Two Australian solar-plus-BESS advance: Ark secures AU$1.3 billion for 2.2GWh Richmond Valley project; Quinbrook submits 250MWp site.

The developer behind Victoria’s Mortlake Energy Hub has secured around $A245 million from a global asset manager to accelerate development of more than 2 GW of new renewables.

Ark Energy becomes the fifth developer in just one week to announce a major investment decision on a new renewable energy project in Australia – in this case, for Australia's…