Australia
Australia's Pacific Hydro closes $81.5m financing for 100MW solar farm
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.
ARENA funds renewable hydrogen project for Sydney grid
It injected $5.32m into gas distributor Jemena for the construction of an electrolyser.
Newly floated Australian coal firm's price fell 8.5% on debut
Fund managers shunned the offer over the timing of the decision to float the company.
Largest Australian states lag world leaders in renewables race
Victoria and New South Wales generated only 13.6% and 12.6% of electricity from renewables in 2017.
Australian wind-solar hybrid project amps up plans after Macquarie investment
Developers plan for over 7.5GW of wind turbines and over 3.5GW of solar PV arrays.
Australia needs to install 10GW of renewables yearly to hit 2025 target: report
Projected capacity is divided between PVs, wind farms, and rooftop solar panels.
Joint venture to invest US$186m in 180MW Australian wind farm
The project is expected to start operations in the second half of 2020.
Australia's Acciona to build 157.5MW wind farm
It invested US$204.44m in the project.
Goldwind offers 1GW of solar and wind portfolio in Australia
It is expected to be valued at US$2.16b after construction.
Billionaire Sanjeev Gupta to build 280MW solar farm in Australia
It is part of his project to build one of Australia’s largest solar farms.
Rio Tinto sold coal mines in Australia for US$2.91b
It sold its interest in the Hail Creek and Kestrel coal mines.
Alinta Energy eyes 1,000 MW of renewable projects
It seeks projects with sizes over 50 MW.
Inpex starts gas production in US$34b Ichthys LNG project
The gas output will be shipped to a 8.9Mt/year plant in Darwin.
Australia's CEFC bankrolls 112MW Tasmanian wind farm project
Wind capacity will increase by a third.
Australia does not expect natural gas shortfall to occur before 2030
The shortage risks are now over thanks to the Australian Domestic Gas Security Mechanism.
AGL Energy slams $250m offer by Alinta Energy for Liddell power station
The offer "significantly undervalues" future cash flows, according to AGL.
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