Renewables, Wind

GE unveils its largest onshore wind turbine

GE Renewable Energy has unveiled its new 4.8–158 onshore wind turbine, its largest high-efficiency turbine to date.
For Installers, Solar

Solar accreditation update: Tweaks to integrity of a busy industry

Clean Energy Council executive general manager installation integrity Sandy Atkins takes us through the changes to accreditation.
Australia, Projects, Renewables, Solar

Monash Uni’s solar thermal solution

Monash University’s large-scale solar thermal district heating system has hit its target, writes Simon Witts.
Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar

Shopping centres wake to the logic of solar PV embedded energy solutions

ReNu Energy CEO Chris Murray describes how his team is helping shopping centre tenants share the benefits of rooftop solar systems using behind-the-meter billing arrangements.
Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar

Commercial instinct keeps this Queensland installer connecting businesses with solar energy

Glen Bulled has done plenty of residential in his time but it’s the complexity of large systems that keeps him busy connecting south-east Queensland to clean energy.
Comment, Efficiency, Policy, Renewables

The day Australia was put on blackout alert

The only way the AEMO could be blunter in its report on the state of our electricity system would be to stick a neon sign on top of its Melbourne head office saying “The market has failed”.
Renewables, Solar, Storage

Energy innovation solutions will power the people towards greater reliance on renewables: CEC

A wave of new energy innovation will give greater control to electricity consumers and provides hope that power price relief for Australia’s homes and businesses is in sight, the Clean Energy Council said today.
Commercial, Solar

Businesses rush to install solar systems to combat high power prices

Commercial-scale solar systems are being installed at an unprecedented rate in South Australia as companies attempt to combat some of the most expensive electricity prices in the world.
Funding, Renewables, Solar, Storage

Industry partners sign on for trial of deX renewable energy trading platform

Thirty-seven industry partners will support the rollout of the decentralised energy exchange (deX), a software platform that will allow consumers who store their own renewable energy through home batteries to sell their excess electricity back to the grid.
Renewables, Solar, Storage

The street that’s breaking away from the pack … trading renewable energy in the Melbourne suburbs

A mini-grid project in suburban Melbourne is testing the possibilities of energy independence and consumers’ appetite for change, writes Alistair Parker.