Policy | EcoGeneration

The rocky road for LGCs to 2030 and beyond

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 12, 2021 | Commercial, Efficiency, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, PPAs, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs | 0 |

Could there be a second life for Large-scale Generation Certificates once the Renewable Energy Target scheme matures?

Deciding our distributed energy future

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 7, 2021 | Australia, Comment, Commercial, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Storage, Transmission, VPPs | 0 |

The debate around the regulatory reform of distributed energy resources will help decide the future direction of Australia’s electricity system, writes Clean Energy Council CEO Kane Thornton.

Battery barriers … lessons from a state government loan program

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 29, 2021 | Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Policy, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, State Policy, Storage, VPPs | 0 |

The NSW Empowering Homes program has highlighted a few trouble spots in the solar storage market, writes Arianwyn Lowe.

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.

Global alignment against carbon puts Australia at a crossroads

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 18, 2021 | Australia, Comment, Funding, International, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar Projects, State Policy, Transmission, Wind Projects | 0 |

As major economies agree on a deadline for decarbonisation investors are watching Canberra for a signal to commit, write Lane Crockett and Fergus Pitt.

Keep on quietly trucking … fast track to electric commercial fleets

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 4, 2021 | Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Policy, Renewables, State Policy, Storage | 0 |

Electric buses and trucks are already rolling on Australian roads but the benefits are only starting to be understood by buyers.

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.

Batteries hit their peak as gas phases out

by EcoGen Editor | May 30, 2021 | Comment, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

When it comes to electricity peaking services, batteries beat gas hands down, writes Clean Energy Council CEO Kane Thornton.

What a waste of money! … clean energy experts recoil at Commonwealth’s Hunter Valley gas plant extravagance

by EcoGen Editor | May 19, 2021 | Australia, Comment, Commercial, For Consumers, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage, Wind | 0 |

EcoGeneration cast about its clean energy contacts to gauge sentiment towards a new 660MW gas facility planned for the NSW Hunter Valley.

Australia’s states are forging ahead with ambitious emissions reductions … imagine if they worked together

by EcoGen Editor | May 6, 2021 | Australia, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy Target, Solar Projects, State Policy, Wind Projects | 0 |

The states are leading the country in their clean energy ambitions. Is there a way their collective clout can be leveraged to replace Commonwealth intransigence?

Paying Australia’s coal-fired power stations to stay open longer is bad for consumers and the planet

by EcoGen Editor | May 4, 2021 | Australia, Demand response, Efficiency, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

If coal-fired power stations are protected from competition, it will deter investment in cleaner alternatives.

‘We can’t kick these challenges any further down the road’: ESB’s shortlist for Australia’s essential transition to renewables

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 30, 2021 | Australia, For Consumers, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, VPPs, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

The Energy Security Board has released its wish list for the electricity grid it says Australia deserves to replace the 23GW of coal plant that is heading for an inevitable retirement.