Efficiency | EcoGeneration

National Energy Efficiency Conference: Managing energy for net zero

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 4, 2022 | Efficiency, Events, Renewables | 0 |

Across two days in May, the Energy Efficiency Council, Australia’s peak body for energy...

CSIRO releases research roadmap for transition to renewables

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 4, 2022 | Efficiency, Policy, Renewables | 0 |

The CSIRO has released a roadmap highlighting the research required to support Australia’s...

The benefits of solar in embedded energy networks

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 4, 2021 | Commercial, Efficiency, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar | 0 |

Strata managers and residents will get the most out of an investment in solar if they understand the difference between the two main types of embedded energy network model, writes Drew McKillican.

Sydney bus depot transitions to electric with 40 e-buses, 36 chargers, 387kW rooftop PV and 2.5MW storage

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 4, 2021 | Australia, Commercial, Demand response, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

The electrified depot will run as a test bed for other fleet-owners, with the ANU working on a platform that will interpret data for use as a planning tool.

Panel tests put the wind up solar

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 3, 2021 | Australia, Commercial, Efficiency, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

Testing solar modules is a proven route to ensuring the manufacturer delivers on their promise, writes Michelle McCann, whose company offers a PV trial regime.

National demand reduction scheme could follow NSW

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 1, 2021 | Commercial, Demand response, Efficiency, For Consumers, Policy, Renewables, Solar, Solar, State Policy, Storage, VPPs | 0 |

With a federal election looming and voters seeking decarbonisation of the grid, both parties should follow NSW’s lead and support energy savings and demand reduction schemes, writes Ric Brazzale.

Local network pricing and community storage a powerful combo: ANU

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 15, 2021 | Efficiency, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

If networks could charge for localised use of their service, all customers in areas with high PV and community-scale batteries would pay lower bills … with no cost to the network, research shows.

ARENA’s Darren Miller on what’s proven and what’s worth a shot

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 11, 2021 | Bioenergy, Commercial, Demand response, Efficiency, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, PPAs, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Transmission, VPPs, Waste-to-energy, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

There has to be a way to push the cost of solar 70% lower, the ARENA chief says, as surely as there are effective methods to capture and store carbon. But exporting hydrogen…?

ARENA seeks microgrids that can stand up for communities and stand up to nature

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 6, 2021 | Efficiency, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Hydrogen, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

ARENA’s Regional Australia Microgrid Pilots Program can improve the resilience and reliability of electricity supply in faraway places, says CEO Darren Miller.

Carbon supply chain risk is real, but it’s also an opportunity

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 29, 2021 | Commercial, Efficiency, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

By failing to decarbonise, businesses are putting even their most established relationships as suppliers (or those supplied to) at risk, writes Maximilian Stenning.

Electric shock or powerful awakening … CEC webinar on Australia’s energy future

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 8, 2021 | Comment, Commercial, Efficiency, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Hydrogen, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs, Wind | 0 |

Australia stands to benefit in so many ways from the energy transition, according to a panel discussion during a webinar hosted by the Clean Energy Council.

What the Watt? A deep dive into standard test condition power measurements

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 1, 2021 | Commercial, Efficiency, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

It pays to know a little about standard test condition power measurements – the “other” STCs – to understand the quality of the panels you purchase, writes Michelle McCann.