Comment | EcoGeneration

How partnerships can pole vault new solutions over the barriers to change on the electrical grid

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 11, 2019 | Comment, International, Projects, Renewables, Storage | 0 |

We’ll get the grid we need with less strain and wasted opportunity if we put our heads together, writes Tim MacTaggart.

Caring for the next generation … the case for asset management

by EcoGen Editor | May 29, 2019 | Comment, Renewables, Solar, Solar | 0 |

The future of Australia’s clean energy fleet relies on decisions made today, writes Beatriz Toribio López of asset management services company Blueshore.

Short-term forecasting, long-term challenge

by EcoGen Editor | May 28, 2019 | Comment, Renewables, Solar, Wind | 0 |

Solar and wind generators stand to gain if investment in short-term forecasting reaps better results than AEMO can deliver, writes Dr Colin Bonner.

It’s time for a 10% energy savings target

by EcoGen Editor | May 22, 2019 | Comment, Efficiency, Policy | 0 |

Fresh federal leadership with a commitment to a national target would be a tidy primary lever to reduce energy bills, peak demand and greenhouse gas emissions, writes Rod Woolley.

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?