Solar | EcoGeneration

Flow Power signs Molycorp for wind-and-solar PPA

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 22, 2019 | Renewables, Solar | 0 |

The agreement runs until the end of 2030 and is backed by offtake agreements with the Bomen Solar Farm and the Sapphire Wind Farm, both located in regional NSW.

Fold-out 5B arrays chosen for 10GW Tennant Creek solar plant

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 22, 2019 | Australia, Company Updates, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

5B’s Maverick technology is a modular, concertinaed solution that can be transported to site in containers and then folded out as arrays.

Lighter PV panels push flimsier rooftops under the sun

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 15, 2019 | Australia, Commercial, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

A new lightweight solar PV module opens up the possibilities for the 40% of properties that can’t take the weight of standard glass-and-aluminium technology.

Longi Hi-MO X panel tips 20% efficiency

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 13, 2019 | Company Updates, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar | 0 |

Tier one Chinese solar panel maker Longi has launched the Hi-MO X in Australia, with efficiency of 20%.

It’s time to step on the accelerator: ACES Removing the Roadblocks panel

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 13, 2019 | Comment, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

What’s stopping Australia move faster with clearing coal out of the way to be replaced by solar, wind and storage?

We need to talk about energy … at work and at home

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 9, 2019 | Commercial, Efficiency, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

The message about efficient energy use is slowly getting through to owners of businesses, buildings and houses – but there’s a long way to go.

Stampeding sheep, cross-border interconnection and China risk: ACES International Perspective panel

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 7, 2019 | Comment, International, International, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Australia may be ahead of the pack in adoption of new technology but we have be aware on how the rest of the world is travelling, an expert panel at the Clean Energy Summit concluded.

Data deluge, happy customers and those tricky VPPs: ACES Digital Divergence panel

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 6, 2019 | Comment, Renewables, Solar, Storage | 0 |

The power of connected systems is so compelling but so far away… What will it take for our distributed energy resources to sing in key?

Targets, hurdles and the ‘confusopoly’: ACES Leading the Transition panel

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 6, 2019 | Comment, Policy, Pumped hydro, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

A panel at the Australian Clean Energy Summit covered all the rocky ground that lies ahead as renewables inevitably crowd out coal.

Hydrogen will ease ‘massive challenge’ as world shifts to wind and solar: Finkel

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 5, 2019 | Renewables, Solar, Storage, Wind | 0 |

Australia’s chief scientist sees hydrogen as the obvious storage solution as the world ramps up its commitment to solar and wind.

Clean energy PPAs are good for business, so long as buyers look before they leap

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 2, 2019 | Australia, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Wind | 0 |

Mid-market customers are being shown all the positives of a PPA – price certainty and lower emissions – but offered contracts that could easily move against them.