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CEC clean energy report profiles a year of determined growth

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 30, 2021 | Australia, Commercial, For Consumers, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Looking back on 2020, the Clean Energy Council describes an industry that refused to let a global pandemic stand in its way.

Key reforms unlocking Australia’s renewable energy potential

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 27, 2021 | Australia, Comment, Hydrogen, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Crucial reforms currently underway suggest that 2021 will be a landmark year for Australia’s renewable energy transition, writes Clean Energy Council CEO Kane Thornton.

Mount Isa looks to 50MW solar thermal storage

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 25, 2021 | Australia, Commercial, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

The arid, disconnected nature of the region suits concentrated solar thermal, says Australian technology developer Vast Solar.

Solar, batteries, hydrogen … GRS takes a portfolio approach to Australia

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 18, 2021 | Australia, Company Updates, Hydrogen, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

Already a high achiever in the utility-scale solar sector, the Spanish renewables firm is scanning the local market for locations to deliver a total 300MW of storage.

Solar tracking balances higher yields with higher risks

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 18, 2021 | Australia, Commercial, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

Having delivered stage one of a giant behind-the-meter solar-and-tracking project, Trina explains how the technology fits into Australia’s utility-scale PV market.

Tracking ratchets up yields at PV-hybrid mine sites

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 16, 2021 | Commercial, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind | 0 |

It’s been a fast five years for solar at mine sites, where hybrid clean energy systems are pushing the latest PV technology.

Large-scale solar hasn’t lost its shine: CEC forum panel

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 12, 2021 | Australia, Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Policy, PPAs, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage | 0 |

Is the utility-scale PV market under stress or growing into a new stage of maturity? The Clean Energy Council Large-scale Solar Forum included a panel session which looked at the past to predict the future.

Power in numbers … what energy market research tells us about the outlook for renewables and the flexibility of coal and gas

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 2, 2021 | Australia, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

In a connected energy system where dispatchable sources are being replaced by flighty renewables, incumbents and backers of new technology are poring over a new source of market intelligence – because data is knowledge.

Ten years under the sun … the solar company that learnt to stay a step ahead

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 2, 2021 | Australia, Commercial, Company Updates, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

Melbourne-based Clean Technology Partners shares some wisdom gleaned from 10 years of trying to stay ahead in a relentless sector.

Against the odds, South Australia is a renewable energy powerhouse. How on Earth did they do it?

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 1, 2021 | Comment, For Consumers, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy Target, Solar Projects, State Policy, Uncategorised, Wind Projects | 0 |

South Australia shows how good public policy can enable dramatic emissions reduction, even in a privately owned electricity system.

The trouble with big targets … it’s exports versus the NEM

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 18, 2021 | Australia, For Consumers, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Leaping ahead to build massive amounts of renewables to secure green energy exports will only make the job of fixing the NEM more puzzling.

Renewable energy breaks through into 2021

by EcoGen Editor | Dec 18, 2020 | Australia, For Consumers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Things are looking up for renewable energy in 2021 after the industry defied the challenges to have a breakthrough year in 2020, writes Clean Energy Council CEO Kane Thornton.