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Iberdrola Australia, a sub-division of utility giant Iberdrola, has commenced construction of a 376MW solar-plus-storage project in Queensland.

In this blog, PV Tech Premium speaks to Richard Petterson, CEO of Tindo Solar, on solar PV module recycling in Australia.

The modules themselves comprise 72 of Oxford PV’s perovskite-on-silicon cells with a conversion efficiency of 24.5%.

The Climate Change Authority has signalled that Australia’s electricity and energy sector accounts for 35% of the country’s emissions.

Indian energy conglomerate Jakson Group will invest US$240 million to establish a 2.5GW solar cell manufacturing facility in India. It will also expand its module assembly capacity to 2GW.

Solar consultancy group SunWiz has revealed that rooftop solar PV volumes in Australia fell by 7% month-on-month in August yet it still managed to be the 13th-best month on record.

Algeria’s state-owned power utility, Sonelgaz, proposed the 2GW plan to build 15 PV projects across the country.

The island nation of Fiji has issued a new tender seeking companies to express interest in building four ground-mounted solar PV power plants with a combined capacity of 31.93MW.

Plans for a 50GW hybrid solar PV and wind project in Western Australia have progressed with project developers Western Green Energy Hub (WGEH) and the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) having signed a new collaboration agreement yesterday (2 September).

From 26 August to 1 September, Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) saw the highest rooftop and utility-scale solar PV contribution across the 2024 winter period.