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Australia: Large-scale solar PV grows 20-fold in six years

Australia: Large-scale solar PV grows 20-fold in six years

Latest Solar electricity generation grew 21% year-on-year in 2022-23, according to the report. Image: CEFC The Australian government’s latest Energy Update 2024 report has revealed that large-scale solar PV power generation has grown more than 20-fold in the last six years. The report, published by the government’s Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and

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Lightsource bp breaks ground on 168MW solar PV project in New Zealand

Lightsource bp breaks ground on 168MW solar PV project in New Zealand

The financing package was secured from various international banks, including Westpac New Zealand, Mizuho, China Construction Bank, and Intesa Sanpaolo—IMICIB. Situated at Christchurch Airport, the Kōwhai Park project will power the international airport with around 300,000 solar modules once it is completed in 2026. It is being developed in partnership with Contact Energy and will connect to

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Queensland launches solar module recycling programme

Queensland launches solar module recycling programme

The sites include Capalaba and North Lakes in greater Brisbane, along with the Gold Coast, Rockhampton, Toowoomba and Townsville. The Queensland government confirmed that 15 locations will be announced in the coming weeks. Mick de Brenni, Queensland’s minister for energy and clean economy jobs, emphasised that Queensland is “leading the way in rooftop solar penetration”,

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White House takes action to speed up federal solar permitting

White House takes action to speed up federal solar permitting

Solar panels and wind turbines decorate the Colorado desert at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.) In the Biden administration’s latest move to speed up the federal solar permitting process, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will make over 31 million acres of public lands across eleven western states available for solar development… https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/policy-regulation/white-house-takes-action-to-speed-up-federal-solar-permitting/

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DOE: US solar sector adds 18,401 jobs in 2023, leading energy industry

DOE: US solar sector adds 18,401 jobs in 2023, leading energy industry

“Our policies are working. We are now starting to see the job impacts of investments made through the infrastructure and inflation reduction laws—first in construction and as America builds more of these factories, we’ll see hundreds of thousands more,” said secretary of energy Jennifer M. Granholm. “The data clearly show that clean energy means jobs—good jobs,

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Ontario launches energy procurement, bans solar on prime agricultural land

Ontario launches energy procurement, bans solar on prime agricultural land

Latest Ontario’s energy procurement builds on a previous announcement seeking 5GW of capacity by 2034. Image: CanREA via LinkedIn. The Ontario government in Canada has launched an energy procurement in the province through its second long-term procurement (LT2). Ontario’s request for proposal will seek nearly all technologies – solar PV, wind, nuclear, natural gas, biomass

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Rules discourage Canadians from generating more solar power than they use

Rules discourage Canadians from generating more solar power than they use

Canada needs more clean power to meet growing demand, while aiming for net-zero emissions to fight climate change. Many Canadians want to install rooftop solar panels to help. But while that can lower their electricity bills, they can’t actually get paid for it — because many jurisdictions limit the power generation of a rooftop solar

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GameChange Solar to supply trackers for 750 MWp solar plant in India

GameChange Solar to supply trackers for 750 MWp solar plant in India

GameChange Solar says it has agreed to supply its Genius Tracker solutions to Sterling and Wilson Renewable Energy for a 750 MWp solar project in the Indian state of Gujarat. August 29, 2024 Uma Gupta Image: GameChange Solar From pv magazine India GameChange Solar, a global supplier of solar tracking solutions for ground-mounted PV plants,

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