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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.

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.

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.

AEMO’s draft 2020 Integrated System Plan sets course for renewables: CEC

by EcoGen Editor | Dec 16, 2019 | Policy, Renewables, Solar, Storage, Wind | 0 |

The CEC has backed AEMO’s draft Integrated System Plan as a clear signal of encouragement for investment in clean energy.

‘My 20 years in renewables’ … reflections on the clean energy boom

by EcoGen Editor | Dec 16, 2019 | Australia, Comment, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Wind | 0 |

The clean energy sector is moving so fast it’s easy to forget how far we’ve come. Lacour Energy director Mark Rayner looks back at the past two decades in wonder.

‘Reach 80% renewables? Easy. 100%? Much harder…’

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 21, 2019 | Comment, Renewables, Solar, Storage, Wind | 0 |

Coal is out of favour with investors – and that’s what will tip the world towards renewables, says energy oracle Michael Liebreich.

Neoen to boost Hornsdale Power Reserve by 50%, 64.5MWh

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 20, 2019 | Australia, Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Neoen will expand its Hornsdale Power Reserve storage system in South Australia by 50%, a 64.5MWh expansion.

New Grid Reliability Fund a welcome boost to transmission investment: CEC

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 31, 2019 | Funding, Renewables, Solar, Storage, Wind | 0 |

A $1 billion top-up for the Clean Energy Finance Corporation can prepare the energy system for the shift from coal to renewable energy.

An offshore wind heads for Australia

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 31, 2019 | Projects, Renewables, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Australia’s first offshore wind project a step in the right direction, writes Kashish Shah.

Head in the air, feet on the ground: the highwire skills of a clean energy community relations coordinator

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 16, 2019 | Australia, Projects, Renewables, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Acciona’s Kirsten Lee sees both sides of the story from rural communities as they learn to live with the enormous wind projects that are slowly pushing coal aside.

Self-forecasting on the NEM: adopt early or hold on?

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 21, 2019 | Renewables, Solar, Wind | 0 |

While weighing an investment in forecast systems, plants owners have an opportunity to wait and see how the various methods are proven in the field, writes Dr Colin Bonner.

Australia, the natural energy exporter

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 16, 2019 | Australia, Comment, International, International, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Australia can become a major renewable energy exporter while helping energy deficient countries in Asia to reduce their use of fossil fuels, writes Amar Rathore.