French energy company Neoen has agreed on a deal with energy retailer EnergyAustralia covering 100MW of the renewable energy generated from its Coleambally solar farm in NSW.
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Major projects roundtable: Building Australia’s clean energy backbone
ROUNDTABLE | The renewable energy construction boom is upon us, with more than $7 billion in projects underway or about to start this year. EcoGeneration spoke with three of the biggest companies involved in building out the nation’s transition to clean energy – ACCIONA, RCR Tomlinson and Elecnor – about the task ahead.
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You can’t hold communities back from the logic of clean energy
The Finkel Review provided direction from above but it is community groups that are spearheading the shift to renewables, writes Heather Smith.
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Batteries and synthetic inertia, it can be done: Jacobs
Jacobs group manager of power transmission and distribution Dr Kerim Mekki talks about the possibilities of utility-scale storage and why Australia reminds him of Africa.
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CEC Clean Energy Award winners power ahead with bright ideas
The Clean Energy Council awards for innovation and community services presented at the Australian Clean Energy Summit in Sydney highlighted the best of class in an industry that's had to battle its way through some dark times.
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‘We need to put our skates on’: Aurecon on the grid challenge
The role of the grid is changing and the way that change is managed will ensure whether or not the rollout of renewables will be easy, says Dr Alex Wonhas of engineering and consulting company Aurecon.
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Snowy 2.0 is no pipe dream
Snowy Hydro Limited says a feasibility study into its Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project is in full swing.
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2GW of ‘strong, consistent’ wind power close at hand: Offshore Energy chief
Offshore Energy managing director Andy Evans gives EcoGeneration a quick profile of what he hopes will be Australia's first offshore wind farm.
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2GW wind farm proposed off Gippsland coast
Victorian-based developer Offshore Energy is planning the development of Australia’s first offshore wind farm off the coast of Gippsland, eastern Victoria.
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Panel: What Australia can teach New York (and vice versa)
Energy Networks Australia’s Welcome to the Grid Edge seminar in Sydney in May included a panel discussion about the possible opportunities which lie in wait for consumers as the electricity grid is transformed into a multi-purpose, peer-to-peer market that also serves generators and distributors.
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