EcoGeneration | The voice for Australia's clean energy industry

18th September, 2020 | Projects, Renewables, Wind, Wind Projects

Why behind-the-meter will define Australia’s next solar boom

19th September, 2020 | Comment, Commercial, PPAs, Renewables, Solar, Solar

Business owners and investors can take the economic recovery into their own hands, and reap tidy returns, by backing behind-the-meter energy solutions that include solar.

‘It’s a great job’ … Tassie installer shares the power around

19th September, 2020 | Commercial, For Installers, Residential, Solar

George Auchterlonie, director and installer at Renewable Energy Solutions Tasmania, has seen the solar sector rip ahead from where it was just 10 years ago.

Tips for solar installers when buying a PV power station

19th September, 2020 | Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar

Solar installers can prove their worth to customers by applying stringent standards when selecting modules, writes Michelle McCann.

Epho’s rapid rollout for retailer: one hundred 100kW systems in 100 workdays

18th September, 2020 | Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar

Supermarket chain Aldi’s commitment to clean energy is a prime opportunity to treat PV like a production line, says the commercial installer.

Bifacial shines as PV power booster in cloudy conditions

18th September, 2020 | Australia, For Installers, International, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects

US solar tracking company Alion Energy explains the results of research that shows how premium equipment can reap respectable yields from non-premium sites.

The bigger you buy the less you spend with offshore wind: Rystad

18th September, 2020 | Projects, Renewables, Wind, Wind Projects

With the incremental increases in size, turbines and offshore wind plants become more economical – not just in lower upfront costs, but also in longer-term power generation potential.

‘A dose of reality’: Coalition’s $1.9 billion techno-fix for climate change is a small step

17th September, 2020 | Australia, Comment, Efficiency, For Consumers, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind Projects

ARENA has been handed a 10-year lifeline as the energy transition gets serious, but the money comes with strings attached.

Evo Power targets C&I-scale storage market with scalable solutions

15th September, 2020 | Commercial, Company Updates, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage

The Melbourne-based battery-maker’s partnerships with SwitchDin and Selectronic allow for “turn-key” simplicity, it says.

Why throw it away? … waste-to-energy’s role in our future energy mix

14th September, 2020 | Bioenergy, For Consumers, Renewables, Waste-to-energy

The potential in waste as a source of clean energy appeals to more criteria than simply one of plain economics, writes Shaun Scallan.

Solar ‘revolution’ has gone mainstream: APVI

14th September, 2020 | Australia, Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage

Research from APVI shows the enormous extent to which the solar revolution in Australia has been driven by homeowners who “learned by doing”.

Hot water heat pumps catch on

10th September, 2020 | Efficiency, For Consumers, Renewables

Energy savings schemes are supporting upgrades to efficient hot water systems using heat pump technology, writes Hamish McGovern.

Guidelines set for the rise of hydrogen

9th September, 2020 | Hydrogen, Renewables

Industry participants have been delivered guidelines for a successful transition to large-scale production of hydrogen, writes Daniel Chidgey of Standards Australia.