Renewable Energy Target | EcoGeneration

EcoGeneration turns 20 … with a long way to go

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 7, 2020 | Australia, Emissions Reduction Fund, For Consumers, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, State Policy | 0 |

Despite incohesive national policy leadership, Australian industry has delivered more clean energy and energy efficiency upgrades over the past 20 years than projected. EcoGeneration founding editor Jessica Lynch looks back at the progress achieved in almost a generation.

Brighter than ever: SunWiz looks back at 2019

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 23, 2020 | Australia, Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Projects, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

For solar systems up to 100kW, 2.13GW of capacity was added in 2019 … more than twice the volume of 2017 and three times the 2016 result.

Are clouds gathering over large-scale solar?

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 24, 2019 | Australia, Commercial, For Installers, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

Painful marginal loss factors, asset write-downs, negative pricing, forced curtailment – the forces have been stacked against large-scale solar this year. Is it time for a turnaround in fortunes … or time to pull up stakes?

Investors put the brakes on as policy uncertainty and regulatory challenges pile up

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 11, 2019 | Australia, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy Target | 0 |

New investment in renewable energy projects has plunged, risking power price rises and future energy reliability, the Clean Energy Council says.

RET reached ahead of 2020 target

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 4, 2019 | Policy, Renewable Energy Target | 0 |

The CER has approved enough capacity to guarantee the 33,000GWh Large-scale Renewable Energy Target will be met in 2020.

We need a national renewables approach, or some states – like NSW – will miss out

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 27, 2019 | Comment, Funding, Policy, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, State Policy | 0 |

While the states have worked admirably to advance renewable energy there is a clear cost to pursuing many fragmented policies instead of a unified vision.

Targets, hurdles and the ‘confusopoly’: ACES Leading the Transition panel

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 6, 2019 | Comment, Policy, Pumped hydro, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

A panel at the Australian Clean Energy Summit covered all the rocky ground that lies ahead as renewables inevitably crowd out coal.

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.

Wind Industry Forum panel on connection headaches, investor jitters, PPAs and policy

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 28, 2019 | Comment, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

A panel discussion at the Clean Energy Council Wind Industry Forum in March covered all bases.

Can California switch to 100% clean energy? Hell yeah!

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 26, 2019 | Climate, Comment, Funding, Policy, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables | 0 |

Environmentalist, entrepreneur, investor — Danny Kennedy is an energy source in human form. So what does the California-based Australian think of the Golden State’s bid to flip to renewables?

Still time to reset political debate on clean energy before federal poll: CEC

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 18, 2019 | Comment, Funding, Policy, Renewable Energy Target | 0 |

The CEC has offered some simple policy settings for a clean energy transition ahead of the May federal election.

Australia on track for 50% clean energy by 2025, 100% by 2032: ANU

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 11, 2019 | Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, Solar, Storage, Wind | 0 |

Australia is installing renewable power per person each year faster than any other country, helping it to meet its entire Paris Agreement emissions reduction targets five years early.