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The Climate Change Authority has signalled that Australia’s electricity and energy sector accounts for 35% of the country’s emissions.

The Australian Electricity Market Operator (AEMO) has indicated that Australia has seen the addition of 1.2GW of new large-scale solar projects brought online and connected to the National Electricity Market (NEM) in the past 12 months.

Fortescue Metals is aiming to capitalise on China’s “insatiable demand for green products” through green metals production and exports.

The New South Wales (NSW) government has approved plans for solar developer Lightsource bp’s proposed 450MW Goulburn River Solar Farm, in the Upper Hunter region.

National industry body Energy Networks Australia (ENA) has called on the Australian government to implement the appropriate incentives to unlock at least 5GW of additional rooftop solar PV generation capacity.

FRV Australia has secured a AUS$1.2 billion (US$780 million) refinancing facility to support a 1GW portfolio of eight solar PV projects.

Frontier Energy has secured a AU$215 million debt facility to construct and operate a 120MW solar-plus-storage facility in Western Australia.

Renewable energy developer Acen Australia has submitted the scoping report for its 100MW solar-plus-storage project in New South Wales.

Developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) Australia has announced its first solar-plus-storage project, based in Dalby, a town in Queensland, has gone live.

AEMO Services has signed a long-term energy service agreement to secure green energy from the 243MWp Maryvale solar-plus-storage project.