Australia

New South Wales to speed up development of renewables transmission worth $1.9b

It aims to address connection issues and save up to $1.73b.

New South Wales to speed up development of renewables transmission worth $1.9b

It aims to address connection issues and save up to $1.73b.

Snowy Hydro inks 8 solar and wind projects with 888MW capacity

It will allow them to offer wholesale prices below A$70/MWh for a flat load up to 15 years.

Lending group injects $72.2m into South Australia's home battery scheme

This will allow households to get loans for installing batteries if expenses surpass government subsidies.

Australia's Pacific Hydro closes $81.5m financing for 100MW solar farm

The project is expected to be completed in mid-2019 and comprise 400,000 PV modules.

Renewables investment in Australia interrupted by shaky energy policy

Renewable electricity targets and incentives of all states are highly divergent from each other.

ARENA funds renewable hydrogen project for Sydney grid

It injected $5.32m into gas distributor Jemena for the construction of an electrolyser.

Newly floated Australian coal firm's price fell 8.5% on debut

Fund managers shunned the offer over the timing of the decision to float the company.

Largest Australian states lag world leaders in renewables race

Victoria and New South Wales generated only 13.6% and 12.6% of electricity from renewables in 2017.

Australian wind-solar hybrid project amps up plans after Macquarie investment

Developers plan for over 7.5GW of wind turbines and over 3.5GW of solar PV arrays.

Australia needs to install 10GW of renewables yearly to hit 2025 target: report

Projected capacity is divided between PVs, wind farms, and rooftop solar panels.

Joint venture to invest US$186m in 180MW Australian wind farm

The project is expected to start operations in the second half of 2020.

Goldwind offers 1GW of solar and wind portfolio in Australia

It is expected to be valued at US$2.16b after construction.

Billionaire Sanjeev Gupta to build 280MW solar farm in Australia

It is part of his project to build one of Australia’s largest solar farms.

Rio Tinto sold coal mines in Australia for US$2.91b

It sold its interest in the Hail Creek and Kestrel coal mines.

Alinta Energy eyes 1,000 MW of renewable projects

It seeks projects with sizes over 50 MW.

Inpex starts gas production in US$34b Ichthys LNG project

The gas output will be shipped to a 8.9Mt/year plant in Darwin.