State Policy | EcoGeneration

Matt Kean keeps energy portfolio but loses the top environment job

by EcoGen Editor | Dec 20, 2021 | State Policy | 0 |

NSW Liberal MP Matt Kean has kept his job as energy minister and treasurer but lost the...

ARENA backs ACT project to alleviate grid congestion

by EcoGen Editor | Dec 19, 2021 | State Policy, Transmission | 0 |

A project designed to squeeze more from the ACT’s energy network has attracted $2.9 million from...

CEC confidence survey: What do we want? Grid grid grid grid!

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 30, 2021 | Funding, Solar, State Policy, Storage, Wind | 0 |

Head honchos in renewables focus on the connection dilemma and shrug off 2030 federal net-zero ambivalence.

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.

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.

NSW 50% emissions target relies on transmission that isn’t there

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 30, 2021 | Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Transmission, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

There are already more than enough renewables projects proposed in NSW to go beyond 50%, but there are two key issues: transmission and storage.

ACE Power launches with 1.3GW solar, wind and battery pipeline

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 20, 2021 | Australia, Company Updates, For Installers, Funding, Policy, PPAs, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Transmission, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

A clean energy player with a vertical business model hopes to have 1.3GW of solar and wind (with storage) connected by 2025.

Free money won’t buy the EV future we deserve

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 17, 2021 | Comment, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, Renewables, State Policy, Storage | 0 |

If governments want to bring on a wave of EV ownership, they need to encourage flexibility and free-thought among the risk-takers eager to build charging networks.

Join the dots … NSW plots the way for EV charging networks

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 14, 2021 | Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, Renewables, State Policy, Storage | 0 |

The NSW government has opened a box of tools for companies to plan and build tomorrow’s EV charging infrastructure.

Investment risk in renewables … seeking value in a frothy green market

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 30, 2021 | Australia, Comment, Commercial, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, PPAs, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Transmission, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Clean energy is growing in the grid but there is still plenty of risk for big investors.

Things will get worse before they get better … how curtailment and restrictive MLFs will precede the dawn of renewable energy zones

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 26, 2021 | Australia, Commercial, Demand response, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Transmission, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Grid constraints are symptoms of an energy system in transition, say analysts. A balancing act of new supply and transmission will see bumps along the way.