PV Magazine Australia

1 day ago | pv-magazine-australia.com | David Carroll

GoodWe BIPV, a unit of Chinese solar technology manufacturer GoodWe, said its Vela residential solar carport, which features the company’s Polaris building-integrated PV (BIPV) panels, has emerged as an alternative to rooftop and ground-mounted solar systems in Australia and New Zealand.

2 days ago | pv-magazine-australia.com | David Carroll

Athena Energy, an offshoot of Singapore-based developer Metis Energy, announced major changes have been made to the size and scope of the proposed Bendemeer Solar Farm project to address raised during the exhibition of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The project, being developed near the township of Bendemeer in the heart of the New England Renewable Energy Zone (REZ), is to include a 200 MW solar farm and 150 MW / 300 MWh battery energy storage system.

2 days ago | pv-magazine-australia.com | David Carroll

Chinese automation company Leapting has announced that its Automatic Navigation Solar Module Mounting Robot has completed its inaugural commercial project in Australia, successfully installing nearly 10,000 PV panels at the 350 MW Culcairn Solar Farm project being developed by Neoen in the New South Wales (NSW) Riverina region.

3 days ago | pv-magazine-australia.com | David Carroll

Plans to develop a grid-scale solar farm and battery energy storage project in Tasmania’s Central Highlands have joined the queue for assessment under the federal government’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act. The Weasel solar and battery project proposes to build a 250 MW solar farm alongside a battery energy storage system of up to 144 MW with four hours of storage capacity on a 435-hectare site about nine kilometres north of Bothwell in central Tasmania.

3 days ago | pv-magazine-australia.com | David Carroll

Australian solar installation business EPC Solar has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide solar products to a string of resorts in Fiji, helping to reduce their reliance on diesel generators. Another MoU, with Canberra-based coffee manufacturer ONA coffee, will see EPC Solar provide a solar and battery energy storage system for its new coffee factory being developed in Fiji.