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Welcome to Camp Kidston … work begins on 2GWh Queensland pumped hydro facility

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 11, 2021 | Australia, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Transmission, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Five years in the planning, work has begun on Genex Power’s ambitious clean energy storage facility in northwest Queensland.

AER penalty for lax bidding soars a hundredfold … newbies beware

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

The Australian Energy Regulator has ramped up penalties that may be applied to owners of power plants, no matter the technology, if they fail to refine bidding before dispatch.

US must declare war on climate for energy transition to accelerate

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 1, 2021 | Australia, Comment, Commercial, Demand response, Efficiency, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Funding, Hydrogen, International, Interviews, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, VPPs, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

To lead by example, the United States should declare war on the inefficient use of dirty energy, US-based Australian entrepreneurs Danny Kennedy and Saul Griffith told a Spark Club event.

Batteries hit their peak as gas phases out

by EcoGen Editor | May 30, 2021 | Comment, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

When it comes to electricity peaking services, batteries beat gas hands down, writes Clean Energy Council CEO Kane Thornton.

Tough to connect, taking longer, worker shortage … CEC Wind Industry Forum panel on headwinds and mega-projects

by EcoGen Editor | May 21, 2021 | Australia, Funding, PPAs, Projects, Renewables, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

A panel of experts at the CEC’s Wind Industry Forum in May weighed the rigidity and complexity of the current market with optimism for future opportunities as the NEM is weaned off coal.

What goes around … how wind O&M keeps the revenue flowing

by EcoGen Editor | May 19, 2021 | Australia, Projects, Renewables, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

The local head of global wind O&M company ONYX InSight sheds light on the forces that can degrade performance of these massive and complex assets.

The trick to cutting FCAS costs for solar and wind plants

by EcoGen Editor | May 14, 2021 | Australia, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Owners of wind and solar plants who are struggling to understand or control FCAS costs may be underestimating the power of forecasting technology.

More clean energy plants, more insurance claims

by EcoGen Editor | May 10, 2021 | Australia, Comment, Commercial, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

As wind and solar projects are planned around the country all stakeholders need to understand the limits of project insurance, writes Richard Nunny.

Australia’s states are forging ahead with ambitious emissions reductions … imagine if they worked together

by EcoGen Editor | May 6, 2021 | Australia, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy Target, Solar Projects, State Policy, Wind Projects | 0 |

The states are leading the country in their clean energy ambitions. Is there a way their collective clout can be leveraged to replace Commonwealth intransigence?

Paying Australia’s coal-fired power stations to stay open longer is bad for consumers and the planet

by EcoGen Editor | May 4, 2021 | Australia, Demand response, Efficiency, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

If coal-fired power stations are protected from competition, it will deter investment in cleaner alternatives.

Global offshore wind investment to top $US810bn by 2030

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 30, 2021 | Australia, International, Projects, Renewables, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Offshore wind is expected to be steadily added to grids around the world for the next nine years, a report from Rystad Energy shows.

‘We can’t kick these challenges any further down the road’: ESB’s shortlist for Australia’s essential transition to renewables

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 30, 2021 | Australia, For Consumers, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, VPPs, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

The Energy Security Board has released its wish list for the electricity grid it says Australia deserves to replace the 23GW of coal plant that is heading for an inevitable retirement.