Projects | EcoGeneration

Head in the air, feet on the ground: the highwire skills of a clean energy community relations coordinator

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 16, 2019 | Australia, Projects, Renewables, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Acciona’s Kirsten Lee sees both sides of the story from rural communities as they learn to live with the enormous wind projects that are slowly pushing coal aside.

Snowy 2.0 will not produce nearly as much electricity as claimed … we must hit the pause button

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 15, 2019 | Australia, Funding, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables | 0 |

New analysis revealed less than half the extra pumped hydro capacity promised by Snowy 2.0 can be delivered.

Virtual power plants, real pain … how the VPP puzzle has brought on a mild headache

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 14, 2019 | Australia, For Consumers, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

Virtual power plants made up of other people’s batteries sound like a great idea but, gee, they’re a headache to put together. Will they make it to the finish line?

Pressure builds as compressed air storage projects attract funds

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 8, 2019 | Australia, Funding, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Storage | 0 |

A form of long-duration storage that can be sited wherever it’s needed is edging closer to reality at two sites on the NEM.

NSW shortlists 2,850MW of projects for $75m Emerging Energy Program

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 2, 2019 | Australia, Bioenergy, Funding, Policy, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, State Policy, Storage | 0 |

Grants worth $7.1 million have been awarded to projects totalling 2,150MW of on-demand electricity, “with the potential to leverage almost $2 billion in private investment”.

South Australia floats 100% clean energy ambition on an ocean of liquid hydrogen

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 25, 2019 | Australia, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Renewables | 0 |

Nowhere else in the world is as well positioned to produce, consume and export 100% green hydrogen, says South Australia’s energy minister.

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?

GE to supply 300MWh battery for South Australian solar project

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 19, 2019 | Australia, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

The 300MWh energy storage system, called the Reservoir, will be coupled to a 200MW PV plant in the mid-north of the state.

Burn it and turn it: how Perth’s waste-to-energy plant will shape up

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 17, 2019 | Australia, Projects, Renewables | 0 |

The developers of a 36MW waste-to-energy project in Perth have seen the technology prove itself overseas and expect nothing less when it lights up here in 2021.

Australia, the natural energy exporter

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 16, 2019 | Australia, Comment, International, International, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Australia can become a major renewable energy exporter while helping energy deficient countries in Asia to reduce their use of fossil fuels, writes Amar Rathore.

Look who’s doing the heavy lifting at Lal Lal Wind Farm

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 14, 2019 | Australia, Projects, Wind Projects | 0 |

Wind turbines are growing to epic proportions. Higher and higher they go! But have you ever spared a thought for the people who put these giant propellers together?