Renewables | EcoGeneration

The Internet of Things … a transformative force in the energy industry

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 23, 2020 | Efficiency, Renewables | 0 |

Industrial energy users will have the most to gain as IoT and AI is incorporated into systems and processes, writes Ghian Oberholzer.

No ‘sudden drop’ for battery prices, but plenty of ‘intangible returns’: sonnen

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 20, 2020 | For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs | 0 |

Residential storage used smartly or connected in virtual power plants can unlock value in existing...

High hopes with concentrated solar power: All-Energy panel

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 20, 2020 | International, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

An energy solution gaining ground around the world that combines generation with storage was profiled during a panel session for All-Energy 2020.

Victoria’s energy efficiency booster shot is an example to follow

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 19, 2020 | Efficiency, For Consumers, Funding, Renewables, Solar, Storage | 0 |

The Victorian government has unleashed close to $800 million in funding to show it is serious about energy efficiency at all levels.

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.

Dreamy EV rollout or nightmare for the grid: All-Energy panel

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 17, 2020 | Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Renewables, Solar, Storage, VPPs | 0 |

As EVs very slowly replace petrol-powered cars, networks, consumers, infrastructure companies and policymakers must very quickly adapt their thinking and services.

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?

Fulfilling utility-scale PV module contracts in a choppy market

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 13, 2020 | Australia, Commercial, Company Updates, For Installers, PPAs, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

Solar module manufacturer Longi is carving out market share in the utility-scale sector as developers wrestle with the grid and competitors throw up challenges.

Integrating DER into the grid: All-Energy highlights

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 10, 2020 | Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs | 0 |

Distribution networks spoke about their efforts to accommodate higher levels of distributed energy resources into the grid during a session for All-Energy 2020.

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.

Members Energy’s plan to build the world’s largest VPP … ‘we are a classic disruptor’

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 9, 2020 | For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs | 0 |

As the economics of energy storage makes it appear more favourable, a battery sales company is planning what it hopes will be the country’s biggest virtual power plant.

Victoria to add 300MW Tesla battery

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 6, 2020 | Australia, Policy, Projects, Renewables, State Policy, Storage | 0 |

Victoria has taken energy matters into its own hands and approved a 300MW battery, to ease the way for generation from wind and solar projects into the grid.