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The trick to cutting FCAS costs for solar and wind plants

by EcoGen Editor | May 14, 2021 | Australia, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Owners of wind and solar plants who are struggling to understand or control FCAS costs may be underestimating the power of forecasting technology.

More clean energy plants, more insurance claims

by EcoGen Editor | May 10, 2021 | Australia, Comment, Commercial, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

As wind and solar projects are planned around the country all stakeholders need to understand the limits of project insurance, writes Richard Nunny.

Calling all bright sparks … Australian Technologies Competition opens doors for energy start-ups

by EcoGen Editor | May 10, 2021 | Bioenergy, Commercial, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Geothermal, Hydrogen, Ocean Power, PPAs, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs, Waste-to-energy, Wind | 0 |

The Australian Technologies Competition is open to energy start-ups, with applications closing May 24.

Paying Australia’s coal-fired power stations to stay open longer is bad for consumers and the planet

by EcoGen Editor | May 4, 2021 | Australia, Demand response, Efficiency, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

If coal-fired power stations are protected from competition, it will deter investment in cleaner alternatives.

Global offshore wind investment to top $US810bn by 2030

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 30, 2021 | Australia, International, Projects, Renewables, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Offshore wind is expected to be steadily added to grids around the world for the next nine years, a report from Rystad Energy shows.

‘We can’t kick these challenges any further down the road’: ESB’s shortlist for Australia’s essential transition to renewables

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 30, 2021 | Australia, For Consumers, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, VPPs, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

The Energy Security Board has released its wish list for the electricity grid it says Australia deserves to replace the 23GW of coal plant that is heading for an inevitable retirement.

This $1 billion energy deal promises to cut emissions and secure jobs. So why on earth is gas included?

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 28, 2021 | Australia, Comment, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

A deal between Canberra and South Australia that would allow more renewables into the NEM would also open the floodgates for gas.

AEMC calls for two-second FCAS market in preparation for greener, more volatile energy mix

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 22, 2021 | Commercial, Demand response, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Wind | 0 |

The Australian Energy Market Commission is preparing the way for changes needed in a market where system frequency will have fewer stable generators to rely on.

CEC clean energy report profiles a year of determined growth

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 30, 2021 | Australia, Commercial, For Consumers, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Looking back on 2020, the Clean Energy Council describes an industry that refused to let a global pandemic stand in its way.

Key reforms unlocking Australia’s renewable energy potential

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 27, 2021 | Australia, Comment, Hydrogen, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Crucial reforms currently underway suggest that 2021 will be a landmark year for Australia’s renewable energy transition, writes Clean Energy Council CEO Kane Thornton.

Doing nothing is no way to plan for the end of inertia

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 26, 2021 | For Consumers, Renewables, Solar, Storage, Wind | 0 |

As the grid moves inevitably towards heavy reliance on renewables and storage, the frequency-setting stability provided by spinning mass will have to be replaced by something smarter.