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 04/07/22 edition):
- Grid chief urges renewable boom and extra power lines to connect the grid as early coal closures loom (via SMH).
- Renewables remain far cheaper than fossil fuel generation despite global increases in the cost of materials, freight and fuel affecting new solar builds (via Renew Economy)
- Shipping rates from Asia remain five times higher than in 2019, even after falling from their peak in September 2021 (via ieefa)
- The Clean Energy Council has called on the Energy Security Board (ESB) to reform current access frameworks to better coordinate investment in renewable energy generation, storage and transmission (via Energy Magazine)
- Two minute video on electricity prices sparking homeowners to consider solar power (via ABC)
- A team of Australian scientists has declared that buildings with glass facades can become self-powering with new semi-transparent solar cells (via PV Magazine)
- Small-scale solar makes up 24.9% of Australia’s total renewable energy generation in 2021 (via PV Magazine)
- The path to energy security, stable power prices, and a livable planet lies in abandoning polluting fossil fuels and accelerating the renewables-based energy transition (via The Independent)
- The European Union has increase renewables target from 32% to 40% by 2030 (via Reuters)
- London seeks to decarbonize the city’s 150-year-old underground railway network (via Financial Post)
Our shot of the week (from the Meralli archives) captures some modules at our Kanowna solar build from 2019:
