Storage | EcoGeneration

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.

Wanted: 400,000 batteries at half price … the Canberra charge that could save our wasted solar

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 1, 2019 | Comment, Funding, Policy, Renewables, Solar, Storage | 0 |

Large-scale federal support for residential batteries would benefit everyone … although some consumers would need convincing.

1414 Degrees eyes Adelaide ‘smart farm’ for grid-scale thermal energy storage

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 1, 2019 | Renewables, Storage | 0 |

The project would see 1414 Degrees integrating its grid-scale storage solution, TESS-GRID, into a protected cropping farm development.

Storage to grow 120-fold in 20 years, pushed by utility-scale applications: BNEF

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 1, 2019 | Renewables, Storage | 0 |

Energy storage investments will boom as battery costs halve in the next decade, say the authors of a new report from BloombergNEF.

Queensland short-lists 10 wind, solar and battery projects in 400MW reverse auction

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 24, 2019 | Australia, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

The Queensland Government has short-listed 10 clean energy projects following a reverse auction for 400MW of capacity and up to 100MW of storage.

AEMO-ENA report finds $1bn of benefits in a distributed energy future

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 23, 2019 | Policy, Renewables, Solar, Storage | 0 |

Energy Networks Australia and the Australian Energy Market Operator have released a report which describes how all customers can benefit from fully integrating customer solar, battery and controllable devices into the electricity grid.

Renewables funding roundtable: Certainty is power

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 16, 2019 | Australia, Comment, Funding, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Australia’s transition from coal to clean energy won’t happen without investor support, but the risks are growing. EcoGeneration asked a panel of experts about the possible tremors ahead.

Stand-alone power systems tower over powerlines

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 15, 2019 | Australia, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

The future of electricity is being reinvented in Western Australia, writes Jeremy Wray of CPS National, who is working with Horizon Power to replace 54km of transmission with stand-alone power systems.