Australia’s move toward merchant solar
While significant module price declines will likely make selling power on the spot market a new reality, making merchant solar stack up is not an easy job. In Australia, the number of merchant PV projects is rising, but wild swings in wholesale power prices, which are increasingly hitting zero or below, have raised eyebrows recently. What are the reasons behind this trend and where is the market heading?
Batteries for batteries
Earlier this summer, Delta-EE completed a new research study on ways to pair energy storage with EV charging infrastructure, across homes, workplaces and vehicle fleets, in addition to bus-charging applications. Robin Adey-Johnson, a Delta-EE analyst, presents the report’s findings on the size of the opportunity that EV charging offers for stationary storage batteries.
pv magazine Upcoming Roundtables
For many, All Energy Australia will be the last big show of the year, and a chance to catch a bit of sun before winter comes to the northern hemisphere. Australian-expat photographer Dave Tacon gives us a quick glimpse of life in Melbourne, his home town.
On the Road with pv magazine
Where we’ve been: REI 2019 New Delhi once again hosted India’s largest solar event last month, the Renewable Energy India Expo (REI), and with some 12-14 GW of PV expected to be installed in the country over the next year, there was much talk of the sector ramping up among attendees. Local manufacturers such as […]
Final thought: Australia: 500% Renewables
John Grimes, CEO, Smart Energy Council
