Efficiency | EcoGeneration

CEC calls for covid-19 stimulus to include renewables

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 27, 2020 | Australia, Comment, Efficiency, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Storage | 0 |

The Clean Energy Council has called for federal and state responses to the covid-19 virus to support the continued rollout of rooftop solar and storage.

What the energy world needs now is data data data: ISF

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 26, 2020 | Commercial, Efficiency, For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

Researchers and business owners eager to cut energy waste are flummoxed by a paucity of decent data, writes Joe Wyndham. Without it, what hope is there for fixing the world’s problems?

Tomorrow’s brewers to tap the hydrogen they pour down the drain today

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 23, 2020 | Commercial, Efficiency, Hydrogen, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

An electrolyser that can separate hydrogen from wastewater could signal a new injection of clean energy for industrial applications.

Demand response in a distributed, decentralised, decarbonised and digitalised NEM: much more than “negawatts”

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 16, 2020 | Commercial, Efficiency, For Consumers, Policy, Renewables, Solar | 0 |

Consumers big and small stand to gain as the full market power of energy demand response is unleashed, writes Alan Rai of the AEMC.

AEMC moves on demand response ruling ahead of an October start date

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 12, 2020 | Commercial, Efficiency, Policy, Renewables, Solar | 0 |

Participants in the new demand response market created by the rule change will have similar obligations to large-scale energy generators.

Demand-side supports the grid during bushfire emergency

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 21, 2020 | Commercial, Efficiency, For Consumers, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

In Australia’s current climate of extreme weather and bushfires, businesses participating in demand response are playing an important role in maintaining system security and stability, write Rando Yam and Zac Hardie of Enel X.

Leading the pack in peak demand reduction

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 5, 2020 | Efficiency, For Consumers, Policy, Renewables | 0 |

NSW leads the nation with its commitment to a peak demand reduction scheme and a boost to its energy savings scheme target. Other jurisdictions are making similar noises, writes Rod Woolley.

Innovation hub launches with $18m to take on energy-hungry HVAC&R

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 29, 2019 | Efficiency, Funding | 0 |

Industry leaders have put their heads, and their money, together to tackle the energy opportunities in heating and cooling.

Why demand response demands attention

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 26, 2019 | Commercial, Efficiency, For Consumers, Renewables, Solar, Storage | 0 |

Energy users big and small can tune their load to temper stress on the grid, but the benefits to big industry and networks may be larger than many participants anticipate.

Energy efficiency plays key role in NSW electricity strategy: EEC, ESIA

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 22, 2019 | Efficiency, Policy, Renewables, State Policy | 0 |

The new NSW Electricity Strategy flags a major revamp of the state’s Energy Savings Scheme, which will be extended to 2050 and rebadged the Energy Security Safeguard.

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.

Energy-hungry food sector can easily tighten its belt

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 19, 2019 | Efficiency, Policy | 0 |

There are plenty of ways to cut costs in the food industry, and with energy bills expected to stay high managers need to learn to identify fat from muscle.