Policy

Australia, For Installers, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage

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

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.
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Staff WriterApril 30, 2020, 10:29 amApril 30, 2020

Climate, Funding, International, Policy, Renewables

Coal finance is heading to its logical terminal conclusion: IEEFA

Governments, corporates and financial institutions are accelerating their coal restriction policies in 2020, writes Tim Buckley.
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Staff WriterApril 22, 2020, 11:02 amApril 22, 2020

Commercial, For Installers, Policy, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, State Policy, Storage

West Australia’s five-year roadmap lights the way for PV and battery storage

The plan will accelerate the integration of distributed energy resources – solar and battery storage – into the South-West Interconnected System.
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Staff WriterApril 6, 2020, 4:05 pmApril 6, 2020

For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Policy, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, State Policy, Storage

Northern Territory stimulus backs PV and storage

The territory's Household and Business Battery Scheme has an initial budget for $800,000 or 130 batteries.
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Staff WriterApril 6, 2020, 10:07 amApril 6, 2020

Hydrogen, International, Policy, Renewables

By 2050, hydrogen can cut emissions by 34%: BNEF

Use of clean hydrogen can help address the toughest third of global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, but only if net-zero emission goals and policies are set.
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Staff WriterApril 2, 2020, 2:53 pmApril 2, 2020

Australia, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Storage

How should we think about a hydrogen economy?

It’s all very well to decarbonise the electricity sector but a zealous pursuit of hydrogen might be disproportionate to requirements, write Graham Palmer and Josh Floyd.
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Staff WriterApril 1, 2020, 2:50 pmMarch 11, 2020

Australia, Comment, Efficiency, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Storage

CEC calls for covid-19 stimulus to include renewables

The Clean Energy Council has called for federal and state responses to the covid-19 virus to support the continued rollout of rooftop solar and storage.
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Staff WriterMarch 27, 2020, 11:25 amMarch 27, 2020