Renewables | EcoGeneration

Miners turn to face the sun

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 2, 2020 | Australia, Comment, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind | 0 |

As the cost of clean energy hybrid power plants falls miners around the world are shaking off their reliance on fossil fuels, writes Sarah Wang.

RedEarth pinpoints storage opportunities

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 2, 2020 | Renewables, Storage | 0 |

The Brisbane-based battery-maker sees shared assets as an optimal way to deploy storage.

Storage projects double in six months as investors back big batteries

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 30, 2020 | Renewables, Storage | 0 |

In just six months the capacity of utility-scale battery projects has risen from 400MW to 800MW, says the CEC’s Kane Thornton.

Energy giants want to thwart reforms that would help renewables and lower power bills

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 26, 2020 | Comment, Efficiency, For Consumers, Policy, Renewables, Solar, Storage, Wind | 0 |

Reforms to Australia’s electricity market are too important to be delayed, writes Dan Cass.

NSW renewable energy zone carrot attracts 27GW of solar, wind and storage proposals

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 25, 2020 | Australia, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Developers of solar, wind and storage projects have shown keen enthusiasm for Kean’s NSW renewable energy zone.

Australia has failed miserably on energy efficiency – and government figures hide the truth

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 25, 2020 | Efficiency, Funding, Policy, Renewables | 0 |

Better energy efficiency lowers electricity bills, manages energy demand and helps the climate. Unfortunately, Australia is going nowhere on this cheap, simple measure, writes Hugh Saddler.

Power to the people: why demand response for big users is a bonus for the rest of us

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 22, 2020 | Commercial, For Consumers, Policy, PPAs, Solar | 0 |

The wholesale demand response mechanism is a breakthrough for all consumers, writes AEMC acting executive general manager of retail and wholesale markets Michael Bradley. If the NEM could speak, it too would offer a sigh of gratitude.

Peer-to-peer trading requires tweaks to pay off: Power Ledger

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 19, 2020 | For Consumers, Renewables, Solar, Storage | 0 |

Peer-to-peer energy trading requires policy and regulatory tweaks if consumers are to benefit, a trial in Perth shows.

We must kick coal, and here’s how we’ll do it: Australia Institute

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 18, 2020 | Renewables, Solar, Storage, Wind | 0 |

A transition out of thermal coal is going to occur, but there is a way to make it painless for Australia.

Modelling a solution to Alice Springs’ energy woes

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 16, 2020 | Australia, Company Updates, Funding, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

A winner in the government’s recent funding round for microgrids is looking at storage to help the town run on 50% renewables.

Monford Group delivers 132MW Merredin Solar Farm, WA’s largest

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 16, 2020 | Australia, Company Updates, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

The 132MW Merredin Solar Farm – the largest in Western Australia – is about to be connected to the grid. Project builder Monford Group takes EcoGeneration through the process.