Projects | EcoGeneration

How should we think about a hydrogen economy?

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 1, 2020 | Australia, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Storage | 0 |

It’s all very well to decarbonise the electricity sector but a zealous pursuit of hydrogen might be disproportionate to requirements, write Graham Palmer and Josh Floyd.

Will wind fill the gap?

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 31, 2020 | Projects, Renewables, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

If it’s 24-hour power we need, wind is way ahead of solar. But can these giant propellers fill most of the gap left by 23GW of coal power that needs to leave the NEM? Jeremy Chunn reports.

When one wind turbine is enough … a case study from the blustery far south

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 31, 2020 | Australia, Projects, Renewables, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

The Portland Wind Project in Victoria might be extra small but it proves the versatility of wind technology.

Genex signs 30-year storage offtake agreement with EnergyAustralia

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 30, 2020 | Australia, Funding, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Storage | 0 |

The 30-year agreement includes a 10-year initial term and two subsequent 10-year options.

Covid-19 infects global renewables outlook … zero growth in 2020, 10% fall in 2021: Rystad

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 30, 2020 | Australia, Funding, International, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

As populations around the world deal with the psychological and economic effects of the covid-19 epidemic the transition to renewable energy is expected to slow to a halt.

CEC calls for covid-19 stimulus to include renewables

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 27, 2020 | Australia, Comment, Efficiency, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Storage | 0 |

The Clean Energy Council has called for federal and state responses to the covid-19 virus to support the continued rollout of rooftop solar and storage.

Financial impacts of voltage control inverter response modes

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 22, 2020 | Australia, Commercial, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

The effects of voltage irregularities are more sorely felt by owners of PV systems the farther they are along a line, writes GSES.

NSW sets out clean energy and energy efficiency plan for 2030, on track to net zero emissions by 2050

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 17, 2020 | Australia, Policy, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

The NSW government’s Net Zero Plan Stage 1 is a green light to clean energy investment in the state.

NSW kickstarts community solar and storage with $15m in grant funding

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 13, 2020 | Australia, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Hydrogen, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

The NSW Government is backing community solar and storage projects with $15 million in funding.

The AEMC’s five-minute settlement rule change … timebomb or energy price piñata?

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 11, 2020 | Australia, Commercial, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Wind | 0 |

It started as a simple suggestion to the AEMC, but the alignment of energy dispatch with financial settlement turned into a monster task that couldn’t stay in the too-hard basket any longer.

Breaking Australia’s vicious energy cycle

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 5, 2020 | Australia, Comment, For Consumers, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar Projects, Wind Projects | 0 |

A lack of long-term planning to create a 21st century grid and decades of political infighting are beginning to catch up with us, writes Clean Energy Council chief executive Kane Thornton.