Company Updates
EnergyAustralia backs Redback with $9.3m in development funding
Redback Technologies has attracted $9.3 million in investment from EnergyAustralia in a partnership aimed at developing its technology.
Company Updates
TOP-Energy auditing cuts bills in Australia and New Zealand
Local businesses are assured savings on their energy bills with the TOP-Energy auditing software, now available in Australia and New Zealand.
Comment
What caused South Australia’s blackout?
Wind was to blame for a blackout in South Australia, but not wind turbines, The Conversation reports.
Renewables
‘We’ve only just begun’ on commercial property energy efficiency: Menzel
The top end of town caught on to the benefits of energy efficiency pretty quickly, and now it’s time for the rest of the built environment to get with the program.
Renewables
Clean energy innovation and investment at All-Energy Australia
The latest technology and investor insights will be on show at Australia’s largest clean and renewable energy event, All-Energy Australia.
Projects
Wave, solar and storage to power WA island
Perth company Carnegie Wave Energy is set to design and build the world’s first renewable energy island microgrid that includes wave energy generation as part of the mix.
Comment
Closing Victoria’s Hazelwood power station is no threat to electricity supply
Victoria's brown coal Hazelwood station produces 5% of Australia's electricity and 3% of the country's carbon emissions, writes Dylan McConnell. If it was closed, energy could be easily found elsewhere.
Projects
Sugar mill plans on boost from $75m power plant
A sugar miller in Queensland plans to build a 24MW green power station near Mareeba, which is intended as the first of four, with capital spend of about $500 million.
Renewables
Booming energy efficiency market on agenda at National Energy Efficiency Conference
The Energy Efficiency Council has unveiled the line-up of speakers for the National Energy Efficiency Conference 2016 in Sydney on November 15 and 16.
Renewables