Demand response | EcoGeneration

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.

AEMC opens the door to welcome battery-owners as grid participants

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 15, 2021 | Commercial, Demand response, For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs | 0 |

The AEMC has proposed a rule change that could ease the way for owners of battery storage to participate in the energy market.

The rule-maker … the AEMC’s Ben Barr adds consumers to the mix

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 18, 2021 | Comment, Commercial, Demand response, Efficiency, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Interviews, Policy, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs | 0 |

Australian Energy Market Commission CEO Ben Barr knows you can’t please all the people all the time – but someone has to write the rule book.

Check your mirrors: 3 things rooftop solar can teach us about Australia’s electric car rollout

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 10, 2021 | Demand response, Efficiency, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Renewables, Solar, Storage, VPPs | 0 |

Australia’s world-leading rollout of rooftop solar power systems offers a guide to help navigate the transition to EVs.

Flexible friends … how heavy industry can accelerate renewables

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 9, 2021 | Bioenergy, Commercial, Demand response, Efficiency, Hydrogen, Renewables, Solar, Storage, VPPs | 0 |

The hungriest energy users can play a big role in balancing tomorrow’s grid – if they are prepared to be flexible.

US must declare war on climate for energy transition to accelerate

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 1, 2021 | Australia, Comment, Commercial, Demand response, Efficiency, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Funding, Hydrogen, International, Interviews, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, VPPs, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

To lead by example, the United States should declare war on the inefficient use of dirty energy, US-based Australian entrepreneurs Danny Kennedy and Saul Griffith told a Spark Club event.