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CEC Solar Awards finalist: Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, SA … the long load

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 20, 2021 | Commercial, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

Two goals were pursued at once: invest in business operations and put in the best tender possible.

CEC Solar Awards finalist: Shalom Catholic College, Bundaberg, Qld … a lesson in energy

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 19, 2021 | Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

The Tesla storage system is the first privately owned battery system to be engaging in the FCAS markets.

Maoneng’s journey from rooftop solar to major league storage

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 19, 2021 | Australia, Commercial, Company Updates, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, PPAs, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Transmission | 0 |

Maoneng has made a few quick turns during its short history. But the call to take part in the storage “boom cycle” has been heard loud and clear, CEO Morris Zhou tells EcoGeneration.

CEC Solar Awards finalist: 1 Bligh Street, Sydney CBD, NSW … high and mighty

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 18, 2021 | Commercial, For Installers, Residential, Solar, Solar | 0 |

Solar is a good match for office buildings but PV is still something of a rarity in central business districts.

CEC Solar Awards finalist: Aged care facility, Sydney, NSW … amid the pandemic

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 18, 2021 | Commercial, For Installers, Residential, Solar, Solar | 0 |

The company has delivered a stream of aged care facilities and has plenty more in the pipeline.

CEC Solar Awards finalist: Car showroom, Moorabbin Airport, Melbourne … premium performance

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 18, 2021 | Commercial, For Installers, Residential, Solar, Solar | 0 |

The system only covers half the roof because the client was keen to keep a simple, stylish street façade (which in no way suggests PV modules are unattractive!).

CEC Solar Awards finalist: Karratha Shopping Centre … as hot as it gets

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 18, 2021 | Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

The weather can be volatile around The Pilbara and the designers had to deliver a system that could stand up to extreme high winds.

Local network pricing and community storage a powerful combo: ANU

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 15, 2021 | Efficiency, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

If networks could charge for localised use of their service, all customers in areas with high PV and community-scale batteries would pay lower bills … with no cost to the network, research shows.

Australian-made electrolysers may sound glamorous, but competition will be fierce

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 13, 2021 | Australia, For Consumers, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, State Policy, Storage, Wind | 0 |

NSW’s commitment to attract $80bn of investment in hydrogen, along with so many other plans around the country, will encourage electrolyser-makers around the world. Andrew Forrest can expect stiff competition.

Andrew Forrest plans huge Qld clean energy plant, signs solar deal, plots against gas

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 12, 2021 | Australia, For Consumers, Funding, Hydrogen, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind | 0 |

The proposal for a factory in Gladstone is the most significant of Forrest’s plans for Fortescue Future Industries.

ARENA’s Darren Miller on what’s proven and what’s worth a shot

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 11, 2021 | Bioenergy, Commercial, Demand response, Efficiency, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, PPAs, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Transmission, VPPs, Waste-to-energy, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

There has to be a way to push the cost of solar 70% lower, the ARENA chief says, as surely as there are effective methods to capture and store carbon. But exporting hydrogen…?

ARENA seeks microgrids that can stand up for communities and stand up to nature

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 6, 2021 | Efficiency, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Hydrogen, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

ARENA’s Regional Australia Microgrid Pilots Program can improve the resilience and reliability of electricity supply in faraway places, says CEO Darren Miller.