Despite Australia’s increasing focus on renewable energy and the rising number of solar farms being built in cyclone-prone areas, Australia lacks local resilience testing standards for solar panels,
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WA’s Water Corporation to roll out solar panels
Western Australia’s principal water supplier, Water Corporation, will install solar rooftop systems on its buildings across the state and build a renewable energy generator to reduce its energy footprint.
Water
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Major contracts signed for standalone power system rollout in WA
Two local renewable energy companies have been awarded the lion’s share of Western Power’s $8.8 million Stand-alone Power System (SPS) contracts.
Perth-based companies, Hybrid Systems and BayWA
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ANU research at the forefront of solar technology
Scientists at the Australian National University (ANU) have made new breakthroughs that could help further revolutionise solar technology and make it more efficient and more accessible.
The researchers
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Victorian government provides thousands discounts on solar hot water systems
Victorians will be able to save up to $400 a year on their power bills with discounted solar hot water systems for 60,000 households in the next ten years, under the new Solar Homes program.
Premier Daniel
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Game-changing technology for low-cost solar energy storage
Swedish solar company Azelio has launched a demonstrator of its technology for solar energy storage. The technology is revolutionising in its ability to generate clean electricity on demand around-the
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Cimic’s UGL awarded $170m contract
Cimic Group company UGL has been awarded contracts by Equis Energy to build and maintain the Tailem Bend 127MW Solar Farm in South Australia.
The project will generate revenue to UGL of approximately $170
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New technology increases solar generation by 50 percent
Fluence, an energy storage company owned by Siemens and The AES Corporation, announced its new technology platform, called SunFlex Energy Storage, that is said to both improve and expand the capabilities
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First Solar wins contract for Edify Energy’s Daydream project
Brisbane-based First Solar has announced it has been awarded a 241 megawatt (MW)DC module supply contract by RCR Tomlinson as engineering, procurement and construction contractor for Edify Energy’s Daydream
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Non-intermittent, baseload 24-hour a day solar
Utilising SolarReserve’s proprietary solar thermal energy storage technology, the Likana Soalr Energy Project in the Antofagasta region of Chile, will be comprised of three 130 megawatt (MW) solar
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