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The territory’s Household and Business Battery Scheme has an initial budget for $800,000 or 130 batteries.

NSW pumped hydro plant could unlock New England Renewable Energy Zone

3rd April, 2020 | Funding, Pumped hydro, Renewables

The study will examine the degree to which the proposed PHES plant could unlock further renewable energy investment and the development of the proposed New England REZ.

By 2050, hydrogen can cut emissions by 34%: BNEF

2nd April, 2020 | Hydrogen, International, Policy, Renewables

Use of clean hydrogen can help address the toughest third of global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, but only if net-zero emission goals and policies are set.

How should we think about a hydrogen economy?

1st April, 2020 | Australia, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Storage

It’s all very well to decarbonise the electricity sector but a zealous pursuit of hydrogen might be disproportionate to requirements, write Graham Palmer and Josh Floyd.

Will wind fill the gap?

31st March, 2020 | Projects, Renewables, Wind, Wind Projects

If it’s 24-hour power we need, wind is way ahead of solar. But can these giant propellers fill most of the gap left by 23GW of coal power that needs to leave the NEM? Jeremy Chunn reports.

When one wind turbine is enough … a case study from the blustery far south

31st March, 2020 | Australia, Projects, Renewables, Wind, Wind Projects

The Portland Wind Project in Victoria might be extra small but it proves the versatility of wind technology.

Genex signs 30-year storage offtake agreement with EnergyAustralia

30th March, 2020 | Australia, Funding, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Storage

The 30-year agreement includes a 10-year initial term and two subsequent 10-year options.

Covid-19 infects global renewables outlook … zero growth in 2020, 10% fall in 2021: Rystad

30th March, 2020 | Australia, Funding, International, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Wind, Wind Projects

As populations around the world deal with the psychological and economic effects of the covid-19 epidemic the transition to renewable energy is expected to slow to a halt.

CEC calls for covid-19 stimulus to include renewables

27th March, 2020 | Australia, Comment, Efficiency, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Storage

The Clean Energy Council has called for federal and state responses to the covid-19 virus to support the continued rollout of rooftop solar and storage.

What the energy world needs now is data data data: ISF

26th March, 2020 | Commercial, Efficiency, For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage

Researchers and business owners eager to cut energy waste are flummoxed by a paucity of decent data, writes Joe Wyndham. Without it, what hope is there for fixing the world’s problems?