queensland

Queensland has selected Powerlink to be the state's Renewable Energy Zones (REZs) Delivery Body, to deliver REZs in the Australian state.

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

Australia has around 5,516MW of solar PV projects currently in financial commitment or under construction, with the majority of these based in Victoria (4 September).

The Australian government's latest Energy Update 2024 report has revealed that large-scale solar PV power generation has grown more than 20-fold in the last six years.

The Queensland government launched a new solar module recycling scheme yesterday (29 August), which is expected to save about 26 tonnes of waste from entering landfills.

Australian retailer AGL Energy has entered into a binding agreement to acquire solar and BESS developers Firm Power and Terrain Solar.

Solar consultancy group SunWiz’s latest research covering July 2024 has found that Australia’s rooftop solar PV market has returned to growth with a 23% month-on-month increase in deployment.

AEMO says projects seeking to connect to the National Electricity Market (NEM) in Australia rose to 43GW in June 2024, a 43% increase YoY.

The Queensland government in Australia has confirmed that it has broken ground on its AUS$5 billion (US$3.3 billion) CopperString transmission project.

Developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) Australia has announced its first solar-plus-storage project, based in Dalby, a town in Queensland, has gone live.