Electric Vehicles | EcoGeneration

Ampol unveils rollout of electric vehicle charging network

by EcoGen Editor | May 19, 2022 | Company Updates, Electric Vehicles, Renewables | 0 |

Ampol has announced its new electric vehicle charging brand, AmpCharge, as part of its rollout of...

Evie Networks rolling out Australia’s largest EV public charging network

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 13, 2022 | Electric Vehicles, Renewables | 0 |

With current fuel prices at unprecedented highs, focus is turning to alternate transport solutions...

The long road ahead to EV-grid integration

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 19, 2022 | Electric Vehicles | 0 |

There’s plenty of enthusiasm around electric vehicles but integrating them into electricity grid raises many questions that we’re still a long way from answering.

What Hygrid Energy’s “engineer-in-a-box” solution hopes to do for clean energy assets

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 14, 2022 | Commercial, Electric Vehicles, Hydrogen, Solar, Storage | 0 |

This Australian startup wants to see all clean energy assets live long and productive lives....

EVs in apartments: Helping or hindering the energy transition?

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 25, 2021 | Electric Vehicles, Residential | 0 |

As the grid transitions to clean distributed energy sources, electric vehicles could become...

Global EV sales set to smash records with 7 million cars in 2021 while crossing 10% annual threshold

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 10, 2021 | Electric Vehicles, Storage | 0 |

As Australia putters along, unsure quite how to encourage motorists to replace petrol-powered vehicles with electric equivalents, it’s nice to know the rest of the world is accelerating ahead.

As the world surges ahead on electric vehicle policy, the Morrison government’s new strategy leaves Australia idling in the garage

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 10, 2021 | Electric Vehicles, Funding, Policy, Renewables | 0 |

The government has missed an opportunity to shape a more orderly transition to the inevitable mainstream adoption of electric vehicles.

Sydney bus depot transitions to electric with 40 e-buses, 36 chargers, 387kW rooftop PV and 2.5MW storage

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 4, 2021 | Australia, Commercial, Demand response, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

The electrified depot will run as a test bed for other fleet-owners, with the ANU working on a platform that will interpret data for use as a planning tool.

ARENA’s Darren Miller on what’s proven and what’s worth a shot

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 11, 2021 | Bioenergy, Commercial, Demand response, Efficiency, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, PPAs, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Transmission, VPPs, Waste-to-energy, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

There has to be a way to push the cost of solar 70% lower, the ARENA chief says, as surely as there are effective methods to capture and store carbon. But exporting hydrogen…?

Clean Energy Salary Survey 2021

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 22, 2021 | Australia, Comment, Commercial, Electric Vehicles, For Installers, Hydrogen, PPAs, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

As the world slowly realises the primary task of the century is to decarbonise electricity generation, renewables workers will be in hot demand. The Bradman Recruitment-EcoGeneration Renewable Energy Salary Survey 2021 shows how they fare in Australia.

Free money won’t buy the EV future we deserve

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 17, 2021 | Comment, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, Renewables, State Policy, Storage | 0 |

If governments want to bring on a wave of EV ownership, they need to encourage flexibility and free-thought among the risk-takers eager to build charging networks.