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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · George Heynes

    The illusion of simplicity: Why PV DC connector failures remain a persistent challenge (opens the original)

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    In this contributed blog for PV Tech, Dr KT Tan, CTO of Viridian Solar, argues that DC connectors, though among the cheapest components in a PV installation, sit in the same dangerous blind spot as the low-cost parts blamed for catastrophic engineering failures like the Challenger and Columbia disasters. History’s most catastrophic engineering failures rarely stem from massive technical oversights; more often, they are triggered by the silent failure of a humble, low-cost component. Whether a fr

  2. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · George Heynes

    Australia connects record 9.1GW of renewables and storage as NEM pipeline reaches 75.4GW (opens the original)

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    The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) states that a record 9.1GW of new renewable energy and storage capacity connected to the National Electricity Market (NEM) in FY26, but its annual report makes clear that reliability depends on the investment pipeline delivering on time. AEMO is the independent system and market operator for Australia’s electricity and gas systems, running real-time operations for the National Electricity Market (NEM), the Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM) in Western

  3. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · George Heynes

    ESR buys Aquila Clean Energy APAC to support data centre business (opens the original)

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    ESR, a Singapore-headquartered real asset owner and manager focused on logistics real estate and data centres, has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Aquila Clean Energy APAC. Aquila Clean Energy APAC is a clean energy platform that develops, owns, and operates solar, battery storage and wind assets across the region, from the Hamburg-based investment and industrial development company Aquila Group. Aquila Clean Energy APAC holds a 1.6GW portfolio of operational, construction and advanced de

  4. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · George Heynes

    Australia's ARENA backs AU$25 million Lightspeed trial to cut construction costs at solar sites (opens the original)

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    The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has committed AU$25 million (US$16.7 million) to Equans Solar & Storage for a three-year programme testing construction and operations technologies across the company’s Australian solar and storage project pipeline. The Lightspeed project will trial up to 10 technologies across five categories, including civil works, mechanical works, electrical works, operations and maintenance and digital coordination, to reduce the levelised cost of electricity (

  5. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · George Heynes

    Anza Power acquires 205MWac construction-ready solar plants from Helios Energy in New Zealand (opens the original)

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    Anza Power has acquired the 110MWac Karioi and 95MWac Ongaonga solar PV power plants from Helios Energy, adding 205MWac of consented, construction-ready solar capacity across New Zealand’s Ruapehu and Hawke’s Bay regions. Anza Power is a renewable energy platform backed by global infrastructure investor I Squared Capital, formed in January 2026 with a US$300 million equity commitment through its ISQ Growth Markets Infrastructure Fund II. Helios Energy is an Auckland-based utility-scale solar dev

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