Australia

Record-breaking heatwaves break Australia's power grid

Cuts of 200MW have been ordered, sending 60,000 customers in Victoria to darkness.

Record-breaking heatwaves break Australia's power grid

Cuts of 200MW have been ordered, sending 60,000 customers in Victoria to darkness.

70,000 Australian homes to install energy storage by 2019: report

Government subsidies, loans, and demand response schemes are helping spur growth.

Snowy Hydro picks contractors for 2GW hydropower project

Leed Engineering, Voith Hydro, and Future Generation will be in charge of pre-construction, electrical, and mechanical and civil works.

Could grid and regulatory constraints curb Australia's renewables boom?

Developers eye the country’s falling costs and demand for contracts.

Australia's Clean Energy Finance Group invests $71.82m in renewables fund

The fund focuses on large-scale wind and solar as well as energy-from-waste and battery storage.

140MW solar farm in New South Wales gets the nod

The $85.61m project is expected to power over 52,000 homes.

Edify Energy inks PPA for 275MW New South Wales solar farm

The solar farm's commercial operations slated for early 2020.

New renewables investment in Australia doubled to record $14.38b in 2018

Queensland, Victoria, and New South Wales took the lead in investment and capacity additions.

Clenergy signs PPA with Snowy Hydro for 143.5MW solar farm

The farm is expected to have a generation capacity of 115MWAC and power 40,000 homes.

Experts clash over Australian opposition's proposal for 50% renewables and new policies

The opposition pledged $7b of clean energy funding and 45% of carbon emission cuts as well.

New South Wales to speed up development of renewables transmission worth $1.9b

It aims to address connection issues and save up to $1.73b.

Snowy Hydro inks 8 solar and wind projects with 888MW capacity

It will allow them to offer wholesale prices below A$70/MWh for a flat load up to 15 years.

Lending group injects $72.2m into South Australia's home battery scheme

This will allow households to get loans for installing batteries if expenses surpass government subsidies.

Australia's Pacific Hydro closes $81.5m financing for 100MW solar farm

The project is expected to be completed in mid-2019 and comprise 400,000 PV modules.

Renewables investment in Australia interrupted by shaky energy policy

Renewable electricity targets and incentives of all states are highly divergent from each other.