EcoGeneration | The voice for Australia's clean energy industry

Whatever the standard says, all batteries are not the same

24th January, 2020 | Policy, Renewables, Solar, Storage

The new installation standards will have a dramatic impact on Australia’s home battery market, writes James Sturch.

Brighter than ever: SunWiz looks back at 2019

23rd January, 2020 | Australia, Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Projects, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects

For solar systems up to 100kW, 2.13GW of capacity was added in 2019 … more than twice the volume of 2017 and three times the 2016 result.

At the CSIRO, tomorrow’s EV grid lock is today’s problem

21st January, 2020 | Australia, Electric Vehicles, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage

Storage and electric vehicles may be slow to take off but the CSIRO is looking far ahead to understand how the technologies can be best absorbed into daily life, Dr Christopher Munnings tells EcoGeneration.

Australian renewables sector poised for new records in 2020: Rystad

21st January, 2020 | Australia, Funding, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects

Australia’s renewable energy market is set for another record year in 2020 as Rystad Energy expects utility wind and solar PV projects totaling 3.6GW to complete commissioning, up from 2.6GW in 2019.

Sungrow eyes storage market despite solar hurdles

20th January, 2020 | Company Updates, Renewables, Solar, Storage

The inverter giant is preparing itself for an onslaught of storage.

Clean energy investment drops 40% in 2019 as price outlook casts a shadow

17th January, 2020 | Australia, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects

…but a slowing in investment in 2019 should not come as too much of a surprise.

Module technology driving lower LCOE: Rystad

17th January, 2020 | Funding, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects

A sharp fall in cost and a switch to PERC technology has transformed the economics for developers of large-scale solar projects, writes David Dixon.

Offshore wind pushes 2019 renewables investment past 2018: BloombergNEF

17th January, 2020 | Funding, International, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Uncategorised

A string of billion-dollar deals off coasts of mainland China and Taiwan, and in British, French and Dutch waters, made 2019 an all-time high for offshore wind.

China’s hydro giant tests the limits of PV integration

17th January, 2020 | Company Updates, International, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage

One of the world’s largest PV power plant operators, China’s HHDC, is pushing the R&D dial so that hybrid clean energy solutions can be understood and actioned.

Risk assessments and the new battery standard

14th January, 2020 | Commercial, For Installers, Policy, Renewables, Solar, Storage

The new battery standard requires a thorough risk assessment process. The CEC’s James Patterson explains why this is important and what installers must do to comply with the standard.

Getting the most out of batteries

14th January, 2020 | Policy, Renewables, Solar, Storage

Few or many? Big or little? When it comes to reaping the benefits batteries can bring to all energy users, it matters a lot how they are sized and deployed, writes Michael Lewis.