Muswellbrook Shire Council in New South Wales, Australia, has backed a solar module recycling mandate for a 135MW solar PV plant being developed by Swedish solar developer OX2.
Australia-based Clean Energy Investor Group (CEIG) has suggested that the outdated National Electricity Market (NEM) design is stifling investment in large-scale renewable generation projects in Australia.
The Australian government has allocated an additional AU$2 billion (US$1.25 billion) to its green bank, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), to support renewable energy generation and energy storage.
Emirati state-owned renewable energy project developer Masdar has entered the Philippines market with plans to develop 1GW of solar PV, wind and battery energy storage systems (BESS).