Here’s a wrap-up of all the key news across solar and other renewables last week. Grab your coffee, here’s the industry must-knows for the week (23/01/23 edition):
- Scientists make a step forward in silicon recovery when recycling solar panels. (ABC News)
- South Australia has become the first jurisdiction in Australia to approve network connection of vehicle-to-grid technology in a residential setting, providing electric vehicle owners with the opportunity to send energy stored in their car’s onboard battery back into their own homes or the electricity grid. (PV Magazine)
- Australia’s biggest wind turbine erected at what will be the largest wind farm in NSW (Renew Economy)
- Could floating solar farms survive out at sea? (BBC)
- A preliminary analysis suggests that the impact of smoke blocking the Sun during 2020’s megafires was minimal for the nation’s solar panels. (EOS Magazine)
- Australia has formalised its commitment to gender equality in the clean energy transition by signing up to the equal pay, equal leadership and equal opportunity objectives of the global Equal by 30 campaign. (PV Magazine)
- Why community batteries could be the next step in the solar power revolution. (ABC News)
- Fossil fuel crisis prompts biggest-ever switch to renewables and storage in 2022 (Renew Economy)
- Installing solar-powered refrigerators in developing countries is an effective way to reduce hunger and slow climate change (The Conversation)
- Consultation process has opened on proposed reforms to the Safeguard Mechanism, which the Government says it expects to deliver a total of 205 million tonnes of greenhouse gas abatement by the end of the decade. (ARENA Gov)
- Government steps in to pave way for wind addition to solar and hydro hybrid. (Renew Economy)
- Huge luxury Saudi resort goes 100pct renewables with one of world’s biggest batteries (One Step Off The Grid)
- EVs could provide entire global short-term grid storage needs by 2030, study finds. (The Driven)
Our shot of the week (from the Meralli archives) is from the Baroota – 8.9 MW solar farm in Baroota, South Australia.
