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To filter news, make a selection from the dropdown menu and click Apply.Dyesol Successfully Raises A$5 Million
Australian clean-tech company, Dyesol has raised a total of AUD $5 million, through take-up by shareholders of the recent Share Purchase Plan and a supplementary placement to sophisticated investors. The transaction was partly underwritten by Octa Phillip Securities for a total of $3 million and, consequently, there was no shortfall to the underwriter.SilexSolar Suspends All Manufacturing Operations
In August 2011, SilexSolar announced a major restructure of its PV panel business including a major cost reduction program and the replacement of cells made by Silex with cells from new strategic partner Hareon Solar.First Solar Commences Construction on Utility Scale System
First Solar has commenced contruction on the 10-megawatt AC Greenough River Solar Farm, located 50km south of Geraldton. Once completed, the solar farm will be the first utility-scale photovoltaic project in Australia and will bring significant investment to the local community through a partnership with local civil contractor WBHO Civil - the company awarded the...Australia’s First Utility-Scale Solar PV Project Under Way
First Solar and GE Energy Financial Services are underway with Australia’s first utility-scale solar power project.NSW Government Approves A$300M Solar Project
The NSW Government has approved the State’s first commercial solar farm near Nyngan in northwestern NSW. Minister for Planning, Tony Kelly, said the Nyngan Solar Farm will be constructed over 200 hectares, around two kilometres from the Nyngan township which is a hot and dry part of the State and an ideal site. “Today’s approval of the $300 million project is a...ET Solar Places 370 MW Cell Order
ET Solar Group Corporation, a China-based photovoltaic system turnkey solution provider and integrated manufacturer of PV products, has entered into a long term procurement agreement with Neo Solar Power Corp.Suntech and Sydney Theatre Company 'Switch-on' Rooftop Solar Array
Suntech Power has supplied 384kW of Pluto-powered solar panels for a rooftop solar array on The Wharf, home of the Sydney Theatre Company (STC). The solar installation's completion was commemorated today at a switch-on event hosted by STC Artistic Directors Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton.
