Comment | EcoGeneration

Dramatic slow-down in clean energy investment requires urgent COAG Energy Council action: CEC

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 20, 2019 | Australia, Comment, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar Projects, Wind Projects | 0 |

The CEC has stepped up ahead of the next COAG Energy Council with a clear list of requests and recommendations.

Energy demand response for a two-sided market

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 7, 2019 | Comment, Commercial, Efficiency, For Consumers, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

The future is micro, nano and perhaps even pico-grids orchestrated to solve energy dilemmas at a local level, writes Shaun Scallan.

Australia could fall apart under climate change. But there’s a way to avoid it: Garnaut

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 6, 2019 | Australia, Climate, Comment, For Consumers, Funding, International, Policy, Projects, Renewables | 0 |

If Australia is to realise its immense opportunity in a zero-carbon world, it will need a different policy framework.

Overzealous tactics help energy companies maintain a dying status quo

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 31, 2019 | Comment, Commercial, Renewables, Solar | 0 |

The incumbent energy companies have nothing to gain by standing in the way of renewables, writes Huon Hoogesteger. And yet, that’s exactly what some of them are doing…

Energy efficiency, the key to unlocking the DER model

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 21, 2019 | Comment, Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

For a network of connected distributed energy resources to work at peak efficiency owners of solar must make the most of their generation, writes Shavaj Kallamkote.

Governments took the hard road on clean energy – and consumers are feeling the bumps: Grattan Institute

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 8, 2019 | Comment, Policy | 0 |

The federal government’s market interventions have not worked. Electricity prices are higher and supply is tight. Consumers are not happy.

Australia, the natural energy exporter

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 16, 2019 | Australia, Comment, International, International, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Australia can become a major renewable energy exporter while helping energy deficient countries in Asia to reduce their use of fossil fuels, writes Amar Rathore.

Not all VPPs are created equal

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 5, 2019 | Comment, For Consumers, Renewables, Solar, Storage | 0 |

A virtual power plant sounds like an obvious way to utilise the surplus solar energy stored in residential systems with batteries – but only if owners are rewarded fairly. How will they know if that’s the case?

We need a national renewables approach, or some states – like NSW – will miss out

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 27, 2019 | Comment, Funding, Policy, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, State Policy | 0 |

While the states have worked admirably to advance renewable energy there is a clear cost to pursuing many fragmented policies instead of a unified vision.

It’s time to step on the accelerator: ACES Removing the Roadblocks panel

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 13, 2019 | Comment, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

What’s stopping Australia move faster with clearing coal out of the way to be replaced by solar, wind and storage?

Stampeding sheep, cross-border interconnection and China risk: ACES International Perspective panel

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 7, 2019 | Comment, International, International, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Australia may be ahead of the pack in adoption of new technology but we have be aware on how the rest of the world is travelling, an expert panel at the Clean Energy Summit concluded.