Funding | EcoGeneration

Reliable returns in a ‘frothy’ market: a clean energy banker’s hard task

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 28, 2019 | Australia, Funding, Projects, Solar Projects, Wind Projects | 0 |

Investment in clean energy projects is at full throttle – so it pays to brake for risk, says MUFG banker Rob Ward.

Platform reveals 7GW of clean energy projects looking for PPA partners

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 18, 2019 | Australia, Funding, Projects, Renewables, Solar Projects, Wind Projects | 0 |

A deep pool of new supply from renewable energy developers is on offer to businesses that are keen to clean up their act on emissions.

Keep concentrating! Solar thermal company seeks $75m to expand to utility scale

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 27, 2019 | Australia, Funding, Projects, Renewables, Solar | 0 |

If it works at 1MW, maybe it can manage 500MW? That’s the motivation of developers of a concentrating solar thermal project who are looking to finance a utility-scale power plant.

Coalition’s energy package ‘misses the point’: CEC, Climate Council

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 27, 2019 | Funding, Policy | 0 |

The Coalition Government’s Climate Solutions Package announced by Prime Minister Scott Morrison has disappointed the clean energy industry.

Can California switch to 100% clean energy? Hell yeah!

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 26, 2019 | Climate, Comment, Funding, Policy, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables | 0 |

Environmentalist, entrepreneur, investor — Danny Kennedy is an energy source in human form. So what does the California-based Australian think of the Golden State’s bid to flip to renewables?

SA Water picks Enerven for $304m solar and storage project

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 21, 2019 | Australia, Company Updates, Funding, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

SA Water will invest in 154MW of solar and 34MWh of storage to help it cut its electricity bill to zero by 2020.

Labor promises 7GW clean energy if NSW switches

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 18, 2019 | Funding, Policy | 0 |

Labor has promised 7GW of new renewable energy projects in NSW if elected in March.

Still time to reset political debate on clean energy before federal poll: CEC

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 18, 2019 | Comment, Funding, Policy, Renewable Energy Target | 0 |

The CEC has offered some simple policy settings for a clean energy transition ahead of the May federal election.

ARENA tips $9.6m into distributed energy resources

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 11, 2019 | Funding, Renewables | 0 |

ARENA has awarded $9.6 million in funding to 12 distributed energy resources projects and studies.

Major parties in NSW hear clean energy message as election nears

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 11, 2019 | For Consumers, Funding, Policy, Renewables, Solar, Solar | 0 |

Substantive clean energy announcements from both the NSW Government and the Opposition show that both major parties have recognised the importance of the issue to voters ahead of the state election next month, the CEC said.