State Policy | EcoGeneration

Battery barriers … lessons from a state government loan program

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 29, 2021 | Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Policy, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, State Policy, Storage, VPPs | 0 |

The NSW Empowering Homes program has highlighted a few trouble spots in the solar storage market, writes Arianwyn Lowe.

Global alignment against carbon puts Australia at a crossroads

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 18, 2021 | Australia, Comment, Funding, International, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar Projects, State Policy, Transmission, Wind Projects | 0 |

As major economies agree on a deadline for decarbonisation investors are watching Canberra for a signal to commit, write Lane Crockett and Fergus Pitt.

Keep on quietly trucking … fast track to electric commercial fleets

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 4, 2021 | Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Policy, Renewables, State Policy, Storage | 0 |

Electric buses and trucks are already rolling on Australian roads but the benefits are only starting to be understood by buyers.

Batteries hit their peak as gas phases out

by EcoGen Editor | May 30, 2021 | Comment, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

When it comes to electricity peaking services, batteries beat gas hands down, writes Clean Energy Council CEO Kane Thornton.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.