Renewable Energy News

The first large-scale project in billionaire industrialist Sanjeev Gupta’s plan to generate 1GW of dispatchable renewable energy in South Australia has been approved. The 280MW Cultana Solar Farm has been signed off by the South Australian Government with financial close expected to be reached by the end of June and construction to begin in the Upper Spencer Gulf town of Whyalla in the second half of the year.

The debate over Australia’s energy crisis is heating up. Whatever the political outcome may be, one thing seems certain – the use of large-scale and residential solar is moving forward swiftly. The majority of large-scale solar investment is occurring in Queensland, with 21 solar farms producing more than 1,300MW of renewable energy, worth $2.6 billion. There are an additional 13 new solar farms in the pipeline.

Sizing PV isolators have never been the easiest thing for sparkies. Sizing miniature circuit breakers (MCB) for your normal light and power electrical job is easy. For light and power jobs, all you need to think about is current. Sizing PV isolators is much harder because solar installers need to juggle the voltage and current based on how many panels are installed.

When unveiling government data revealing Australia’s rising greenhouse emissions, federal energy minister Angus Taylor sought to temper the news by pointing out that much of the increase is due to liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, and claiming that these exports help cut emissions elsewhere.

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