Policy | EcoGeneration

ARENA backs $50m microgrids pilot

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 24, 2021 | Australia, For Installers, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

The call for stand-alone power systems to supply remote parts of the country will see diesel displaced in favour of solar and storage.

CER to solar cowboys: ‘We will not hesitate to use our new powers to exit you from the scheme’

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 22, 2021 | Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Policy, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, Residential, Solar | 0 |

The Clean Energy Regulator has promised to pursue civil or criminal proceedings against solar installers who fail its standards for accreditation.

ACE Power launches with 1.3GW solar, wind and battery pipeline

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 20, 2021 | Australia, Company Updates, For Installers, Funding, Policy, PPAs, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Transmission, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

A clean energy player with a vertical business model hopes to have 1.3GW of solar and wind (with storage) connected by 2025.

Free money won’t buy the EV future we deserve

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 17, 2021 | Comment, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, Renewables, State Policy, Storage | 0 |

If governments want to bring on a wave of EV ownership, they need to encourage flexibility and free-thought among the risk-takers eager to build charging networks.

Clean Energy Regulator calls for control of residential solar sector

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 16, 2021 | Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Policy, Projects, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

In its review of the rooftop solar sector eligible for Scall-scale Technology Certificates, the Clean Energy Regulator has recommended it be handed the reins so that bad behaviour be stamped out.

Join the dots … NSW plots the way for EV charging networks

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 14, 2021 | Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, Renewables, State Policy, Storage | 0 |

The NSW government has opened a box of tools for companies to plan and build tomorrow’s EV charging infrastructure.

As the world battles to slash carbon emissions, Australia considers paying dirty coal stations to stay open longer

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 27, 2021 | For Consumers, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Storage | 0 |

The Energy Security Board has better options to consider for dispatchable generation than coal, write Tim Nelson and Joel Gilmore.

The end of the beginning … the Energy Security Board’s Physical Retailer Reliability Obligation and the long road to tomorrow’s grid

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 23, 2021 | Australia, Comment, Commercial, Demand response, Efficiency, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, PPAs, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Transmission, VPPs, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

The Energy Security Board’s Physical Retailer Reliability Obligation and the long road to tomorrow’s grid.

AEMC delivers its blueprint for solar, storage and efficient network investment

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 12, 2021 | Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Policy, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Storage, VPPs | 0 |

The AEMC has put the ball in the networks’ court as it seeks to free the way for more rooftop solar … while encouraging battery storage.

Investment risk in renewables … seeking value in a frothy green market

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 30, 2021 | Australia, Comment, Commercial, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, PPAs, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Transmission, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Clean energy is growing in the grid but there is still plenty of risk for big investors.

Things will get worse before they get better … how curtailment and restrictive MLFs will precede the dawn of renewable energy zones

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 26, 2021 | Australia, Commercial, Demand response, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Transmission, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Grid constraints are symptoms of an energy system in transition, say analysts. A balancing act of new supply and transmission will see bumps along the way.