Policy | EcoGeneration

Clean energy the answer to Australia’s climate question

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 15, 2021 | Australia, Climate, Comment, Emissions Reduction Fund, For Consumers, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Transmission, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

A target of 100% renewable energy by 2030 would demonstrate the Coalition is serious about delivering action on global warming ahead of the federal election, writes Clean Energy Council CEO Kane Thornton.

As the world surges ahead on electric vehicle policy, the Morrison government’s new strategy leaves Australia idling in the garage

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 10, 2021 | Electric Vehicles, Funding, Policy, Renewables | 0 |

The government has missed an opportunity to shape a more orderly transition to the inevitable mainstream adoption of electric vehicles.

Unlocking the social licence gate to decarbonisation

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 9, 2021 | Australia, Comment, For Consumers, Policy, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Storage, Wind | 0 |

For Australia to reach net zero, we will need a step change in building new infrastructure. This will produce local tensions that will must be handled with engagement, empathy and pragmatism.

National demand reduction scheme could follow NSW

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 1, 2021 | Commercial, Demand response, Efficiency, For Consumers, Policy, Renewables, Solar, Solar, State Policy, Storage, VPPs | 0 |

With a federal election looming and voters seeking decarbonisation of the grid, both parties should follow NSW’s lead and support energy savings and demand reduction schemes, writes Ric Brazzale.

Australian-made electrolysers may sound glamorous, but competition will be fierce

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 13, 2021 | Australia, For Consumers, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, State Policy, Storage, Wind | 0 |

NSW’s commitment to attract $80bn of investment in hydrogen, along with so many other plans around the country, will encourage electrolyser-makers around the world. Andrew Forrest can expect stiff competition.

ARENA’s Darren Miller on what’s proven and what’s worth a shot

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 11, 2021 | Bioenergy, Commercial, Demand response, Efficiency, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, PPAs, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Transmission, VPPs, Waste-to-energy, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

There has to be a way to push the cost of solar 70% lower, the ARENA chief says, as surely as there are effective methods to capture and store carbon. But exporting hydrogen…?

Increased RD&D funding for renewables critical to Australia reaching net-zero by 2050

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 11, 2021 | Funding, Policy, Renewables | 0 |

A 58% drop in public research, development and demonstration funding for renewable energy over the past five years is a trend that must be reversed, says the CEC.

How fossil entrants to Australia can align their clean ambitions with renewables reality

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 6, 2021 | Australia, Comment, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Transmission, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

A report from PwC shows that good intentions at the outset may sometimes obscure a misalignment between the way investors and developers think about clean energy partnerships.