Welcome to Camp Kidston … work begins on 2GWh Queensland pumped hydro facility
Five years in the planning, work has begun on Genex Power’s ambitious clean energy storage facility in northwest Queensland.
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Check your mirrors: 3 things rooftop solar can teach us about Australia’s electric car rollout
Australia’s world-leading rollout of rooftop solar power systems offers a guide to help navigate the transition to EVs.
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Energy Next: connecting technologies with the clean energy sector
This year the Australian Clean Energy Summit will share the stage with Energy Next, where the renewables crowd can learn about tomorrow’s technology.
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Flexible friends … how heavy industry can accelerate renewables
The hungriest energy users can play a big role in balancing tomorrow’s grid – if they are prepared to be flexible.
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Power up the battery … what it takes to drive us to a future of VPPs
Virtual power plants are a growing renewable energy solution, writes Anson Zhang. What are the next steps to enable a VPP-powered future?
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Watts on wheels … mobile PV plants target diesel
A mobile solar power unit – specially customised for construction sites – is expected to put pressure on diesel.
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Who you gonna call? … how the CEC’s tech team is onside with quality solar
Clean Energy Council technical support officer Thomas Seymour is part of a crew that keeps solar installers informed – and on their toes.
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Keep on quietly trucking … fast track to electric commercial fleets
Electric buses and trucks are already rolling on Australian roads but the benefits are only starting to be understood by buyers.
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AER penalty for lax bidding soars a hundredfold … newbies beware
The Australian Energy Regulator has ramped up penalties that may be applied to owners of power plants, no matter the technology, if they fail to refine bidding before dispatch.
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CEFC gets NSW-SA-Vic EnergyConnect link over the line, with 1.8GW of projects to follow
The new connection – expected to cost $2.28 billion – will free up vast amounts of new opportunities for developers of solar, wind and storage projects.
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US must declare war on climate for energy transition to accelerate
To lead by example, the United States should declare war on the inefficient use of dirty energy, US-based Australian entrepreneurs Danny Kennedy and Saul Griffith told a Spark Club event.
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SA Power Networks responds to ‘What solar traffic jam?’ feature
The South Australian network, which hosts a vast amount of rooftop solar, has its say about what networks are doing to manage voltage on the grid.
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Batteries hit their peak as gas phases out
When it comes to electricity peaking services, batteries beat gas hands down, writes Clean Energy Council CEO Kane Thornton.
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Trust us, VPPs are the way of the future: SAPN report
A trial of a 1,000-battery virtual power plant on the South Australian network has boosted solar exports, supplied much-needed services to the grid and earned tidy revenue.
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What solar traffic jam? … a role for the networks in tomorrow’s solar-filled grid
Rooftop solar has brought energy prices down but the networks say its fast growth is disturbing the peace on their poles and wires. Are PV exports to blame or should the networks get with the times? Jeremy Chunn reports.
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Storage tears ahead, generation dawdles: CEC Q1 report
The first three months of 2021 saw firm commitment to new storage projects but very little in the way of new generation, according to a report from the Clean Energy Council.
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