Electric Vehicles | EcoGeneration

Future focused: how will the energy developments of today impact the future our children inherit?

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 11, 2020 | Comment, Efficiency, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Renewables, State Policy | 0 |

The energy choices we make over the next few decades will shape the future, writes Christopher Dean.

Part II: Is AEMO’s 2020 Integrated System Plan up to the job?

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 10, 2020 | Australia, Bioenergy, Commercial, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Waste-to-energy, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

What do you think of AEMO’s 2020 Integrated System Plan? Here’s what EcoGeneration’s energy antenna picked up from its network of women experts in solar, storage, academia, government and data-crunching.

Part I: Is AEMO’s 2020 Integrated System Plan up to the job?

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 5, 2020 | Australia, Bioenergy, Comment, Commercial, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Waste-to-energy, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

What do you think of AEMO’s 2020 Integrated System Plan? Here’s what EcoGeneration’s energy antenna has picked up so far from its network of experts in solar, storage, academia, government and data-crunching.

McCain banks on 8.2MW behind-the-meter system with 39% energy savings in sight

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 15, 2020 | Australia, Bioenergy, Commercial, Electric Vehicles, For Installers, PPAs, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Waste-to-energy | 0 |

The renowned chips and pizza maker is turning a facility in Victoria green to suit its global renewables ambitions.

EVs-to-grid trial puts ‘batteries on wheels’ at FCAS frontline

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 15, 2020 | Australia, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Projects, Renewables, Storage | 0 |

A trial of 51 Nissan Leafs will test the possibilities of EVs as grid assets, where owners will be rewarded for FCAS.

Canberra vehicle-to-grid trial to test outlook for DER, FCAS expansion

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 9, 2020 | Australia, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Storage | 0 |

A trial of 51 Nissan Leafs will test the possibilities of EVs as grid assets, where owners will be rewarded for offering FCAS.

Owners of electric vehicles to be paid to plug into the grid to help avoid blackouts

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 8, 2020 | Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Renewables, Storage | 0 |

A Canberra trial will test the possibilities of EVs as grid assets to be utilised as times when the grid is stressed.

New heart in an old body … EV conversions keep car culture alive

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 23, 2020 | Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Renewables | 0 |

Tinkerers are dropping electric donks into cool old cars to ensure motoring is not as dirty and never dull, writes Jeremy Chunn.

Powered by the sun … with a little help from the grid: the road is clear for solar vehicles

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 21, 2020 | Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

Researchers at the University of NSW are determined to send solar-powered vehicles into the mainstream … even one you don’t need to charge.

The EVs are coming! But are we ready?

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 30, 2020 | Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Renewables | 0 |

For the transition to EVs to be a success, steady investment in renewable generation and charging infrastructure is required, writes Amar Rathore. The energy industry needs to prepare as the revolution is underway.

At the CSIRO, tomorrow’s EV grid lock is today’s problem

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 21, 2020 | Australia, Electric Vehicles, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

Storage and electric vehicles may be slow to take off but the CSIRO is looking far ahead to understand how the technologies can be best absorbed into daily life, Dr Christopher Munnings tells EcoGeneration.