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Part II: Is AEMO’s 2020 Integrated System Plan up to the job?

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 10, 2020 | Australia, Bioenergy, Commercial, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Waste-to-energy, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

What do you think of AEMO’s 2020 Integrated System Plan? Here’s what EcoGeneration’s energy antenna picked up from its network of women experts in solar, storage, academia, government and data-crunching.

Power in the cloud … how Vector’s data deal can release value

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 7, 2020 | Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

New Zealand energy company Vector’s deal with Amazon Web Services will unlock a storm of usage data for retailers and networks to pick through for consumer behaviour insights.

Part I: Is AEMO’s 2020 Integrated System Plan up to the job?

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 5, 2020 | Australia, Bioenergy, Comment, Commercial, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Waste-to-energy, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

What do you think of AEMO’s 2020 Integrated System Plan? Here’s what EcoGeneration’s energy antenna has picked up so far from its network of experts in solar, storage, academia, government and data-crunching.

Big-end solar installers bend with the times as sun sets on Todae

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 27, 2020 | Commercial, Company Updates, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

The failure of one of Australia’s largest C&I solar installers highlights the risks in a sector where competition is fierce.

The revenue squeeze about to push solar off a cliff

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 24, 2020 | Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

A Green Energy Markets report prepared for AEMO predicts forces are aligned against the PV industry.

Save our solar … the narrow road to economic PV recycling

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 21, 2020 | Australia, Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

Is it worth the bother to keep old solar panels out of landfill? Sure it is, if they can be reborn as something better. Jeremy Chunn looks at possibilities for end-of-life PV.

McCain banks on 8.2MW behind-the-meter system with 39% energy savings in sight

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 15, 2020 | Australia, Bioenergy, Commercial, Electric Vehicles, For Installers, PPAs, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Waste-to-energy | 0 |

The renowned chips and pizza maker is turning a facility in Victoria green to suit its global renewables ambitions.

On a roll … the lightweight solar solution that can take PV to new places

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 15, 2020 | Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar | 0 |

A printable and recyclable form of solar technology developed at the University of Newcastle puts power out there.

Across the border and back again … the solar installer who grapples with two networks a day

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 13, 2020 | Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

Albury-based installer Tristan Norling splits his time between Victoria and NSW. He finds energy solutions in the two states can be very different.

Remember that you’re a sparky first when it comes to solar standards

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 12, 2020 | Comment, Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

While solar is governed by its own set of standards, installers must ensure they comply with all the relevant electrical standards, particularly AS/NZS3000:2018, writes Thomas Seymour.

How to buy a very, very large batch of solar panels

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 11, 2020 | Australia, Comment, Commercial, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

Dr Michelle McCann takes a deep(ish) dive into module procurement and quality assurance, from specification through to monitoring on the farm.

Power to the people: why demand response for big users is a bonus for the rest of us

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 22, 2020 | Commercial, For Consumers, Policy, PPAs, Solar | 0 |

The wholesale demand response mechanism is a breakthrough for all consumers, writes AEMC acting executive general manager of retail and wholesale markets Michael Bradley. If the NEM could speak, it too would offer a sigh of gratitude.