Painful marginal loss factors, asset write-downs, negative pricing, forced curtailment – the forces have been stacked against large-scale solar this year. Is it time for a turnaround in fortunes … or time to pull up stakes?
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Self-forecasting on the NEM: adopt early or hold on?
While weighing an investment in forecast systems, plants owners have an opportunity to wait and see how the various methods are proven in the field, writes Dr Colin Bonner.
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Sizing PV and storage in stand-alone power systems
A report from GSES shows the significant relationship between PV arrays and battery days of autonomy in stand-alone power systems.
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Damned if you do, damned if you don’t: how feed-in tariffs hold the key to energy incumbents’ future
The energy giants are looking down a barrel as households build their own rooftop generation. Research shows their prospects hinge on where they set feed-in tariffs.
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GE to supply 300MWh battery for South Australian solar project
The 300MWh energy storage system, called the Reservoir, will be coupled to a 200MW PV plant in the mid-north of the state.
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Burn it and turn it: how Perth’s waste-to-energy plant will shape up
The developers of a 36MW waste-to-energy project in Perth have seen the technology prove itself overseas and expect nothing less when it lights up here in 2021.
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Australia, the natural energy exporter
Australia can become a major renewable energy exporter while helping energy deficient countries in Asia to reduce their use of fossil fuels, writes Amar Rathore.
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Electric vehicles – isn’t it time Australia took the wheel?
The rollout of electric vehicles is an important step towards decarbonisation, says Stephanie Bashir of Evie Networks, so why are we so slow to adopt this technology?
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Amber Electric raises $2.5m for rollout of residential wholesale-price energy offer
Amber Electric has raised $2.5m as it prepares to rollout its wholesale-price energy app to residential customers.
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Real vs Reactive: the new power balance
A three-year trial that tested the value to networks of residential solar and storage systems uncovered the hidden value in reactive power – and the potential for inverters to really flex their muscles.
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