Renewables, Solar
NT solar program hits 10-site target to offset 1m litres of diesel a year
The Solar Energy Transformation Program managed by Northern Territory network Power and Water has completed and commissioned 10 tranche one solar installations.
Renewables, Solar, Storage
Townsville home-buyers tick solar PV and Powerwall 2 energy storage option
Prospective home-buyers in a Townsville development are insuring against rising electricity prices by ticking the option for houses with solar and battery energy storage.
Australia, Projects, Solar Projects
Neoen-EnergyAustralia sign 100MW PPA on NSW solar project
French energy company Neoen has agreed on a deal with energy retailer EnergyAustralia covering 100MW of the renewable energy generated from its Coleambally solar farm in NSW.
Australia, Projects, Solar Projects, Wind Projects
Major projects roundtable: Building Australia’s clean energy backbone
ROUNDTABLE | The renewable energy construction boom is upon us, with more than $7 billion in projects underway or about to start this year. EcoGeneration spoke with three of the biggest companies involved in building out the nation’s transition to clean energy – ACCIONA, RCR Tomlinson and Elecnor – about the task ahead.
Comment, Company Updates, Renewables
The rise of conscious business
Don’t ask businesses what they do, writes Paul Lyons, ask why they do it.
Efficiency, Renewables, Solar, Storage
Demand response, the opportunity for energy consumers to switch to supply
The potential for electricity users to ease stress on the grid by turning down consumption during peak events is seen as an easy solution to our energy woes, writes Jeremy Chunn.
Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Solar
All-Energy 2017 – get set for the power pow-wow
The year’s biggest renewable energy exhibition and conference brings all the latest in ideas and technology to Melbourne. Don’t miss it.
Comment, Policy, Renewables, Solar Projects
You can’t hold communities back from the logic of clean energy
The Finkel Review provided direction from above but it is community groups that are spearheading the shift to renewables, writes Heather Smith.
Comment, Interviews, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage
Batteries and synthetic inertia, it can be done: Jacobs
Jacobs group manager of power transmission and distribution Dr Kerim Mekki talks about the possibilities of utility-scale storage and why Australia reminds him of Africa.
Efficiency, Renewables