grid infrastructure

Panellists during last month’s Large Scale Solar Europe event, hosted by PV Tech publisher Solar Media in Lisbon, discussed the issue of grid modernisation in Europe and how it affects the growth of solar PV across several European Union members.

Masdar regional head lays out company’s long-held ambitions in the region highlighting transmission as key to clean energy proliferation.

Solar PV will lead the energy transition in Malaysia and could reach up to 153GW of installed capacity by 2050.

The New South Wales government has officially launched the Illawarra Renewable Energy Zone (REZ), the latest of five planned in the region.

The Australian government has landed a deal to connect New South Wales’ Renewable Energy Zones and the Snowy 2.0 hydropower project to the grid with a A$7.8 billion (US$5.2 billion) investment.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will deploy 241GW of solar PV by 2030, with the technology dominating new capacity additions.

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has revealed its 2022 Integrated System Plan (ISP), laying out a 30-year roadmap that plots the transition to net-zero and identifies upcoming investments in the National Electricity Market (NEM), which covers the populous south and east of the country.

Solar PV will lead new capacity additions in Africa, reaching a total installed capacity of 125GW by 2030, according to a report from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Current higher wholesale prices and favourable economics for renewables in Europe would have developers as the primary beneficiaries this decade, according to a report from advisory firm Edison Group.

The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) will invest AU$1.2 billion (US$856 million) in new transmission lines and infrastructure over the next ten years to accelerate the connection of planned renewable energy zones.