PPAs | EcoGeneration

Demand for corporate PPAs rockets ahead in 2020 … but what comes next?

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 13, 2021 | PPAs, Renewables | 0 |

After a record year for corporate renewable PPAs in Australia, Chris Briggs assesses the prospects for 2021.

Storage swap contract steadies revenue outlook for renewables

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 25, 2021 | Commercial, Funding, PPAs, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage, Wind | 0 |

A new option in the energy markets offers developers a prudent hedge against volatile pricing.

Greenbacks for greenery … venture capital hears the call for clean energy

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 17, 2020 | Australia, Climate, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Funding, International, International, Policy, PPAs, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, VPPs, Waste-to-energy, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Climate-conscious venture capitalists are once again placing big bets on clean technology. Can they make money and protect the planet?

Fulfilling utility-scale PV module contracts in a choppy market

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 13, 2020 | Australia, Commercial, Company Updates, For Installers, PPAs, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

Solar module manufacturer Longi is carving out market share in the utility-scale sector as developers wrestle with the grid and competitors throw up challenges.

NSW paves the way with $32bn roadmap to 12GW generation, 3GW storage by 2030

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 10, 2020 | Australia, Funding, PPAs, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

The NSW government has provided the incentive developers of wind and solar, and especially pumped hydro, were waiting for.

Ikea PV-and-batteries microgrid targets 70% self-consumption and access to FCAS markets

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 16, 2020 | Australia, Commercial, For Installers, PPAs, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

The Adelaide outlet will use voltage-mastering technology to allow it to provide grid services to the local network.

Towards a two-sided market … the role for demand response in tomorrow’s grid: expert panel

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 13, 2020 | Comment, Efficiency, For Consumers, PPAs, Renewables, Solar, Storage | 0 |

The Energy Security Board has highlighted industrial load flexibility as an important potential contributor to grid stability. Is it a target we can hit? EcoGeneration asks a panel of experts to light the way forward.

Why behind-the-meter will define Australia’s next solar boom

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 19, 2020 | Comment, Commercial, PPAs, Renewables, Solar, Solar | 0 |

Business owners and investors can take the economic recovery into their own hands, and reap tidy returns, by backing behind-the-meter energy solutions that include solar.

Retail renewable PPAs … what’s on the menu?

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 17, 2020 | For Consumers, PPAs, Renewables, Solar | 0 |

As more business owners turn to clean energy using power purchase agreements energy retailers are refining their offerings, writes Chris Briggs.

Salvos to trial Allume shared solar solution with ARENA backing

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 27, 2020 | Australia, For Consumers, Funding, PPAs, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

The trial at a commercial property in Tasmania will test the merits of a technology that will see solar shared among tenants.

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.

Power to the people: why demand response for big users is a bonus for the rest of us

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 22, 2020 | Commercial, For Consumers, Policy, PPAs, Solar | 0 |

The wholesale demand response mechanism is a breakthrough for all consumers, writes AEMC acting executive general manager of retail and wholesale markets Michael Bradley. If the NEM could speak, it too would offer a sigh of gratitude.