Funding | 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.

NSW kickstarts community solar and storage with $15m in grant funding

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 13, 2020 | Australia, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Hydrogen, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

The NSW Government is backing community solar and storage projects with $15 million in funding.

Sonnen and South Australia offer free batteries to bushfire victims

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 5, 2020 | For Installers, Funding, Policy, Renewables, Solar, Storage | 0 |

The Marshall Government will offer the 188 families who have lost their homes to bushfires across the state a free battery to incorporate into the rebuild.

Clean energy investment collapses as risks and uncertainties mount

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 31, 2020 | Australia, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables | 0 |

While the flow of projects committed in 2017 and 2018 are coming online, the pipeline of new projects has dropped significantly.

Why the slowdown in corporate PPAs?

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 28, 2020 | Australia, Comment, Funding, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

All of the bumps and hiccups that accompany the integration of large amounts of renewable energy into the grid have caused PPA buyers to pause for breath.

Australian renewables sector poised for new records in 2020: Rystad

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 21, 2020 | Australia, Funding, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Australia’s renewable energy market is set for another record year in 2020 as Rystad Energy expects utility wind and solar PV projects totalling 3.6GW to complete commissioning, up from 2.6GW in 2019.

Clean energy investment drops 40% in 2019 as price outlook casts a shadow

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 17, 2020 | Australia, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

…but a slowing in investment in 2019 should not come as too much of a surprise.

Module technology driving lower LCOE: Rystad

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 17, 2020 | Funding, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

A sharp fall in cost and a switch to PERC technology has transformed the economics for developers of large-scale solar projects, writes David Dixon.

Offshore wind pushes 2019 renewables investment past 2018: BloombergNEF

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 17, 2020 | Funding, International, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Uncategorised | 0 |

A string of billion-dollar deals off coasts of mainland China and Taiwan, and in British, French and Dutch waters, made 2019 an all-time high for offshore wind.

Sunny forecast for renewables as new decade dawns

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 14, 2020 | Comment, Funding, Policy, Renewables | 0 |

The 2010s saw the renewable energy industry come of age, but the next decade promises to be even better, writes Clean Energy Council chief executive Kane Thornton.