EcoGeneration | The voice for Australia's clean energy industry

Amber Electric raises $2.5m for rollout of residential wholesale-price energy offer

12th September, 2019 | For Consumers, Funding, Renewables

ARENA circles clean energy integration, hydrogen and industry as investment priorities

11th September, 2019 | Funding

Burn it and turn it: how Perth’s waste-to-energy plant will shape up

17th September, 2019 | Australia, Projects, Renewables

The developers of a 36MW waste-to-energy project in Perth have seen the technology prove itself overseas and expect nothing less when it lights up here in 2021.

Australia, the natural energy exporter

16th September, 2019 | Australia, Comment, International, International, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Wind, Wind Projects

Australia can become a major renewable energy exporter while helping energy deficient countries in Asia to reduce their use of fossil fuels, writes Amar Rathore.

Look who’s doing the heavy lifting at Lal Lal Wind Farm

14th September, 2019 | Australia, Projects, Wind Projects

Wind turbines are growing to epic proportions. Higher and higher they go! But have you ever spared a thought for the people who put these giant propellers together?

Electric vehicles – isn’t it time Australia took the wheel?

13th September, 2019 | Electric Vehicles, Renewables

The rollout of electric vehicles is an important step towards decarbonisation, says Stephanie Bashir of Evie Networks, so why are we so slow to adopt this technology?

Amber Electric raises $2.5m for rollout of residential wholesale-price energy offer

12th September, 2019 | For Consumers, Funding, Renewables

Retailer Amber has raised $2.5m as it prepares to rollout its wholesale-price energy app to residential customers.

ARENA circles clean energy integration, hydrogen and industry as investment priorities

11th September, 2019 | Funding

ARENA’s new Investment Plan sets out three new priority areas to improve the competitiveness of renewable energy technologies.

Investors put the brakes on as policy uncertainty and regulatory challenges pile up

11th September, 2019 | Australia, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy Target

New investment in renewable energy projects has plunged, risking power price rises and future energy reliability, the Clean Energy Council says.

Real vs Reactive: the new power balance

9th September, 2019 | For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage

A three-year trial that tested the value to networks of residential solar and storage systems uncovered the hidden value in reactive power – and the potential for inverters to really flex their muscles.

Setting the standard for the storage industry

9th September, 2019 | For Installers, Policy, Renewables, Solar, Solar

The new battery standard drew a bit of flak during its conception but the CEC’s James Patterson explains why it’s actually a pretty good outcome.

Modules under the microscope: inside the lab where PV panels are punished

9th September, 2019 | For Installers, Solar, Solar

Solar PV technology is proven but manufacturing standards are highly variable. EcoGeneration speaks to PV Evolution Labs CEO Jenya Meydbray about why developers must be vigilant buyers.

King Island wave energy trial attracts $4m in ARENA funding

9th September, 2019 | Funding, Ocean Power, Renewables

The funding is part of a $12.3 million pilot by Wave Swell Energy to test its UniWave 200 wave energy converter off the coast of King Island, Tasmania.