To save you some time, we’ve searched the internet for the latest news in solar farm projects and other renewables. Grab your coffee, here’s the industry must-knows for the week 10/10/22 edition):
- Cannon Brookes to chair Sun Cable World’s biggest solar and battery project (Renew Economy)
- Renewable energy training facility opens in Queensland, giving workers the skills they need for the thousands of jobs to be created under the Queensland Government’s Energy and Jobs Plan. (safetowork.com.au)
- Victoria tips in $10 million to tackle solar panel waste challenge (PV Magazine)
- $1.4 million in funding for floating solar project, which comes as part of the Victorian Government’s agreement with all Victorian water corporations to reach net-zero emissions by 2035. (Energy Magazine)
- NSW launches the first stage of Australia’s biggest shift from coal to renewables in the biggest energy transition plan ever undertaken in Australia. (Renew Economy)
- https://www.aumanufacturing.com.au/tindo-solar-to-commercialise-agripv-solar-panels Tindo Solar to commercialise agriPV solar panels (AU Manufacturing – Australian Manufacturing Forum)
- How to ensure the world’s largest pumped hydro dam isn’t a disaster for Queensland’s environment. The plan relies on two massive new pumped hydro developments to store electricity, including the biggest proposed in the world. (PV Magazine)
- John Lasich of Raygen discusses the concentrated solar thermal project built on the outskirts of Mildura converting about 38 per cent of received sunlight into power; almost double the efficiency of the mainstream “single-junction” solar panels that are common on Australian rooftops in his podcast, “How to make the sun shine after dark.” (Financial Review)
Our shot of the week (from the Meralli archives) is from Kanowna Solar Farm located in Bullarah, New South Wales. This 9.18MW farm has a footprint of only 5.8ha.
