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The Internet of Things … a transformative force in the energy industry

23rd November, 2020 | Efficiency, Renewables

ARENA’s Darren Miller on how to build a risk-filled renewables portfolio … ‘none of our investments are duds – even the ones that fail’

18th November, 2020 | Australia, Bioenergy, Comment, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Funding, Hydrogen, Interviews, Ocean Power, Policy, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, VPPs, Waste-to-energy, Wind, Wind Projects

Dreamy EV rollout or nightmare for the grid: All-Energy panel

17th November, 2020 | Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Renewables, Solar, Storage, VPPs

The Internet of Things … a transformative force in the energy industry

23rd November, 2020 | Efficiency, Renewables

Industrial energy users will have the most to gain as IoT and AI is incorporated into systems and processes, writes Ghian Oberholzer.

No ‘sudden drop’ for battery prices, but plenty of ‘intangible returns’: sonnen

20th November, 2020 | For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs

Residential storage used smartly or connected in virtual power plants can unlock value in existing...

High hopes with concentrated solar power: All-Energy panel

20th November, 2020 | International, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage

An energy solution gaining ground around the world that combines generation with storage was profiled during a panel session for All-Energy 2020.

Victoria’s energy efficiency booster shot is an example to follow

19th November, 2020 | Efficiency, For Consumers, Funding, Renewables, Solar, Storage

The Victorian government has unleashed close to $800 million in funding to show it is serious about energy efficiency at all levels.

ARENA’s Darren Miller on how to build a risk-filled renewables portfolio … ‘none of our investments are duds – even the ones that fail’

As head of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, Darren Miller is pushing the technologies that will support and deliver tomorrow’s clean energy grid.

Dreamy EV rollout or nightmare for the grid: All-Energy panel

17th November, 2020 | Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Renewables, Solar, Storage, VPPs

As EVs very slowly replace petrol-powered cars, networks, consumers, infrastructure companies and policymakers must very quickly adapt their thinking and services.

Greenbacks for greenery … venture capital hears the call for clean energy

17th November, 2020 | Australia, Climate, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Funding, International, International, Policy, PPAs, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, VPPs, Waste-to-energy, Wind, Wind Projects

Climate-conscious venture capitalists are once again placing big bets on clean technology. Can they make money and protect the planet?

STC compliance a responsibility, not a choice: CEC

16th November, 2020 | Commercial, For Installers, Residential, Solar

A crackdown on installers cutting corners when claiming STCs serves as a reminder of installers’ and designers’ responsibilities, writes Clean Energy Council risk and governance coordinator Leanne Nichols.

Fulfilling utility-scale PV module contracts in a choppy market

13th November, 2020 | Australia, Commercial, Company Updates, For Installers, PPAs, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage

Solar module manufacturer Longi is carving out market share in the utility-scale sector as developers wrestle with the grid and competitors throw up challenges.

Integrating DER into the grid: All-Energy highlights

10th November, 2020 | Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs

Distribution networks spoke about their efforts to accommodate higher levels of distributed energy resources into the grid during a session for All-Energy 2020.

NSW paves the way with $32bn roadmap to 12GW generation, 3GW storage by 2030

10th November, 2020 | Australia, Funding, PPAs, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects

The NSW government has provided the incentive developers of wind and solar, and especially pumped hydro, were waiting for.

Members Energy’s plan to build the world’s largest VPP … ‘we are a classic disruptor’

9th November, 2020 | For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs

As the economics of energy storage makes it appear more favourable, a battery sales company is planning what it hopes will be the country’s biggest virtual power plant.

Victoria to add 300MW Tesla battery

6th November, 2020 | Australia, Policy, Projects, Renewables, State Policy, Storage

Victoria has taken energy matters into its own hands and approved a 300MW battery, to ease the way for generation from wind and solar projects into the grid.

CEC Solar Awards 2020 … brilliant thinking, powerful projects

4th November, 2020 | Australia, Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage

The Clean Energy Council’s 2020 Solar Design and Installation Awards focused on PV systems that helped owners of commercial and industrial enterprises cut their ties with polluting generation in creative ways.

Whose battery is it anyway? … testing consumer appetite for VPPs

28th October, 2020 | For Consumers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage

A study of consumer attitude to participation in virtual power plants highlights the difficulties aggregators may face.

‘The future is really bright for solar. We’re just getting started’: GSES’s Chris Martell

28th October, 2020 | Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage

Global Sustainable Energy Solutions director of operations and engineering Chris Martell swapped techie defence work in the US for a clean start in Australia’s booming PV industry.