EcoGeneration | The voice for Australia's clean energy industry

20th April, 2021 | Hydrogen, Renewables, Solar, Storage

ACT calls for 250MW of battery storage

19th April, 2021 | Funding, Policy, State Policy, Storage

Rising costs reverse falling price trend for PV modules: Rystad

15th April, 2021 | For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar

Keep your cool … Exergenics searches for $40m in supermarket savings

23rd April, 2021 | Efficiency, For Consumers, Interviews, Renewables, Solar

A Melbourne energy efficiency software company is attracting international recognition while slowly proving the possibilities of its service to larger and larger Australian clients.

AEMC calls for two-second FCAS market in preparation for greener, more volatile energy mix

22nd April, 2021 | Commercial, Demand response, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Wind

The Australian Energy Market Commission is preparing the way for changes needed in a market where system frequency will have fewer stable generators to rely on.

Action on climate change starts with a plan for net-zero emissions: CEC

21st April, 2021 | Climate, Comment, For Consumers, International, Policy

Australia must make a firm commitment to decarbonise its energy system to get in line with the ambitions of major global economies.

No guarantee of hydrogen profits in South Australia

20th April, 2021 | Hydrogen, Renewables, Solar, Storage

A proposed hydrogen facility in South Australia would be good for the energy market but a questionable investment, without substantial government support.

ACT calls for 250MW of battery storage

19th April, 2021 | Funding, Policy, State Policy, Storage

The powerful little territory that hosts the nation’s capital knows that storage is an essential ingredient if it is to reach its target of 100% renewables.

Rising costs reverse falling price trend for PV modules: Rystad

15th April, 2021 | For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar

The falling cost of solar module technology has been arrested by rising costs for materials and shipping.

‘Batteries beat gas peakers’: CEC report

14th April, 2021 | Comment, Renewables, Solar, Storage

Batteries are cheaper and more efficient than gas peakers at supplying bursts of energy during peak demand days, research from the CEC says.

ARENA backs C&I battery option powered by second-hand EV powerpacks

12th April, 2021 | Commercial, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage

An Australian company is working on a production line of 120kWh batteries suitable for commercial and industrial applications.

The power police … community storage comes to calm the market

3rd April, 2021 | Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs

Behind-the-meter storage might be an efficient way to make the most of a household PV system but far larger batteries are needed at network scale if room is to be made for more solar. The age of community batteries has begun, writes Jeremy Chunn.

Study to assess role of rooftop PV and batteries in times of catastrophe

1st April, 2021 | For Consumers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage

How useful can Australia’s vast army of distributed energy resources be when the grid suffers a shock? A new study aims to find out.

Time to get tricky … WA solar installer journeys to the fringe and back again

1st April, 2021 | For Installers, Solar

Jase Pearson of Green Earth Electrical says there are still plenty of ways solar and storage can help people in his corner of Western Australia save money.

Solar exports solutions on tap … sell it to your staff or trade it for beer

31st March, 2021 | Commercial, For Consumers, Renewables, Solar, Solar

As the problem of exported solar gets mainstream attention, solutions will become ever more inventive.

CEC clean energy report profiles a year of determined growth

30th March, 2021 | Australia, Commercial, For Consumers, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects

Looking back on 2020, the Clean Energy Council describes an industry that refused to let a global pandemic stand in its way.

Digging for solar in a coal mine … can underground pumped hydro fill the gap?

30th March, 2021 | For Consumers, Policy, Renewables, State Policy, Storage

As energy storage is demanded on a vast scale, the possibilities of converting mines into pumped-hydro batteries are being investigated.

The perils of potential induced degradation

29th March, 2021 | Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar

As rooftop PV systems age, installers need to understand how system performance can be affected by potential induced degradation, writes Michelle McCann.