International | EcoGeneration

Why renewables are the solution for Australia: IEEFA

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 23, 2019 | Australia, Comment, International, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, Solar, State Policy, Storage, Wind | 0 |

Renewables are the lowest cost sustainable solution for Australia’s energy policy crisis and potentially one of Australia’s largest export industries, writes IEEFA’s Tim Buckley.

World energy markets report 2018 … are we there yet?

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 30, 2019 | International, Policy, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, Solar, Storage, Wind | 0 |

Late last year Capgemini released its 20th annual World Energy Markets Observatory Report for 2018. Ecogeneration takes a look at the report and what it means for the renewable energy sector as China continues to be the world leader in in the production of renewable energy sources.

Making Australia a renewable energy exporting superpower

by EcoGen Editor | Dec 14, 2018 | Australia, Comment, Company Updates, Efficiency, Emissions Reduction Fund, For Consumers, Funding, International, International, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Politicians around Australia are proposing ambitious plans to export renewable energy from...

The people have spoken…and it’s time to start listening

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 30, 2018 | Australia, Bioenergy, Climate, Comment, Commercial, Company Updates, Efficiency, Electric Vehicles, Emissions Reduction Fund, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Geothermal, International, Ocean Power, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Uncategorised, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

The Victorian election result should be a warning to all political parties that voters expect a...

Happy birthday, SA’s big battery, and many happy returns (of your recyclable parts)

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 30, 2018 | Australia, Comment, Company Updates, Efficiency, Funding, International, International, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, Solar, State Policy, Storage | 0 |

A year ago today, Tesla’s big battery in South Australia began dispatching power to the state’s...

Australia must embrace transformation for a sustainable future

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 19, 2018 | Australia, Climate, Comment, Emissions Reduction Fund, Funding, International, International, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, Solar, Solar, State Policy, Wind | 0 |

Last Friday, the Australian government released its first report on our progress towards meeting...

Meet the new ‘renewable superpowers’: nations that boss the materials used for wind and solar

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 26, 2018 | Climate, Comment, Emissions Reduction Fund, International, International, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Imagine a world where every country has not only complied with the Paris climate agreement but has...

Lessons from Europe and warnings for developing nations as the world turns towards renewables

by EcoGen Editor | Dec 7, 2017 | Australia, Climate, International, International, Policy, Projects, Renewables | 0 |

As economies disentangle themselves from the “fossil burden” in their generation fleets the world will stumble towards an inevitable transition to clean energy, says UTS research director Dr Sven Teske, but global temperatures will likely rise above the 2°C target.

China’s clean leap forward

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 8, 2017 | Climate, Efficiency, International, Policy, Renewables, Solar | 0 |

The Eco Expo Asia 2017 conference in Hong Kong offered a window into an industrial giant’s efforts to cut pollution and continue to grow.

Solar snippets: latest news from SMA, SolarEdge, GoodWe, Yingli

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 26, 2016 | International, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

SMA and SolarEdge gear up for the storage boom, GoodWe launches a new range of residential inverters, and Yingli makes a strategic play in Thailand.

A new era for the global economy

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 24, 2016 | Climate, Comment, International, International, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy Target | 0 |

Beginning with the largest gathering of political leaders ever seen and finishing with 196 nations signing the most ambitious deal ever struck to tackle global warming, the Paris Agreement is a diplomatic triumph.

Doubling renewables would boost Australia’s GDP and social welfare

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 19, 2016 | International, Policy, Renewables, Solar, Wind | 0 |

A dramatic scaling up of renewables in the global energy mix by 2030 would increase Australia’s GDP by 1.7 per cent, improve social welfare and mitigate water shortages, according to new analysis by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).