in Gunning, 260km south-west of Sydney, Australia.

Recurrent Energy and APS sign tolling agreements and Avantus sells a solar-plus-storage project to DESRI in Arizona.

Solar PV in Chile is facing a twofold issue: the curtailment of generation and the reduction of income due to low prices of electricity.

Utility AES Andes has started commercial operation on a 211MW solar PV and 130MW BESS project in Antofagasta, Chile.

A German government-funded project has developed a new methodology for predicting the lifetime of inverters used in solar, battery and other energy systems.