Solar | EcoGeneration

Investment risk in renewables … seeking value in a frothy green market

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 30, 2021 | Australia, Comment, Commercial, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, PPAs, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Transmission, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Clean energy is growing in the grid but there is still plenty of risk for big investors.

Follow the sun … how tracking stacks up in utility-scale PV

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 28, 2021 | Australia, Commercial, For Installers, PPAs, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

Tracking has taken off with developers of solar plants but there is a lot to know about this simple technology.

Things will get worse before they get better … how curtailment and restrictive MLFs will precede the dawn of renewable energy zones

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 26, 2021 | Australia, Commercial, Demand response, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Transmission, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Grid constraints are symptoms of an energy system in transition, say analysts. A balancing act of new supply and transmission will see bumps along the way.

Obey your master … how algorithms can steer a neighbourhood battery

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 23, 2021 | Commercial, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs | 0 |

Research shows that if energy professionals and customers agree on what they expect a community battery to do, engineers can write performance algorithms to suit those objectives.

To the limit … ANU lab open for extreme (or mundane) DER testing

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 22, 2021 | Commercial, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Hydrogen, Ocean Power, PPAs, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs, Waste-to-energy, Wind | 0 |

Dull or extraordinary grid conditions can be conjured to stress test clean energy equipment at the ANU’s laboratory dedicated to distributed energy resources.

Autonomous Energy looks for a clean start after mixing with Bill Papas

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 21, 2021 | Commercial, Company Updates, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Interviews, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

A leading C&I solar company is focused on business as usual having found itself briefly under the ownership of an alleged fraudster.

Light touch … adapting C&I solar for rooftops that can’t take the strain

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 20, 2021 | Australia, Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

Solar installers who try to cut corners by avoiding stringent structural assessments risk the reputation of the entire industry – and can miss out on proving themselves in the tough C&I sector.

RACV Solar’s 800kW PV-and-storage upgrade for Holmesglen TAFE

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 16, 2021 | Commercial, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

RACV Solar has partnered with Holmesglen Institute to deliver an energy solution and training facility worthy of turning out tomorrow’s solar workers.

AEMC opens the door to welcome battery-owners as grid participants

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 15, 2021 | Commercial, Demand response, For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs | 0 |

The AEMC has proposed a rule change that could ease the way for owners of battery storage to participate in the energy market.

Wind farm data cruncher turns out a 45% better 5-minute forecast

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 14, 2021 | Australia, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

An Australian university has developed software that by increasing accuracy of five-minute forecasts can push down associated liabilities to the NEM.

The rocky road for LGCs to 2030 and beyond

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 12, 2021 | Commercial, Efficiency, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, PPAs, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs | 0 |

Could there be a second life for Large-scale Generation Certificates once the Renewable Energy Target scheme matures?

Deciding our distributed energy future

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 7, 2021 | Australia, Comment, Commercial, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Storage, Transmission, VPPs | 0 |

The debate around the regulatory reform of distributed energy resources will help decide the future direction of Australia’s electricity system, writes Clean Energy Council CEO Kane Thornton.