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Fold-out 5B arrays chosen for 10GW Tennant Creek solar plant

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 22, 2019 | Australia, Company Updates, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

5B’s Maverick technology is a modular, concertinaed solution that can be transported to site in containers and then folded out as arrays.

Lighter PV panels push flimsier rooftops under the sun

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 15, 2019 | Australia, Commercial, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

A new lightweight solar PV module opens up the possibilities for the 40% of properties that can’t take the weight of standard glass-and-aluminium technology.

It’s time to step on the accelerator: ACES Removing the Roadblocks panel

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 13, 2019 | Comment, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

What’s stopping Australia move faster with clearing coal out of the way to be replaced by solar, wind and storage?

Stampeding sheep, cross-border interconnection and China risk: ACES International Perspective panel

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 7, 2019 | Comment, International, International, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Australia may be ahead of the pack in adoption of new technology but we have be aware on how the rest of the world is travelling, an expert panel at the Clean Energy Summit concluded.

Targets, hurdles and the ‘confusopoly’: ACES Leading the Transition panel

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 6, 2019 | Comment, Policy, Pumped hydro, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

A panel at the Australian Clean Energy Summit covered all the rocky ground that lies ahead as renewables inevitably crowd out coal.

Clean energy PPAs are good for business, so long as buyers look before they leap

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 2, 2019 | Australia, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Wind | 0 |

Mid-market customers are being shown all the positives of a PPA – price certainty and lower emissions – but offered contracts that could easily move against them.

Many arms, one brain: solar asset management explained

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 29, 2019 | Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

Solar projects are complex, with multiple parties and contracts to comply with. The simplicity of an overview approach offered by an asset manager might appeal to some owners.

Singapore, powered by Tennant Creek: NT gives major project status to 10GW solar export plant

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 25, 2019 | Australia, International, Projects, Solar Projects | 0 |

Sun Cable’s proposed $20 billion Australia-Singapore Power Link near Tennant Creek would generate 10GW to supply a 20-30GWh storage facility.

Queensland short-lists 10 wind, solar and battery projects in 400MW reverse auction

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 24, 2019 | Australia, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

The Queensland Government has short-listed 10 clean energy projects following a reverse auction for 400MW of capacity and up to 100MW of storage.

Goldwind readies 36 turbines for WA mine microgrid and NSW wind farm, renews R&D partnership

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 23, 2019 | Company Updates, Projects, Renewables, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Wind energy giant Goldwind has added two more projects to its pipeline as it progresses towards its ambition to power a million Australian homes by next year.

Jobs crunch … are there enough workers to build Australia’s renewables boom?

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 17, 2019 | Australia, Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Australia wants energy security. Clever and experienced renewables workers want job security. This sounds like a job for the nation’s clean energy recruitment superheroes.

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.