The ACT government recently unveiled its massive “solar highway” project of 36,000 solar PV systems at Williamsdale. The Minister for Climate Change Mr. Shane Rattenbury noted that the long-awaited Williamsdale Solar Farm situated around 20 kilometres south of Canberra’s city centre, was capable of generating adequate electricity to power 3,000 households.

Thanks to Adani’s commitment to renewable energy, Moranbah will soon be home to one of the biggest solar farms in Australia, and which comes with 150 Adani job opportunities.

As a bid to get kids interested in clean energy, a Chinese solar power company has just finished the first phase of a 100MW solar power plant… in the shape of a panda!

The government of New South Wales plans to set up 12 more solar farms which are expected to boost the nations lead in solar power investments.

The Queensland Government recently made announcements in regards to major solar and wind energy projects within the state. This process began with the signing of support deeds for various large-scale solar projects near Oakey, Collinsville and Longreach.

The biggest floating solar farm in Europe is being constructed on a reservoir near Manchester by water giant United Utilities in order to cut their energy costs.

Indian multinational conglomerate company Adani has apparently been constructing plans to build a large scale solar farm in Bowen Basin, which is a major coal region.

The second-largest utility-scale solar power plant in Australia is expected to be fully operating by the end of 2015. The 53MW solar farm in Broken Hill, NSW, installed the project’s final advanced photovoltaic modules successfully.

Disney World are building an enormous Mickey Mouse shaped solar farm to be installed over 20 acres. The huge installation will be visible from the air, which designers hope will draw attention to both solar energy and Disney World itself.

E-commerce and cloud computing giant, Amazon, has committed to developing a sustainable work environment. The most popular retailer on the planet aims to power its web services via its 80 megawatt solar farm, which will be the largest solar project in the state so far.

The largest solar farm in Australia recently started its operations at Royalla. It was officially opened by Simon Corbell, the Minister for the Environment. The plant is located about 23 kilometres from Canberra.

A $60 million, 26 MW North Queensland solar farm is being constructed at Lakeland near Cooktown with inauguration expected before Christmas this year. The project is expected to provide up to 20 jobs when completed and employ 200 workers during the construction phase.

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation grants a $13 million loan to Epuron for the expansion of its Uterne tracking solar farm in southern Alice Springs. This will increase Uterne’s 1 megawatt capacity to 3.

Queensland is the first state in Australia to produce 1 gigawatt of solar energy thanks to home solar power systems, which have proven to be quite popular among Australian households who want to reduce their carbon footprint.

Apple has unveiled plans to build a solar farm in Reno, not far from their latest data centre. The company already has two similar solar-panel projects in North Carolina but this is the first for the state of Nevada.

Tuggeranong will soon be home to a new solar farm after a proposal was submitted to the ACT Planning and Land Authority earlier this year.

The ACT Government recently announced plans for a 20 megawatt solar power station to be built at Royalla, making it Australia’s largest. Chief Executive of the Australian Solar Council, John Grimes said the announcement is just a taste of what is to come in the future.

The first community Queensland solar farm, courtesy of the Wide Bay Water Corporation began operations last week in a move to generate power and reduce operating costs for locals.

The Moree Solar Farm is set to be one of the largest solar power plants in the world and is expected to power over 45,000 homes.

Stratosolar We’ve reported in the past on plans for putting solar panels on the moon and space-based solar power stations transmitting electricity back to Earth. A little closer to home, but still high above our planet’s surface, is a concept from StratoSolar – a utility scale PV system tethered and floating at an altitude of 20 kilometers.