Funding | EcoGeneration

Snowy 2.0 will not produce nearly as much electricity as claimed … we must hit the pause button

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 15, 2019 | Australia, Funding, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables | 0 |

New analysis revealed less than half the extra pumped hydro capacity promised by Snowy 2.0 can be delivered.

Pressure builds as compressed air storage projects attract funds

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 8, 2019 | Australia, Funding, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Storage | 0 |

A form of long-duration storage that can be sited wherever it’s needed is edging closer to reality at two sites on the NEM.

NSW shortlists 2,850MW of projects for $75m Emerging Energy Program

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 2, 2019 | Australia, Bioenergy, Funding, Policy, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, State Policy, Storage | 0 |

Grants worth $7.1 million have been awarded to projects totalling 2,150MW of on-demand electricity, “with the potential to leverage almost $2 billion in private investment”.

South Australia floats 100% clean energy ambition on an ocean of liquid hydrogen

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 25, 2019 | Australia, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Renewables | 0 |

Nowhere else in the world is as well positioned to produce, consume and export 100% green hydrogen, says South Australia’s energy minister.

Amber Electric raises $2.5m for rollout of residential wholesale-price energy offer

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 12, 2019 | For Consumers, Funding, Renewables | 0 |

Amber Electric has raised $2.5m as it prepares to rollout its wholesale-price energy app to residential customers.

ARENA circles clean energy integration, hydrogen and industry as investment priorities

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 11, 2019 | Funding | 0 |

ARENA’s new Investment Plan sets out three new priority areas to improve the competitiveness of renewable energy technologies.

Investors put the brakes on as policy uncertainty and regulatory challenges pile up

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 11, 2019 | Australia, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy Target | 0 |

New investment in renewable energy projects has plunged, risking power price rises and future energy reliability, the Clean Energy Council says.

King Island wave energy trial attracts $4m in ARENA funding

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 9, 2019 | Funding, Ocean Power, Renewables | 0 |

The funding is part of a $12.3 million pilot by Wave Swell Energy to test its UniWave 200 wave energy converter off the coast of King Island, Tasmania.

ARENA backs United Energy network voltage control trial

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 9, 2019 | Funding, Renewables, Solar | 0 |

The trial will test United Energy’s dynamic voltage management system capability to deliver FCAS to the NEM.

Victoria back in the sunshine with 50% boost to solar rebate numbers, fortnightly allocations

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 28, 2019 | For Installers, Funding, Policy, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, State Policy | 0 |

More than 9,000 rebates will be made available in September to help reduce pent-up demand in the system.

We need a national renewables approach, or some states – like NSW – will miss out

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 27, 2019 | Comment, Funding, Policy, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, State Policy | 0 |

While the states have worked admirably to advance renewable energy there is a clear cost to pursuing many fragmented policies instead of a unified vision.