Northern Territory stimulus backs PV and storage
The territory’s Household and Business Battery Scheme has an initial budget for $800,000 or 130 batteries.
NSW pumped hydro plant could unlock New England Renewable Energy Zone
The study will examine the degree to which the proposed PHES plant could unlock further renewable energy investment and the development of the proposed New England REZ.
By 2050, hydrogen can cut emissions by 34%: BNEF
Use of clean hydrogen can help address the toughest third of global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, but only if net-zero emission goals and policies are set.
How should we think about a hydrogen economy?
It’s all very well to decarbonise the electricity sector but a zealous pursuit of hydrogen might be disproportionate to requirements, write Graham Palmer and Josh Floyd.
Will wind fill the gap?
If it’s 24-hour power we need, wind is way ahead of solar. But can these giant propellers fill most of the gap left by 23GW of coal power that needs to leave the NEM? Jeremy Chunn reports.
When one wind turbine is enough … a case study from the blustery far south
The Portland Wind Project in Victoria might be extra small but it proves the versatility of wind technology.
Genex signs 30-year storage offtake agreement with EnergyAustralia
The 30-year agreement includes a 10-year initial term and two subsequent 10-year options.
Covid-19 infects global renewables outlook … zero growth in 2020, 10% fall in 2021: Rystad
As populations around the world deal with the psychological and economic effects of the covid-19 epidemic the transition to renewable energy is expected to slow to a halt.
CEC calls for covid-19 stimulus to include renewables
The Clean Energy Council has called for federal and state responses to the covid-19 virus to support the continued rollout of rooftop solar and storage.
What the energy world needs now is data data data: ISF
Researchers and business owners eager to cut energy waste are flummoxed by a paucity of decent data, writes Joe Wyndham. Without it, what hope is there for fixing the world’s problems?
Cybrid rolls out life-extending PV solutions
PV investments rely on many variables and backsheet technology rates high among them. EcoGeneration visits the headquarters of Cybrid in China.
Auditors’ top five beefs with Victorian residential solar
The audit program overseeing Victoria’s Solar Homes program has highlighted five main defects installers can easily get right.
New heart in an old body … EV conversions keep car culture alive
Tinkerers are dropping electric donks into cool old cars to ensure motoring is not as dirty and never dull, writes Jeremy Chunn.
Connector confusion highlights solar industry grey areas
The introduction of the MC4-EVO-2 connector has created some uncertainty in the industry. James Patterson clears up the confusion.
Tomorrow’s brewers to tap the hydrogen they pour down the drain today
An electrolyser that can separate hydrogen from wastewater could signal a new injection of clean energy for industrial applications.
Financial impacts of voltage control inverter response modes
The effects of voltage irregularities are more sorely felt by owners of PV systems the farther they are along a line, writes GSES.
Peeking out from behind the meter
The potential in connected microgrids of distributed energy resources can’t be overlooked much longer, writes Shaun Scallan.
NSW sets out clean energy and energy efficiency plan for 2030, on track to net zero emissions by 2050
The NSW government’s Net Zero Plan Stage 1 is a green light to clean energy investment in the state.
Demand response in a distributed, decentralised, decarbonised and digitalised NEM: much more than “negawatts”
Consumers big and small stand to gain as the full market power of energy demand response is unleashed, writes Alan Rai of the AEMC.
JinkoSolar field test demonstrates gains for bifacial modules
Since 2018 Jinkosolar has been running a comparative test of its bifacial module and monofacial PV technology on a variety of mounting types and ground types.
NSW kickstarts community solar and storage with $15m in grant funding
The NSW Government is backing community solar and storage projects with $15 million in funding.
AEMC moves on demand response ruling ahead of an October start date
Participants in the new demand response market created by the rule change will have similar obligations to large-scale energy generators.
The AEMC’s five-minute settlement rule change … timebomb or energy price piñata?
It started as a simple suggestion to the AEMC, but the alignment of energy dispatch with financial settlement turned into a monster task that couldn’t stay in the too-hard basket any longer.
Payback calculator clears the air for PV investment
A company that helps homeowners source quotes from trusted PV installers has developed a tool that predicts a year’s bill impact.
