Solar Projects | EcoGeneration

1414 Degrees pays $2m for Aurora CST project

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 29, 2019 | Australia, Projects, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

The new owner proposes to use the site to pilot its TESS-GRID technology, with electricity firming services developed to similar scale as the previous project.

Dramatic slow-down in clean energy investment requires urgent COAG Energy Council action: CEC

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 20, 2019 | Australia, Comment, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar Projects, Wind Projects | 0 |

The CEC has stepped up ahead of the next COAG Energy Council with a clear list of requests and recommendations.

Take it to vertical … the story behind a CEC Solar Awards winner

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 14, 2019 | For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

A cool-looking house in central Sydney makes the most of the often-overlooked elegance of solar modules. Will the fashion catch on?

Best and brightest: CEC Solar Awards winners for 2019

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 7, 2019 | Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

The Clean Energy Council’s 2019 Solar Design and Installation Awards included shining examples of what this talented industry can do with more than a few modules when imaginations are let off the leash.

Virtual power plants, real pain … how the VPP puzzle has brought on a mild headache

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 14, 2019 | Australia, For Consumers, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

Virtual power plants made up of other people’s batteries sound like a great idea but, gee, they’re a headache to put together. Will they make it to the finish line?

Are clouds gathering over large-scale solar?

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 24, 2019 | Australia, Commercial, For Installers, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

Painful marginal loss factors, asset write-downs, negative pricing, forced curtailment – the forces have been stacked against large-scale solar this year. Is it time for a turnaround in fortunes … or time to pull up stakes?

GE to supply 300MWh battery for South Australian solar project

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 19, 2019 | Australia, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

The 300MWh energy storage system, called the Reservoir, will be coupled to a 200MW PV plant in the mid-north of the state.

Australia, the natural energy exporter

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 16, 2019 | Australia, Comment, International, International, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Australia can become a major renewable energy exporter while helping energy deficient countries in Asia to reduce their use of fossil fuels, writes Amar Rathore.

Queensland car park topped with 1.1MW of bifacial solar

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 26, 2019 | Australia, Commercial, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

The rooftop parking area of the Sunshine Plaza Shopping Centre on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast now hosts Australia’s largest installation of bifacial solar panels.

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.