PPAs | EcoGeneration

Maoneng’s journey from rooftop solar to major league storage

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 19, 2021 | Australia, Commercial, Company Updates, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, PPAs, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Transmission | 0 |

Maoneng has made a few quick turns during its short history. But the call to take part in the storage “boom cycle” has been heard loud and clear, CEO Morris Zhou tells EcoGeneration.

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.

ACE Power launches with 1.3GW solar, wind and battery pipeline

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 20, 2021 | Australia, Company Updates, For Installers, Funding, Policy, PPAs, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Transmission, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

A clean energy player with a vertical business model hopes to have 1.3GW of solar and wind (with storage) connected by 2025.

The end of the beginning … the Energy Security Board’s Physical Retailer Reliability Obligation and the long road to tomorrow’s grid

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 23, 2021 | Australia, Comment, Commercial, Demand response, Efficiency, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, PPAs, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Transmission, VPPs, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

The Energy Security Board’s Physical Retailer Reliability Obligation and the long road to tomorrow’s grid.

Get it right this time … testing and rigour will help us build the renewable energy grid we need

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 16, 2021 | Australia, Comment, Commercial, Demand response, Efficiency, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, PPAs, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Transmission, VPPs, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

The complex make-up of our energy grid is holding back its full potential, writes Mark Andrews. Only an earnest approach to risk mitigation and testing will ensure success of a new, clean NEM.

Let’s roll … drafting the map for an EV transition

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 10, 2021 | Commercial, Electric Vehicles, For Installers, PPAs, Renewables, Solar, Storage, VPPs | 0 |

Charging network Evie says ride-hailing services can provide clues as to how Australia can make the switch to electric vehicles.

Any interval, any DER, any tariff design … billing software aims for Netflix Vs Blockbuster replay

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 2, 2021 | Commercial, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, PPAs, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs | 0 |

A software billing service hopes to engage energy retailers who want to entice customers with dynamic, flexible offerings.

Investment risk in renewables … seeking value in a frothy green market

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 30, 2021 | Australia, Comment, Commercial, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, PPAs, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Transmission, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Clean energy is growing in the grid but there is still plenty of risk for big investors.

Follow the sun … how tracking stacks up in utility-scale PV

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 28, 2021 | Australia, Commercial, For Installers, PPAs, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

Tracking has taken off with developers of solar plants but there is a lot to know about this simple technology.

To the limit … ANU lab open for extreme (or mundane) DER testing

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 22, 2021 | Commercial, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Hydrogen, Ocean Power, PPAs, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs, Waste-to-energy, Wind | 0 |

Dull or extraordinary grid conditions can be conjured to stress test clean energy equipment at the ANU’s laboratory dedicated to distributed energy resources.