Funding | EcoGeneration

ARENA pushes EVs forward with $16.5m fast-charge funding boost

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 16, 2021 | Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Funding, Renewables, Storage | 0 |

Fast-charging stations in major population centres will be delivered to set motorists’ minds at ease about the inevitable transition.

Networks gear up to manage EV demand on the grid

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 8, 2021 | Australia, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Funding, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, VPPs | 0 |

A trial to coordinate EV charging at 176 homes will test networks’ tolerance for increasing demand on the grid as the national fleet is upgraded.

CitiPower ponders community battery rollout for Melbourne

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 3, 2021 | Australia, Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

The network is moving to pre-empt solar-related constraints with a plan that could see hundreds of storage assets connected by 2030.

Gale force … pressure builds in the wind project pipeline

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 31, 2021 | Australia, For Consumers, Funding, Projects, Renewables, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

The project pipeline for wind farms around Australia is filling faster than ever before, writes Jeremy Chunn. Whether these future facilities will power the NEM or hydrogen exports, it’s clear that investors back the technology. But will the wind buildout be a breeze?

Storage swap contract steadies revenue outlook for renewables

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 25, 2021 | Commercial, Funding, PPAs, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage, Wind | 0 |

A new option in the energy markets offers developers a prudent hedge against volatile pricing.

How to share the tenets of solar with the tenants of SA

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 19, 2021 | For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Policy, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, State Policy | 0 |

A report from the Australia Institute recommends a simple way to encourage landlords and their tenants to share the benefits of solar in South Australia.

The trouble with big targets … it’s exports versus the NEM

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 18, 2021 | Australia, For Consumers, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Leaping ahead to build massive amounts of renewables to secure green energy exports will only make the job of fixing the NEM more puzzling.

After 20 years, the national electricity market is on its way out … and that’s alright

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 7, 2021 | Australia, Comment, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, State Policy, Storage, Wind | 0 |

The grid is in a state of flux as customers are able to choose who they buy electricity from and are able to make some of it themselves if they want to.

Measurement and verification the next wave of rewarded energy savings: ESIA

by EcoGen Editor | Dec 9, 2020 | Efficiency, For Consumers, Funding, Renewables, Storage, Waste-to-energy | 0 |

There are infinite ways in which energy savings can be incentivised using rigorous measurement and verification methods, writes Hamish McGovern.

Catch it if you can … the race to build tomorrow’s storage

by EcoGen Editor | Dec 1, 2020 | Australia, Bioenergy, Commercial, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Hydrogen, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

There is no argument about the vital role storage will play in a grid dominated by variable renewables, writes Jeremy Chunn, but its rise is sure to be a prolonged affair that is potholed with risk.

An efficient NEM is ‘possible’ but still a way off: Capgemini

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 28, 2020 | Australia, Comment, For Consumers, Funding, Hydrogen, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, VPPs, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Capgemini’s annual overview of global energy markets included a significant section on Australia this year. EcoGeneration speaks to authors Anastasia Klingberg and Jan Lindhaus about how we are tracking.