Renewables | EcoGeneration

Energy efficiency, the key to unlocking the DER model

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 21, 2019 | Comment, Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

For a network of connected distributed energy resources to work at peak efficiency owners of solar must make the most of their generation, writes Shavaj Kallamkote.

Sunshine after dark – the rise of 24-hour solar

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 21, 2019 | For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar | 0 |

Solar PV is cleaning up the energy mix, writes Longi president Zhenguo Li, but this is just the beginning…

In case of emergency, put your faith in solar and storage

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 20, 2019 | Electric Vehicles, Renewables, Solar, State Policy, Storage | 0 |

A new solar system in Diamond Creek, Victoria, will help prepare the Shire of Nillumbik for bushfire season.

Battery standard has put a huge hump in the road: sonnen

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 17, 2019 | Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

The new standard for battery storage goes too far, says sonnen technical director Australia-New Zealand James Sturch.

Head in the air, feet on the ground: the highwire skills of a clean energy community relations coordinator

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 16, 2019 | Australia, Projects, Renewables, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Acciona’s Kirsten Lee sees both sides of the story from rural communities as they learn to live with the enormous wind projects that are slowly pushing coal aside.

Snowy 2.0 will not produce nearly as much electricity as claimed … we must hit the pause button

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 15, 2019 | Australia, Funding, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables | 0 |

New analysis revealed less than half the extra pumped hydro capacity promised by Snowy 2.0 can be delivered.

Virtual power plants, real pain … how the VPP puzzle has brought on a mild headache

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 14, 2019 | Australia, For Consumers, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

Virtual power plants made up of other people’s batteries sound like a great idea but, gee, they’re a headache to put together. Will they make it to the finish line?

PV for your EV: CSIRO charger takes some heat off the grid

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 10, 2019 | Electric Vehicles, Renewables, Solar, Storage | 0 |

With more EVs on Australian roads, demand for charging infrastructure will grow and the CSIRO expects this will place stress on grid-powered charging stations.

Trails of trash inevitably will lead to waste-to-energy solutions

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 9, 2019 | Bioenergy, For Consumers, Renewables, Waste-to-energy | 0 |

A powerful counterpoint to our mounting garbage is the clean energy that can be harnessed from it – once communities understand the wonders of modern technology.

Pressure builds as compressed air storage projects attract funds

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 8, 2019 | Australia, Funding, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Storage | 0 |

A form of long-duration storage that can be sited wherever it’s needed is edging closer to reality at two sites on the NEM.

NSW shortlists 2,850MW of projects for $75m Emerging Energy Program

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 2, 2019 | Australia, Bioenergy, Funding, Policy, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, State Policy, Storage | 0 |

Grants worth $7.1 million have been awarded to projects totalling 2,150MW of on-demand electricity, “with the potential to leverage almost $2 billion in private investment”.