Solar | EcoGeneration

Welcome to Camp Kidston … work begins on 2GWh Queensland pumped hydro facility

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 11, 2021 | Australia, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Transmission, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Five years in the planning, work has begun on Genex Power’s ambitious clean energy storage facility in northwest Queensland.

Check your mirrors: 3 things rooftop solar can teach us about Australia’s electric car rollout

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 10, 2021 | Demand response, Efficiency, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Renewables, Solar, Storage, VPPs | 0 |

Australia’s world-leading rollout of rooftop solar power systems offers a guide to help navigate the transition to EVs.

Energy Next: connecting technologies with the clean energy sector

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 9, 2021 | For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Wind | 0 |

This year the Australian Clean Energy Summit will share the stage with Energy Next, where the renewables crowd can learn about tomorrow’s technology.

Power up the battery … what it takes to drive us to a future of VPPs

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 9, 2021 | Commercial, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs | 0 |

Virtual power plants are a growing renewable energy solution, writes Anson Zhang. What are the next steps to enable a VPP-powered future?

Watts on wheels … mobile PV plants target diesel

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 8, 2021 | Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

A mobile solar power unit – specially customised for construction sites – is expected to put pressure on diesel.

Who you gonna call? … how the CEC’s tech team is onside with quality solar

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 7, 2021 | Australia, Commercial, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

Clean Energy Council technical support officer Thomas Seymour is part of a crew that keeps solar installers informed – and on their toes.

AER penalty for lax bidding soars a hundredfold … newbies beware

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 2, 2021 | Australia, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

The Australian Energy Regulator has ramped up penalties that may be applied to owners of power plants, no matter the technology, if they fail to refine bidding before dispatch.

CEFC gets NSW-SA-Vic EnergyConnect link over the line, with 1.8GW of projects to follow

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 1, 2021 | Australia, Funding, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Storage, Transmission, Wind | 0 |

The new connection – expected to cost $2.28 billion – will free up vast amounts of new opportunities for developers of solar, wind and storage projects.

US must declare war on climate for energy transition to accelerate

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 1, 2021 | Australia, Comment, Commercial, Demand response, Efficiency, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Funding, Hydrogen, International, Interviews, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, VPPs, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

To lead by example, the United States should declare war on the inefficient use of dirty energy, US-based Australian entrepreneurs Danny Kennedy and Saul Griffith told a Spark Club event.

SA Power Networks responds to ‘What solar traffic jam?’ feature

by EcoGen Editor | May 31, 2021 | Comment, Renewables, Solar | 0 |

The South Australian network, which hosts a vast amount of rooftop solar, has its say about what networks are doing to manage voltage on the grid.

Batteries hit their peak as gas phases out

by EcoGen Editor | May 30, 2021 | Comment, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

When it comes to electricity peaking services, batteries beat gas hands down, writes Clean Energy Council CEO Kane Thornton.

Trust us, VPPs are the way of the future: SAPN report

by EcoGen Editor | May 28, 2021 | Australia, Commercial, Demand response, Efficiency, For Consumers, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, VPPs | 0 |

A trial of a 1,000-battery virtual power plant on the South Australian network has boosted solar exports, supplied much-needed services to the grid and earned tidy revenue.