Australia

Australian Labour Party victory to uplift RE growth: report 

Fitch expects greater certainty and more financial support for the sector.

Australian Labour Party victory to uplift RE growth: report 

Fitch expects greater certainty and more financial support for the sector.

AGL Energy withdraws demerger proposal 

The company believes it will not receive the required 75% approval threshold. 

ACEN Australia begins 50MW battery storage development

This will be connected to the New England Solar Farm in New South Wales. 

Australia under 'dramatic transformation' as it adds 50GW renewables

The country expects its electricity will be supplied by renewable sources by 2025.

Amazon Australia's solar projects in NSW start operations

The two solar farms aim to produce 392,000MWh energy yearly.

Thyssenkrupp Nucera opens new office in Australia

The electrolysis specialist said the demand for green hydrogen is expected to grow.

AGL acquires biogas plants provider Energy360

This is support of Australia’s clean energy transition.

AGL, Nu-Rock to assess feasibility of repurposing coal ash

The companies want to convert industrial waste materials to construction bricks.

AGL, Neoen enter virtual battery charging deal

AGL will charge and discharge up to 70MW of Neoen’s 100MW/200MWh Capital Battery.

Australia’s Collie battery and RE hub gets $1m funding

The funding will be used for the first stage of the feasibility study for the hub.

Climate spending under Australia’s federal budget shrinks: IEEFA Australia

It will drop to $1.3b in 2025-26 from $2b in 2021-22 and 2022-23.

ARENA grants $14m funding for AGL’s Broken Hill battery project

This will help fund the 50MW/50MWh lithium-ion large scale battery storage.

Virtual power plants could play a key role in Australia’s electricity retailing

This power plant by your house could turn rooftop solar into a power source for the energy market.

ARENA opens funding round for German-Australian hydrogen initiative

Australia and Germany committed  $36.6m (A$50m) and $55.2m (EU50m), respectively.