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Why renewables are the solution for Australia: IEEFA

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 23, 2019 | Australia, Comment, International, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, Solar, State Policy, Storage, Wind | 0 |

Renewables are the lowest cost sustainable solution for Australia’s energy policy crisis and potentially one of Australia’s largest export industries, writes IEEFA’s Tim Buckley.

Wind Industry Forum: WSP’s Winodh Jayewardene seeks a more efficient way to connect renewables

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 9, 2019 | Australia, Comment, Projects, Renewables, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

If the wind industry, networks and market operator stay within a collegial frame, WSP’s Winodh Jayewardene sees Australia leading by example in the global energy transition.

Wind Industry Forum panel looks for a lever to jimmy open the connections bottleneck

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 9, 2019 | Australia, Comment, Projects, Renewables, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

A panel of experts at the CEC’s Wind Industry Forum in March tried to find strategies that may ease the industry through the connections bottleneck.

Wind Industry Forum panel on connection headaches, investor jitters, PPAs and policy

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 28, 2019 | Comment, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

A panel discussion at the Clean Energy Council Wind Industry Forum in March covered all bases.

Approved Solar Retailer program designed to help customers sift the good from the bad

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 25, 2019 | Comment, For Consumers, For Installers, Policy, Solar | 0 |

Clean Energy Council chief executive Kane Thornton explains the reason behind the new level of rigor which is being applied to the council’s Approved Solar Retailer program.

CEC calls for reform to marginal loss factor measure as downgrades hit confidence

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 11, 2019 | Australia, Comment, Projects, Renewables | 0 |

A consequence of a fall in the ratio of energy used by customers versus energy generated is a reduction in the viability of renewable projects, the CEC said.

Tremors in the pumped hydro pipeline

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 28, 2019 | Comment, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Storage | 0 |

So much potential, so much expense – a panel of experts considers pumped hydro and the future of the NEM.

Can California switch to 100% clean energy? Hell yeah!

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 26, 2019 | Climate, Comment, Funding, Policy, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables | 0 |

Environmentalist, entrepreneur, investor — Danny Kennedy is an energy source in human form. So what does the California-based Australian think of the Golden State’s bid to flip to renewables?

AEMC puts stand-alone power systems in the spotlight

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 26, 2019 | Comment, Renewables | 0 |

The Australian Energy Market Commission is farther along the path to determining new regulations for stand-alone power systems.

Clean future, gritty dilemmas: UNSW summit panel on solar’s rapid rise and how to manage it

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 21, 2019 | Comment, For Consumers, Policy, Renewables, Solar | 0 |

The transition to an all-renewable energy system involves a truckload of homework – a perfect task for a panel of experts at the UNSW-Times Higher Education summit.