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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.

Offshore wind and green hydrogen still expensive: Rystad

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 15, 2021 | Hydrogen, International, Projects, Renewables, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Research shows green hydrogen produced by offshore wind will struggle to be competitive.

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.

Australian Wind Alliance rebrands as RE-Alliance to bring Renewable Energy Zones along for the ride

by EcoGen Editor | Dec 10, 2020 | Australia, For Consumers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Communities in regional areas targeted for rapid growth in construction of wind and solar assets will need to feel included if they are to contribute to the energy transition.

Catch it if you can … the race to build tomorrow’s storage

by EcoGen Editor | Dec 1, 2020 | Australia, Bioenergy, Commercial, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Hydrogen, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

There is no argument about the vital role storage will play in a grid dominated by variable renewables, writes Jeremy Chunn, but its rise is sure to be a prolonged affair that is potholed with risk.

An efficient NEM is ‘possible’ but still a way off: Capgemini

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 28, 2020 | Australia, Comment, For Consumers, Funding, Hydrogen, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, VPPs, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Capgemini’s annual overview of global energy markets included a significant section on Australia this year. EcoGeneration speaks to authors Anastasia Klingberg and Jan Lindhaus about how we are tracking.

Renewables a shining light in a challenging year

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 25, 2020 | Australia, Comment, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

The renewable energy industry has shown remarkable resilience in a difficult year, writes Clean Energy Council chief executive Kane Thornton.

ARENA’s Darren Miller on how to build a risk-filled renewables portfolio … ‘none of our investments are duds – even the ones that fail’

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 18, 2020 | Australia, Bioenergy, Comment, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Funding, Hydrogen, Interviews, Ocean Power, Policy, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, VPPs, Waste-to-energy, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

As head of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, Darren Miller is pushing the technologies that will support and deliver tomorrow’s clean energy grid.

Greenbacks for greenery … venture capital hears the call for clean energy

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 17, 2020 | Australia, Climate, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Funding, International, International, Policy, PPAs, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, VPPs, Waste-to-energy, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Climate-conscious venture capitalists are once again placing big bets on clean technology. Can they make money and protect the planet?

NSW paves the way with $32bn roadmap to 12GW generation, 3GW storage by 2030

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 10, 2020 | Australia, Funding, PPAs, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

The NSW government has provided the incentive developers of wind and solar, and especially pumped hydro, were waiting for.

Replace coal and gas exports with clean energy? It can be done … if the grid is 2,000% renewables: All-Energy

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 8, 2020 | Australia, Climate, For Consumers, Funding, International, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

It may be possible, if the technology is affordable and agreements are in place, to switch from dirty energy exports to clean ones … if Australia generates more than 20 times the electricity it does today.

The bigger you buy the less you spend with offshore wind: Rystad

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 18, 2020 | Projects, Renewables, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

With the incremental increases in size, turbines and offshore wind plants become more economical – not just in lower upfront costs, but also in longer-term power generation potential.