Storage | EcoGeneration

Jump in solar, wind and storage projects points to energy policy U-turn

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 20, 2019 | Australia, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind Projects | 0 |

Developers enthusiasm to back new clean energy projects in January and February is a vote of confidence something must change in Canberra.

EVs head for grid impact

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 19, 2019 | Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Renewables, Storage | 0 |

As petrol becomes a thing of the past the grid will need to be ready for the rapid rise of electric vehicles.

Horizon picks German battery-maker Senec for Onslow microgrid

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 19, 2019 | Australia, Company Updates, For Consumers, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

Subsidised residential storage will be centrally controlled as part of a microgrid that includes utility-scale gas and solar generation.

Research of large energy users highlights the possibilities for storage and flexible loads

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 18, 2019 | Commercial, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

Business can slash costs by complementing flexible loads with renewable energy sources, write researchers at the UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures and the Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity.

Storage war builds as solar and wind buffeted by ‘perfect storm’: Rystad round-up

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 12, 2019 | Australia, Policy, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

As the clean energy sector tears ahead on another year of record growth it is worth feeling around for tremors that could telegraph shock points down the track.

The NEM in 2035? It’ll look like this…

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 11, 2019 | Policy, Renewables, Solar, Storage, Wind | 0 |

How do you fix today’s grid to suit tomorrow’s generation and demand – a panel of experts imagines the NEM we’ll have in 2035.

Call that an EV? This is an EV… Volvo rolls out self-driving electric bus

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 7, 2019 | Company Updates, Renewables, Storage | 0 |

Volvo Buses has launched the world’s first full size, autonomous electric bus, a single-decker that can take close to 80 passengers.

Tremors in the pumped hydro pipeline

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 28, 2019 | Comment, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Storage | 0 |

So much potential, so much expense – a panel of experts considers pumped hydro and the future of the NEM.

Sydney Uni launches Gelion zinc-bromide scalable battery

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 28, 2019 | Renewables, Storage | 0 |

Researchers at the University of Sydney have launched a scalable zinc-bromide battery under the brand Gelion Technologies.

BSR EPC secures 33MW solar-and-storage contract in NT

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 27, 2019 | Australia, Company Updates, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

Regardless of the risk in the large-scale solar industry the sector is still attracting interest from around the world.

SA Water picks Enerven for $304m solar and storage project

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 21, 2019 | Australia, Company Updates, Funding, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

SA Water will invest in 154MW of solar and 34MWh of storage to help it cut its electricity bill to zero by 2020.

Australia on track for 50% clean energy by 2025, 100% by 2032: ANU

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 11, 2019 | Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, Solar, Storage, Wind | 0 |

Australia is installing renewable power per person each year faster than any other country, helping it to meet its entire Paris Agreement emissions reduction targets five years early.