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 (30/01/23 edition):
- AEMO report confirms wind and solar best cure for fossil fuel hyper-inflation. (Renew Economy)
- Queensland to build $75m vanadium, rare earth processing facility for burgeoning battery industries (PV Magazine)
- Boral aims for net zero emissions carbon offset cement (AU Manufacturing)
- Australia and Germany fund first stages of two gigawatt scale green hydrogen projects. (Renew Economy)
- Scientists unveil dirt-repellent coating for solar panels (PV Magazine)
- Two of Australia’s richest people are expected to be rivals in the bidding process for Sun Cable, the developer of what would be the world’s biggest intercontinental solar and energy storage project, with administrators indicating the sale process could be completed within three months. (PV Magazine)
- Data shared by the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) this week shows renewable energy continues to break records in its contribution to total generation. (AU Manufacturing)
- Scientists source silicon from solar waste to build better batteries. (PV Magazine)
- Australian electric vehicle developer ACE EV Group secured a contract with Woolworths to produce custom-designed trolley collectors for trial evaluation, the ACE V1 Transformer TC Series (AU Manufacturing)
- Saltwater flow battery for large-scale storage unveiled from US startup. (PV Magazine)
- Grid Connections: Who’s going where in Australia’s energy transition (Renew Economy)
- Australia’s biggest wind turbine erected at what will be largest wind farm in NSW (Renew Economy)
- AGL pushes ahead with demolition plans for coal-fired power plant. (PV Magazine)
- Solar panel cleaning robot can be dropped off and picked up by drone. (New Scientist)
- Energy Insiders Podcast: Lithium analyst Rodney Hooper on supply and demand for key battery metal. Plus: Solar has killed coal, but can it kill gas?
Our shot of the week (from the Meralli archives) is from the Dunblane – 11 MW in Barcaldine Queensland, commissioned in December 2017.
