The Internet of Things … a transformative force in the energy industry
Industrial energy users will have the most to gain as IoT and AI is incorporated into systems and processes, writes Ghian Oberholzer.
No ‘sudden drop’ for battery prices, but plenty of ‘intangible returns’: sonnen
Residential storage used smartly or connected in virtual power plants can unlock value in existing solar PV, says sonnen Australia managing director Nathan Dunn, but don’t expect any major price drops. Many solar installers struggle to come up with much of a sales...
High hopes with concentrated solar power: All-Energy panel
An energy solution gaining ground around the world that combines generation with storage was profiled during a panel session for All-Energy 2020.
Victoria’s energy efficiency booster shot is an example to follow
The Victorian government has unleashed close to $800 million in funding to show it is serious about energy efficiency at all levels.
ARENA’s Darren Miller on how to build a risk-filled renewables portfolio … ‘none of our investments are duds – even the ones that fail’
As head of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, Darren Miller is pushing the technologies that will support and deliver tomorrow’s clean energy grid.
Dreamy EV rollout or nightmare for the grid: All-Energy panel
As EVs very slowly replace petrol-powered cars, networks, consumers, infrastructure companies and policymakers must very quickly adapt their thinking and services.
Greenbacks for greenery … venture capital hears the call for clean energy
Climate-conscious venture capitalists are once again placing big bets on clean technology. Can they make money and protect the planet?
STC compliance a responsibility, not a choice: CEC
A crackdown on installers cutting corners when claiming STCs serves as a reminder of installers’ and designers’ responsibilities, writes Clean Energy Council risk and governance coordinator Leanne Nichols.
Fulfilling utility-scale PV module contracts in a choppy market
Solar module manufacturer Longi is carving out market share in the utility-scale sector as developers wrestle with the grid and competitors throw up challenges.
Integrating DER into the grid: All-Energy highlights
Distribution networks spoke about their efforts to accommodate higher levels of distributed energy resources into the grid during a session for All-Energy 2020.
NSW paves the way with $32bn roadmap to 12GW generation, 3GW storage by 2030
The NSW government has provided the incentive developers of wind and solar, and especially pumped hydro, were waiting for.
Members Energy’s plan to build the world’s largest VPP … ‘we are a classic disruptor’
As the economics of energy storage makes it appear more favourable, a battery sales company is planning what it hopes will be the country’s biggest virtual power plant.
Victoria to add 300MW Tesla battery
Victoria has taken energy matters into its own hands and approved a 300MW battery, to ease the way for generation from wind and solar projects into the grid.
CEC Solar Awards 2020 … brilliant thinking, powerful projects
The Clean Energy Council’s 2020 Solar Design and Installation Awards focused on PV systems that helped owners of commercial and industrial enterprises cut their ties with polluting generation in creative ways.
Whose battery is it anyway? … testing consumer appetite for VPPs
A study of consumer attitude to participation in virtual power plants highlights the difficulties aggregators may face.
‘The future is really bright for solar. We’re just getting started’: GSES’s Chris Martell
Global Sustainable Energy Solutions director of operations and engineering Chris Martell swapped techie defence work in the US for a clean start in Australia’s booming PV industry.
Crowd-power invited to fund army of sub-2MW PV plants
Komo Energy is looking to fund up to a hundred 500kW-2MW stand-alone solar farms supplying into the grid by offering shares to the public.
TransGrid to test synthetic inertia market with 75MWh Sydney battery
The NSW network hopes a Tesla grid battery will help steady to grid to take more renewables.
Early movers target 400MW behind-the-meter VPP, cite risk in front-of-meter storage value
As the storage market evolves owners of behind-the-meter assets will have greater flexibility to profit than on-grid facilities, says UK entrant.
The 40kWh, $34,750, 196kg hydrogen battery for the home
The first entrant into the hydrogen home battery market is made in Australia and ready for action.
Ikea PV-and-batteries microgrid targets 70% self-consumption and access to FCAS markets
The Adelaide outlet will use voltage-mastering technology to allow it to provide grid services to the local network.
Towards a two-sided market … the role for demand response in tomorrow’s grid: expert panel
The Energy Security Board has highlighted industrial load flexibility as an important potential contributor to grid stability. Is it a target we can hit? EcoGeneration asks a panel of experts to light the way forward.
SA Power Networks reaches for a 1.5GW solar dial
The South Australian network is working out a way to manage the largest source of generation in the state … rooftop PV.
Replace coal and gas exports with clean energy? It can be done … if the grid is 2,000% renewables: All-Energy
It may be possible, if the technology is affordable and agreements are in place, to switch from dirty energy exports to clean ones … if Australia generates more than 20 times the electricity it does today.
