Demand response | EcoGeneration

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.

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.

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…?

Cling to power … Melbourne networks opt for ‘least-cost’ community batteries option to free up solar

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 26, 2021 | Commercial, Demand response, Efficiency, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs | 0 |

The United Energy and Powercor networks are adding storage based on success of a trial of two pole-mounted batteries.

The end of the beginning … the Energy Security Board’s Physical Retailer Reliability Obligation and the long road to tomorrow’s grid

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 23, 2021 | Australia, Comment, Commercial, Demand response, Efficiency, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, PPAs, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Transmission, VPPs, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

The Energy Security Board’s Physical Retailer Reliability Obligation and the long road to tomorrow’s grid.

Get it right this time … testing and rigour will help us build the renewable energy grid we need

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 16, 2021 | Australia, Comment, Commercial, Demand response, Efficiency, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, PPAs, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Transmission, VPPs, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

The complex make-up of our energy grid is holding back its full potential, writes Mark Andrews. Only an earnest approach to risk mitigation and testing will ensure success of a new, clean NEM.

How shifting energy consumption behaviour could save the planet

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 12, 2021 | Comment, Commercial, Demand response, Efficiency, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs, Wind | 0 |

Consumers can score an easy goal against polluting generation by aligning demand for energy with supply from variable renewable sources, writes Steve Hoy.

Inside a battery’s brain … writing the software that is doctor and cop to large storage assets

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 4, 2021 | Commercial, Demand response, Electric Vehicles, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Storage, VPPs | 0 |

Batteries that are 100% risk-free have yet to be designed, but the CSIRO is working on it.

Things will get worse before they get better … how curtailment and restrictive MLFs will precede the dawn of renewable energy zones

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 26, 2021 | Australia, Commercial, Demand response, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Transmission, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Grid constraints are symptoms of an energy system in transition, say analysts. A balancing act of new supply and transmission will see bumps along the way.