Policy | EcoGeneration

Energy giants want to thwart reforms that would help renewables and lower power bills

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 26, 2020 | Comment, Efficiency, For Consumers, Policy, Renewables, Solar, Storage, Wind | 0 |

Reforms to Australia’s electricity market are too important to be delayed, writes Dan Cass.

NSW renewable energy zone carrot attracts 27GW of solar, wind and storage proposals

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 25, 2020 | Australia, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Developers of solar, wind and storage projects have shown keen enthusiasm for Kean’s NSW renewable energy zone.

Australia has failed miserably on energy efficiency – and government figures hide the truth

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 25, 2020 | Efficiency, Funding, Policy, Renewables | 0 |

Better energy efficiency lowers electricity bills, manages energy demand and helps the climate. Unfortunately, Australia is going nowhere on this cheap, simple measure, writes Hugh Saddler.

Power to the people: why demand response for big users is a bonus for the rest of us

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 22, 2020 | Commercial, For Consumers, Policy, PPAs, Solar | 0 |

The wholesale demand response mechanism is a breakthrough for all consumers, writes AEMC acting executive general manager of retail and wholesale markets Michael Bradley. If the NEM could speak, it too would offer a sigh of gratitude.

Demand Response Rule Change: Electricity market competition will reduce prices, help with summer heatwaves

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 11, 2020 | Commercial, Policy, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage, Wind | 0 |

Demand response rule change welcomed by industry and consumer groups.

Renewables power on despite recession: CER report

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 3, 2020 | Australia, Commercial, Emissions Reduction Fund, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Wind Projects | 0 |

Despite the economy shrinking by 0.3% in the first quarter, the CER report shows an expected $3 billion value in certificate and unit entitlements to be issued this year.

Carbon capture and storage is a big step back to the dirty dark age: IEEFA

by EcoGen Editor | May 20, 2020 | Australia, Climate, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables | 0 |

The government’s Australian Climate Solutions Fund offers little hope for financial industry backers of a Paris aligned economic recovery, says the IEEFA’s Tim Buckley.

Energy efficiency upgrades a covid-19 recovery opportunity

by EcoGen Editor | May 14, 2020 | Efficiency, Policy | 0 |

Energy savings scheme obligations are the perfect complement to covid-19 recovery stimulus to improve infrastructure and economic resilience for the longer term, writes Rod Woolley.

Renewables to drive a clean recovery from covid-19

by EcoGen Editor | May 11, 2020 | Australia, Comment, For Consumers, Policy, Projects, Renewables | 0 |

While covid-19 will cause a lot of short-term pain, it presents us with a unique opportunity to accelerate the clean energy transition, writes Clean Energy Council CEO Kane Thornton.

Why it doesn’t make economic sense to ignore climate change in our recovery from the pandemic

by EcoGen Editor | May 11, 2020 | Australia, Comment, For Consumers, Funding, International, Policy, Projects, Renewables | 0 |

We stand at a crossroads. If government stimulus packages around the world favour carbon-intensive practices and miss the moment to modernise and decarbonise, we will lock ourselves into a warming future.

Australia’s grid can take 75% renewables by 2025: GlobalData

by EcoGen Editor | May 7, 2020 | Australia, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Despite covid-19, Australia’s grid is strong enough to accommodate up to 75% renewables by 2025, says GlobalData analysis.

Western Australia, the state that stands behind stand-alone systems

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 30, 2020 | Australia, For Installers, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage | 0 |

Western Australia is leading the way when it comes to replacing expensive networks with stand-alone systems that rely on solar and battery storage. EcoGeneration speaks to Western Power SPS project manager Margot Hammond about managing a mighty transition.