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Singapore’s Vena Energy begins 150MWh Qld storage project

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 29, 2020 | Australia, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

Vena Energy Australia will build, own and maintain the BESS while energy retailer AGL will have full operational dispatch rights under a 15-year agreement between the two companies.

The right climate: why the time is now for energy decentralisation

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 29, 2020 | Australia, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Storage | 0 |

Microgrids have strong credentials when it comes to minimising the risks of supply loss related to natural disasters – including bushfires.

Why the slowdown in corporate PPAs?

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 28, 2020 | Australia, Comment, Funding, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

All of the bumps and hiccups that accompany the integration of large amounts of renewable energy into the grid have caused PPA buyers to pause for breath.

Whatever the standard says, all batteries are not the same

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 24, 2020 | Policy, Renewables, Solar, Storage | 0 |

The new installation standards will have a dramatic impact on Australia’s home battery market, writes James Sturch.

Brighter than ever: SunWiz looks back at 2019

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 23, 2020 | Australia, Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Projects, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

For solar systems up to 100kW, 2.13GW of capacity was added in 2019 … more than twice the volume of 2017 and three times the 2016 result.

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.

Australian renewables sector poised for new records in 2020: Rystad

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 21, 2020 | Australia, Funding, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Australia’s renewable energy market is set for another record year in 2020 as Rystad Energy expects utility wind and solar PV projects totalling 3.6GW to complete commissioning, up from 2.6GW in 2019.

Sungrow eyes storage market despite solar hurdles

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 20, 2020 | Company Updates, Renewables, Solar, Storage | 0 |

The inverter giant is preparing itself for an onslaught of storage.

Clean energy investment drops 40% in 2019 as price outlook casts a shadow

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 17, 2020 | Australia, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

…but a slowing in investment in 2019 should not come as too much of a surprise.

Module technology driving lower LCOE: Rystad

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 17, 2020 | Funding, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

A sharp fall in cost and a switch to PERC technology has transformed the economics for developers of large-scale solar projects, writes David Dixon.

China’s hydro giant tests the limits of PV integration

by EcoGen Editor | Jan 17, 2020 | Company Updates, International, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

One of the world’s largest PV power plant operators, China’s HHDC, is pushing the R&D dial so that hybrid clean energy solutions can be understood and actioned.