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 08/08/22 edition):
- Energy ministers met in Canberra last week and agreed to change the electricity market’s official objectives for the first time in 15 years to enshrine the environmental clause (via SMH)
- Wave energy alongside wind and solar? The results from a 12 month trial (via PV Magazine)
- The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is investing up to $200 million to offer discounted financing to Australian businesses for investments in renewable technologies including solar, energy storage and electric vehicles (via PV Magazine)
- The war in Ukraine is speeding Europe’s pivot to renewables (via Washington Post)
- Shell acquires Indian renewables firm Sprng Energy for $1.55bn (via Power Technology)
- Genex Power buys massive 2GW battery storage plus solar project in Queensland (via Renew Economy)
- Large scale solar contractor Sterling and Wilson has revealed that “torrential” rains and high labour costs have lowered its margins (via Renew Economy)
- New review paper states that an increasing number of researchers conclude the entire energy system demand can be met with renewables alone, and doing so will actually be cheaper in the long term (via PV Magazine)
Our shot of the week (from the Meralli archives) captures our team connecting PV at the Kanowna solar project
