Projects | EcoGeneration

Renewables funding roundtable: Certainty is power

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 16, 2019 | Australia, Comment, Funding, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Australia’s transition from coal to clean energy won’t happen without investor support, but the risks are growing. EcoGeneration asked a panel of experts about the possible tremors ahead.

Stand-alone power systems tower over powerlines

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 15, 2019 | Australia, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

The future of electricity is being reinvented in Western Australia, writes Jeremy Wray of CPS National, who is working with Horizon Power to replace 54km of transmission with stand-alone power systems.

Sunny solution for an age-old problem

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 25, 2019 | Commercial, Efficiency, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

Solar generation and a lighting-led efficiency drive have helped owners cut costs the right way at hundreds of aged care homes.

Levelling the MLF playing field

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 25, 2019 | Australia, Comment, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Marginal loss factors are the bitter pill developers of remote renewables projects have had to swallow, but continued investment in transmission and better allocation of losses will help reverse the problem, writes Amar Rathore.

ARENA backs wind-solar-battery energy gold mine for WA gold mine

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 20, 2019 | Australia, Commercial, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

A Western Australian gold mine will be the first Australian mine to be powered by a wind, solar, battery and gas microgrid, now under construction.

Storage is the answer, so don’t stand in its way: Energy Storage Conference panel

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 19, 2019 | Australia, Policy, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, State Policy, Storage | 0 |

A panel at the Australian Energy Storage Conference in Sydney in June was unanimous about the immediate need and importance of energy storage … and equally frustrated about some of the policy and rule changes required to get us there.

Victorian $51m equity tilt takes CEFC large-scale solar portfolio beyond $1bn

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 11, 2019 | Australia, Funding, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

The CEFC has announced its third equity investment in a large-scale renewable energy development, with a $51 million stake in Victoria’s 200MW Kiamal Solar Farm.

How partnerships can pole vault new solutions over the barriers to change on the electrical grid

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 11, 2019 | Comment, International, Projects, Renewables, Storage | 0 |

We’ll get the grid we need with less strain and wasted opportunity if we put our heads together, writes Tim MacTaggart.

CEFC hits 2GW of wind with $180m NSW debt commitment

by EcoGen Editor | May 30, 2019 | Funding, Projects, Wind Projects | 0 |

With 54 wind turbines, the project is expected to generate in the order of 528GWh of energy annually, enough to meet the needs of around 80,000 average homes.

CEC Large-scale Solar Forum: Firming panel … ‘the prospects are good’

by EcoGen Editor | May 27, 2019 | Australia, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind | 0 |

For solar PV to fulfill everyone’s expectations as a mainstream source of energy in the grid it must lose some of its reputation as an irregular generator. It won’t be easy but it can be done, the audience heard.

CEC Large-scale Solar Forum: Market outlook panel … ‘prepare for risk, and a pause’

by EcoGen Editor | May 27, 2019 | Australia, Commercial, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

It’s hard to look too far ahead when network constraints and a growing appetite to buy energy directly from generators are two forces pulling the market from opposite directions.

CEC Large-scale Solar Forum: Grid connection panel … ‘60% technical, 40% relationships’

by EcoGen Editor | May 27, 2019 | Australia, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

It takes careful planning, deep resources, refined diplomatic skills and straight-ahead honesty to negotiate the arcane and frustratingly opaque grid-connection process, the audience heard.