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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

• 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