Policy | EcoGeneration

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.

This $1 billion energy deal promises to cut emissions and secure jobs. So why on earth is gas included?

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 28, 2021 | Australia, Comment, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

A deal between Canberra and South Australia that would allow more renewables into the NEM would also open the floodgates for gas.

Action on climate change starts with a plan for net-zero emissions: CEC

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 21, 2021 | Climate, Comment, For Consumers, International, Policy | 0 |

Australia must make a firm commitment to decarbonise its energy system to get in line with the ambitions of major global economies.

ACT calls for 250MW of battery storage

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 19, 2021 | Funding, Policy, State Policy, Storage | 0 |

The powerful little territory that hosts the nation’s capital knows that storage is an essential ingredient if it is to reach its target of 100% renewables.

CEC clean energy report profiles a year of determined growth

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 30, 2021 | Australia, Commercial, For Consumers, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Looking back on 2020, the Clean Energy Council describes an industry that refused to let a global pandemic stand in its way.

Digging for solar in a coal mine … can underground pumped hydro fill the gap?

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 30, 2021 | For Consumers, Policy, Renewables, State Policy, Storage | 0 |

As energy storage is demanded on a vast scale, the possibilities of converting mines into pumped-hydro batteries are being investigated.

Large-scale solar hasn’t lost its shine: CEC forum panel

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 12, 2021 | Australia, Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Policy, PPAs, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage | 0 |

Is the utility-scale PV market under stress or growing into a new stage of maturity? The Clean Energy Council Large-scale Solar Forum included a panel session which looked at the past to predict the future.

Regulated recovery and recycling aim to avoid a massive PV pile-up

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 10, 2021 | Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Policy, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Wind | 0 |

The government may sound ambiguous about clean energy but it doesn’t want us to trash PV panels or wind blades, says a UniSA researcher working on an end-of-life stewardship program for clean energy gear.

Against the odds, South Australia is a renewable energy powerhouse. How on Earth did they do it?

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 1, 2021 | Comment, For Consumers, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy Target, Solar Projects, State Policy, Uncategorised, Wind Projects | 0 |

South Australia shows how good public policy can enable dramatic emissions reduction, even in a privately owned electricity system.

How to share the tenets of solar with the tenants of SA

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 19, 2021 | For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Policy, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, State Policy | 0 |

A report from the Australia Institute recommends a simple way to encourage landlords and their tenants to share the benefits of solar in South Australia.