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 29/08/22 edition):
- Solar overtakes coal for the first time in winter (via AFR)
- Solar as a source of reliable power increases on Australian farms, as farmers share the load in peer-to-peer system (via ABC)
- Australia’s largest solar farm (400MW) begins exporting to grid (via PV Magazine)
- The Clean Energy Council has created a free, new, online resource that shines a light on career opportunities within the sector (via Clean Energy Council)
- Aberdeen in northeast Scotland is trying to make the leap from an oil town to a renewables hub amid growing demand for cheap home-grown energy (via Bloomberg)
- China accounts for nearly half of the world’s renewable energy capacity (via Oilprice.com)
- Off-Grid solar systems are becoming more accessible and convenient in Australia (via Energy Matters)
- Australia’s New Energy Solar LTD to wind up after USD-245m sale of US portfolio (via Renewables Now)
- Melbourne startup to forecast entire region’s solar output using real-time satellite data (via PV Magazine)
Our shot of the week (from the Meralli archives) captures The Latitude Solar farm that we’ve recently built near Boggabilla, NSW: