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Australia, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects

Australia’s grid can take 75% renewables by 2025: GlobalData

Despite covid-19, Australia’s grid is strong enough to accommodate up to 75% renewables by 2025, says GlobalData analysis.
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Staff WriterMay 7, 2020, 10:59 amMay 7, 2020

Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects

Great balls of hail … the invisible PV peril

Destructive weather events always arrive from out of nowhere, and usually the damage is immediately obvious. But that's not always the case for hailstorms, writes Dr Michelle McCann.
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Staff WriterMay 7, 2020, 10:29 amAugust 17, 2021

Australia, For Installers, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage

Western Australia, the state that stands behind stand-alone systems

Western Australia is leading the way when it comes to replacing expensive networks with stand-alone systems that rely on solar and battery storage. EcoGeneration speaks to Western Power SPS project manager Margot Hammond about managing a mighty transition.
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Staff WriterApril 30, 2020, 10:29 amApril 30, 2020

Australia, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage

RayGen focuses its energies on vast storage potential

A new form of storage is preparing to prove itself with a 50MWh trial in Victoria – followed, it hopes, by a 1GWh monster project.
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Staff WriterApril 23, 2020, 10:18 amApril 23, 2020

Australia, Commercial, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects

CEC report looks back on 2019 … a record year for renewables

Although 2020 is looking to be a tough year for the renewable energy sector, no thanks to the global covid-19 pandemic, the Clean Energy Council’s annual round-up of data for the industry has shown that 2019 was a standout.
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Staff WriterApril 14, 2020, 11:07 amApril 14, 2020

Australia, Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects

How do PV module performance ratios perform?

The convenience of using performance ratios as benchmarks can put project proponents in a blind spot, writes Michelle McCann.
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Staff WriterApril 6, 2020, 4:18 pmAugust 17, 2021

Australia, Funding, International, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Wind, Wind Projects

Covid-19 infects global renewables outlook … zero growth in 2020, 10% fall in 2021: Rystad

As populations around the world deal with the psychological and economic effects of the covid-19 epidemic the transition to renewable energy is expected to slow to a halt.
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Staff WriterMarch 30, 2020, 10:03 amMarch 30, 2020