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MONTHLY NEWS ROUNDUP
Monthly News Roundup - February 2021
28 February 2021
- Australian first with battery approved for Hume hydro station
- TransGrid secures $600 million debt facility for transmission upgrades supporting REZ No. 1
- Sod turning marks $20 million investment in future hydrogen workforce
- Australia’s battery and hydrogen storage pipeline jumped by massive 20GW in 2020
- UNSW researchers to develop roadmap for using excess renewables to power industry
- NSW appoints first Renewable Energy Sector Board to guide energy plan
- Australia’s first hydrogen fuel cell factory
Monthly News Roundup - January 2021
29 January 2021
- Neoen plans massive 500MW big battery west of Sydney
- Largest battery in Australia to be built at ageing NSW coal-fired power plant
- Real Energy signs JV to develop large-scale hydrogen hubs
- Chemical researchers develop "green" ammonia
- NSW coal country gets a big grid-balancing battery
- Finance secured Metz Solar Farm in New South Wales
- VivoPower completes 39MW Molong Solar Farm in New South Wales
Monthly News Roundup - December 2020
8 January 2021
- Queensland renewable energy zones “flooded” with 60,000MW of project proposals
- NSW to fast-track network approvals for first renewable energy zone
- Tasmania is now powered entirely by renewable energy
- Singapore investor injects $3 million into 500 MW Queensland PV project
- ARENA backs vanadium flow battery project in outback SA
- South Australia set sights on stunning new target of 500 pct renewables
Monthly News Roundup - November 2020
30 November 2020
- NSW and WA post record rooftop solar installations
- Officeworks pledges to go 100 per cent renewable by 2025
- Australia hits 50pct renewables again, despite shut down of seven solar farms
- NSW government unveils $32 billion investment plan for new electricity infrastructure
- Woolworths pledges to source 100 per cent renewables by 2025
- Production for new wind and solar farms have begun production
Monthly News Roundup - October 2020
30 October 2020
- Blacktown City Council Solar Panel Installation Complete
- World’s biggest power producer buys $750 million wind project in NSW
- NSW to get a new big battery as renewable power surges
- University wins $2.5m in federal funding for solar energy research
- Cannon-Brookes backs UNSW solar cell start-up, founded in a Maroubra garage
- $1 billion pumped hydro scheme would open up NSW grid
- Goulburn community solar investment round raises $500,000+
Monthly News Roundup - September 2020
30 September 2020
- CSIRO signs up for 100 per cent solar power with Garnaut’s Zen Energy
- Coles signs 10-year PPA with CleanCo
- Australia’s biggest renewable energy hub to deliver low-cost power for ACT
- 'Renewable revolution': Queensland to put $500m into clean energy fund
- The University of Sydney commits to 100% renewables
Monthly News Roundup - August 2020
3 September 2020
- NSW to fund four new big battery projects
- Queensland Government announces investment in three renewable energy ‘corridors’
- Western Sydney green hydrogen plant gets accelerated planning tick
- PPA-linked 120 MW solar park goes online in Australia
- FRV’s Goonumbla solar farm completed in NSW, to supply Snowy Hydro
- Goldwind considers green fuels for hybrid gas-battery plant
- Solar panel and battery system recycling targeted in NSW grant round
- New England big battery awarded $12.5 million state government grant
Monthly News Roundup - June 2020
30 June 2020
- NSW first renewable energy zone attracts 27 GW of solar, wind and battery proposals
- New 3.6 GW PV-powered hydrogen project announced in Australia
- First section of massive Moorabool wind farm completed in Victoria
- Australia approves 720 MW solar farm with massive battery
- Queensland adds $23m renewables training centre to Covid-19 stimulus
- Huge 720MW solar farm and very big battery approved for connection to NSW grid
Monthly News Roundup - May 2020
29 May 2020
- Suntech’s 9.4MW Robinvale solar farm completed in Victoria
- Huge Uungula wind project edges closer in NSW renewable energy zone
- Victoria’s Cohuna solar farm complete, joins queue for commissioning
- Juwi to build renewable energy hub in regional Western Australia
- Gransolar Group to build Molong Solar Farm in NSW
- NSW seeks expressions of interest for 3 GW renewable energy zone
Monthly News Roundup - April 2020
5 May 2020
- ARENA backs New England pumped hydro study
- Renewable energy jobs in Australia surge to record levels
- Australia renewables hit 50% of main grid’s net demand on Easter Saturday
- NSW amends planning laws to pave way for standalone big battery projects
- First turbines installed at 110MW Biala wind farm in NSW
Monthly News Roundup - March 2020
30 March 2020
- Acciona to build huge 1GW wind farm in Queensland after landing CleanCo deal
- Climate policy done right: Tasmania sets 200% RE target by 2040
- Canadian Solar inks new Australian PPA with Amazon for output of NSW solar farm
- ARENA funds QLD hydrogen demonstration plant
Monthly News Roundup - February 2020
29 February 2020
- UNSW receives $3 million towards energy storage research
- City of Adelaide inks deal to go 100% renewable from July 2020
- Tasmania’s Granville Harbour wind farm now sending power to the grid
- University of Queensland team makes solar technology breakthrough
- Solar and battery “community renewables park” planned for Orange, NSW
- Wagga Wagga goes solar
- Clean Energy Council awards Women in Renewables grant
- Energy storage research hub launched at UNSW
- Blacktown City Council commits to 100% renewable energy
Monthly News Roundup - January 2020
31 January 2020
- The world will add 142 GW of new solar this year
- Yarranlea solar farm joins the grid in Queensland
- The ACT is now running on 100 renewable electricity
- Australia poised for record large-scale PV rollout in 2020
- Renewable hydrogen costs could halve by 2030, beating “unabated” fossil fuels
- New giant battery creates base for more renewables in Queensland
Monthly News Roundup - December 2019
6 January 2020
- The University of Wollongong sets benchmark for sustainable buildings in Australia
- ARENA and CEFC to kick-start Australia’s ‘clean’ hydrogen industry
- Most consumers want companies to target 100 per cent renewable energy
- NSW’s first ultra-rapid EV charging station
- SolarReserve and Aurora Project acquisition
- ARENA boots Sustainable Australia fund, more renewables access for small businesses
Monthly News Roundup - November 2019
26 November 2019
- Spread the sun: CEC guides benefit sharing of renewable projects
- Federal Government hands $1 billion to Clean Energy Finance Corporation to boost power grid reliability
- Free solar system installations for eligible NSW households
- Highest power prices at night mooted to ease peak-time demand
- Electric or hydrogen — which will win the clean car race?
- NSW announces 3,000MW renewable energy zone, and energy security target
- NSW between a lump of coal and a hard place
- Business demand is helping drive the energy transition to wind and solar