Renewables | EcoGeneration

Northern Territory stimulus backs PV and storage

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 6, 2020 | For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Policy, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, State Policy, Storage | 0 |

The territory’s Household and Business Battery Scheme has an initial budget for $800,000 or 130 batteries.

NSW pumped hydro plant could unlock New England Renewable Energy Zone

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 3, 2020 | Funding, Pumped hydro, Renewables | 0 |

The study will examine the degree to which the proposed PHES plant could unlock further renewable energy investment and the development of the proposed New England REZ.

By 2050, hydrogen can cut emissions by 34%: BNEF

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 2, 2020 | Hydrogen, International, Policy, Renewables | 0 |

Use of clean hydrogen can help address the toughest third of global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, but only if net-zero emission goals and policies are set.

How should we think about a hydrogen economy?

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 1, 2020 | Australia, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Storage | 0 |

It’s all very well to decarbonise the electricity sector but a zealous pursuit of hydrogen might be disproportionate to requirements, write Graham Palmer and Josh Floyd.

Will wind fill the gap?

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 31, 2020 | Projects, Renewables, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

If it’s 24-hour power we need, wind is way ahead of solar. But can these giant propellers fill most of the gap left by 23GW of coal power that needs to leave the NEM? Jeremy Chunn reports.

When one wind turbine is enough … a case study from the blustery far south

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 31, 2020 | Australia, Projects, Renewables, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

The Portland Wind Project in Victoria might be extra small but it proves the versatility of wind technology.

Genex signs 30-year storage offtake agreement with EnergyAustralia

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 30, 2020 | Australia, Funding, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Storage | 0 |

The 30-year agreement includes a 10-year initial term and two subsequent 10-year options.

Covid-19 infects global renewables outlook … zero growth in 2020, 10% fall in 2021: Rystad

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 30, 2020 | Australia, Funding, International, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

As populations around the world deal with the psychological and economic effects of the covid-19 epidemic the transition to renewable energy is expected to slow to a halt.

CEC calls for covid-19 stimulus to include renewables

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 27, 2020 | Australia, Comment, Efficiency, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Storage | 0 |

The Clean Energy Council has called for federal and state responses to the covid-19 virus to support the continued rollout of rooftop solar and storage.

What the energy world needs now is data data data: ISF

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 26, 2020 | Commercial, Efficiency, For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

Researchers and business owners eager to cut energy waste are flummoxed by a paucity of decent data, writes Joe Wyndham. Without it, what hope is there for fixing the world’s problems?