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Pilot Energy to Study Feasibility of Offshore, Onshore Wind And Solar in WA

August 16, 2021 Anand Gupta

Pilot Energy Limited (ASX:PGY), an Australian junior oil and gas company that aims to become a clean energy developer, will start a feasibility study for its Mid West Wind and Solar Project in Western Australia. The company aims to use its assets to cornerstone the development of projects potentially including offshore and onshore wind, solar, […]

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Wind And Solar Projects Take “Material Hit” From ESB And Morrison

August 16, 2021 Anand Gupta

New investment in large scale wind and solar projects has come to a virtual halt in Australia, and investors are pointing to the twin hits of new market rules proposed by the Energy Security Board, and the the unhelpful intervention of Scott Morrison’s federal Coalition government. Simon Corbell, the former ACT climate minister and now […]

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Solarvest wins contract for 17-MW solar project in Malaysia

August 12, 2021 Anand Gupta

Malaysian photovoltaic (PV) plants builder Solarvest Holdings Bhd (KLSE:SLVEST) has won an engineering, procurement, construction, and commission contract for a 17.36-MW solar project in Malaysia. The MYR-66-million (USD 15.6m/EUR 13.3m) contract was awarded by Grooveland Sdn. Bhd. Solarvest will construct the solar farm in Mukim Bota in the state of Perak. With the latest award, […]

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Construction work starts on 145MW floating solar plant in Indonesia

August 12, 2021 Anand Gupta

Construction has started on a 145 megawatt (MW) floating solar plant in Indonesia, which will be “the biggest” facility of its kind in southeast Asia. The plant is currently under construction on the Cirata reservoir in West Java Province. It is expected to be operational in November 2022. Once completed, the plant will provide enough […]

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Panasonic Takes Japan’s Bet on Hydrogen Power to a New Level

August 12, 2021 Anand Gupta

Panasonic Corp. is turning a fuel-cell factory in the lakeside city of Kusatsu in central Japan into what could be the world’s first hydrogen-based plant powered entirely by renewable energy. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s October pledge to make Japan carbon-neutral has been a “tailwind” for Panasonic’s hydrogen-factory project, and the company intends to commercialize the […]

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Vietnam could, and should, replicate its solar success in electric mobility

August 12, 2021 Anand Gupta

Vietnam has shown the world its capability to accelerate clean energy solutions. It demonstrated its seriousness in pursuing the energy transition with the remarkable solar boom of the last few years. Well designed and executed supporting regulations and policies such as feed-in-tariffs (FiT), tax incentives and waiver of land lease are considered the underlying factors […]

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Rooftop Solar Now Second Largest Energy Generator in Australia

August 12, 2021 Anand Gupta

Despite the challenges of COVID-19, Australia’s rooftop solar PV industry continues to show tremendous growth. In fact, the Australian Energy Council (AEC) recently announced that rooftop solar is now the second largest energy generator in Australia with 14.7GW of total capacity—representing more than 2.86 million installations. The AEC’s Quarterly Solar Report released last Thursday revealed […]

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Octopus to deploy Fluence’s automated bidder software for Australian solar farm

August 12, 2021 Anand Gupta

Octopus Investments Australia has deployed Fluence’s AI-powered trading platform to optimise the output of its 333MW Darlington Point Solar Farm in New South Wales (NSW). Darlington Point is currently the nation’s largest operational solar power project in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM), and Octopus Investments will use Fluence’s trading platform to help secure the best […]

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Energy Storage System to Support Taiwan’s Renewable Energy Targets

August 12, 2021 Anand Gupta

The technology group Wärtsilä will supply a 5.2 MW / 5.2 MWh energy storage system to provide the frequency regulation in the ancillary service market for the Taiwanese grid as the country seeks to achieve 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2025. The order was placed in August 2021 by Shangfa Construction […]

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Wartsila supplies battery for Taiwan grid

August 12, 2021 Anand Gupta

5.2MW/5.2MWh energy storage system will provide frequency regulation once online in Q1 2022 Wartsila will supply an energy storage system that will provide frequency regulation in the ancillary service market for the Taiwanese grid as the country aims for a 20% renewables mix by 2025. The 5.2 MW/5.2 megawatt-hour battery order was placed in August […]