Efficiency | EcoGeneration

What do DER customers want?

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 2, 2021 | Commercial, Efficiency, For Consumers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs | 0 |

If the energy sector wants to unlock the power in distributed energy resources it will need to gain the support of PV and battery owners. Here’s how it can be done.

Measurement and verification the next wave of rewarded energy savings: ESIA

by EcoGen Editor | Dec 9, 2020 | Efficiency, For Consumers, Funding, Renewables, Storage, Waste-to-energy | 0 |

There are infinite ways in which energy savings can be incentivised using rigorous measurement and verification methods, writes Hamish McGovern.

The Internet of Things … a transformative force in the energy industry

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 23, 2020 | Efficiency, Renewables | 0 |

Industrial energy users will have the most to gain as IoT and AI is incorporated into systems and processes, writes Ghian Oberholzer.

Victoria’s energy efficiency booster shot is an example to follow

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 19, 2020 | Efficiency, For Consumers, Funding, Renewables, Solar, Storage | 0 |

The Victorian government has unleashed close to $800 million in funding to show it is serious about energy efficiency at all levels.

Towards a two-sided market … the role for demand response in tomorrow’s grid: expert panel

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 13, 2020 | Comment, Efficiency, For Consumers, PPAs, Renewables, Solar, Storage | 0 |

The Energy Security Board has highlighted industrial load flexibility as an important potential contributor to grid stability. Is it a target we can hit? EcoGeneration asks a panel of experts to light the way forward.

‘A dose of reality’: Coalition’s $1.9 billion techno-fix for climate change is a small step

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 17, 2020 | Australia, Comment, Efficiency, For Consumers, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind Projects | 0 |

ARENA has been handed a 10-year lifeline as the energy transition gets serious, but the money comes with strings attached.

Hot water heat pumps catch on

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 10, 2020 | Efficiency, For Consumers, Renewables | 0 |

Energy savings schemes are supporting upgrades to efficient hot water systems using heat pump technology, writes Hamish McGovern.

All-Energy 2020 to go ahead as six-week virtual conference

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 8, 2020 | Efficiency, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar | 0 |

The country’s biggest energy conference is going ahead as a weeks-long schedule of online events that will call on more than 50 experts speaking in more than 20 sessions.

Remote-control energy efficiency system halves consumption for Melbourne client

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 13, 2020 | Company Updates, Efficiency, For Consumers, Projects, Renewables | 0 |

Stolid older buildings can carve away at power bills if they think far ahead about energy management strategies.

Future focused: how will the energy developments of today impact the future our children inherit?

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 11, 2020 | Comment, Efficiency, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Renewables, State Policy | 0 |

The energy choices we make over the next few decades will shape the future, writes Christopher Dean.

Energy giants want to thwart reforms that would help renewables and lower power bills

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 26, 2020 | Comment, Efficiency, For Consumers, Policy, Renewables, Solar, Storage, Wind | 0 |

Reforms to Australia’s electricity market are too important to be delayed, writes Dan Cass.

Australia has failed miserably on energy efficiency – and government figures hide the truth

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 25, 2020 | Efficiency, Funding, Policy, Renewables | 0 |

Better energy efficiency lowers electricity bills, manages energy demand and helps the climate. Unfortunately, Australia is going nowhere on this cheap, simple measure, writes Hugh Saddler.