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Victoria to deliver electricity transmission for 21st century

18th February, 2020 | Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar Projects, Wind Projects

University of Queensland clocks efficiency leap for ‘quantum dot’ PV

18th February, 2020 | Renewables, Solar

How an Aussie invention could soon cut 5% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions

10th February, 2020 | Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar

Victoria to deliver electricity transmission for 21st century

18th February, 2020 | Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar Projects, Wind Projects

The reforms will help to encourage the new renewable energy investment needed to replace the state’s fleet of ageing coal-fired power stations, CEO Kane Thornton said.

University of Queensland clocks efficiency leap for ‘quantum dot’ PV

18th February, 2020 | Renewables, Solar

The result brings forward the possibility of a transparent PV skin to power cars, planes, homes and wearable technology.

WePower platform enables 10-year PPA

18th February, 2020 | Commercial, Renewables, Solar, Solar

It is the first time a PPA transaction was executed using a fully standardised and digitised contractual architecture.

Raw power from rubbish

14th February, 2020 | Australia, Projects, Renewables, Waste-to-energy

An innovative residual waste gasification-to-energy project is slowly taking shape in Victoria.

Microgrids: how to keep the power on when disaster hits

12th February, 2020 | Commercial, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage, Wind

It’s timely to consider how we can build a better system – one that’s more resilient in times of disaster and also doesn’t contribute to making disasters more frequent.

How an Aussie invention could soon cut 5% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions

10th February, 2020 | Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar

A technological arms race in the 1980s resulted in a world-first solar cell, that today underpins half the world’s solar power.

All aboard for solar training

7th February, 2020 | For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage

As demand for PV keeps building Australia’s solar training organisations are preparing the next wave of qualified installers, writes Jeremy Chunn.

United Energy trials pole-mounted shared battery storage

7th February, 2020 | Australia, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage

The solution will make the most of surplus solar that is exported to the grid around midday, when voltage levels can rise on feeder lines where PV is popular with homeowners.

Leading the pack in peak demand reduction

5th February, 2020 | Efficiency, For Consumers, Policy, Renewables

NSW leads the nation with its commitment to a peak demand reduction scheme and a boost to its energy savings scheme target. Other jurisdictions are making similar noises, writes Rod Woolley.

Biogas … the energy wonder that’s under our noses

4th February, 2020 | Bioenergy, Policy, Renewables, Waste-to-energy

It’s crazy to overlook the potential energy in what society discards as waste each day, writes Mendo Kundevski, who declares biogas has the potential to contribute significantly to Australia’s abatement task.