Australia

Australia, Comment, For Consumers, Policy, Projects, Renewables

Renewables to drive a clean recovery from covid-19

While covid-19 will cause a lot of short-term pain, it presents us with a unique opportunity to accelerate the clean energy transition, writes Clean Energy Council CEO Kane Thornton.
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Staff WriterMay 11, 2020, 11:29 amMay 11, 2020

Australia, Comment, For Consumers, Funding, International, Policy, Projects, Renewables

Why it doesn’t make economic sense to ignore climate change in our recovery from the pandemic

We stand at a crossroads. If government stimulus packages around the world favour carbon-intensive practices and miss the moment to modernise and decarbonise, we will lock ourselves into a warming future.
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Staff WriterMay 11, 2020, 11:16 amMay 11, 2020

Australia, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects

Australia’s grid can take 75% renewables by 2025: GlobalData

Despite covid-19, Australia’s grid is strong enough to accommodate up to 75% renewables by 2025, says GlobalData analysis.
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Staff WriterMay 7, 2020, 10:59 amMay 7, 2020

Australia, For Installers, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage

Western Australia, the state that stands behind stand-alone systems

Western Australia is leading the way when it comes to replacing expensive networks with stand-alone systems that rely on solar and battery storage. EcoGeneration speaks to Western Power SPS project manager Margot Hammond about managing a mighty transition.
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Staff WriterApril 30, 2020, 10:29 amApril 30, 2020

Australia, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage

RayGen focuses its energies on vast storage potential

A new form of storage is preparing to prove itself with a 50MWh trial in Victoria – followed, it hopes, by a 1GWh monster project.
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Staff WriterApril 23, 2020, 10:18 amApril 23, 2020

Australia, Commercial, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects

CEC report looks back on 2019 … a record year for renewables

Although 2020 is looking to be a tough year for the renewable energy sector, no thanks to the global covid-19 pandemic, the Clean Energy Council’s annual round-up of data for the industry has shown that 2019 was a standout.
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Staff WriterApril 14, 2020, 11:07 amApril 14, 2020

Australia, Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects

How do PV module performance ratios perform?

The convenience of using performance ratios as benchmarks can put project proponents in a blind spot, writes Michelle McCann.
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Staff WriterApril 6, 2020, 4:18 pmAugust 17, 2021

Australia, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Storage

How should we think about a hydrogen economy?

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.
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Staff WriterApril 1, 2020, 2:50 pmMarch 11, 2020