104 wind turbines have now been successfully installed at Goldwind Australia’s Moorabool Wind Farm, located approximately 25km south-east of...
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DER marketplace trial launched
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Spotlight, 0The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has partnered up with AusNet Services and Mondo, with financial support from Australian...
Round Two of Regional and Remote Communities Reliability Fund set to open
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Federal Government will open Round Two of the Regional and Remote Communities Reliability Fund on 16 December, with...
AEMC appoints new Chair
Imogen Hartmann, , Company news, Electricity, Energy Networks, News, People & Appointments, Spotlight, 0The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has appointed a new Chair. Leading energy sector lawyer and innovator Anna Collyer...
Genex signs wind deal with Japanese power company
Imogen Hartmann, , Company news, Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Wind, 0Genex has signed a Development Funding Agreement with Electric Power Development (J-POWER) to deliver the Kidston Stage 3 Wind...
WA to house Australia’s first renewable hydrogen microgrid
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Energy Networks, Hydrogen, Microgrids, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will provide $2.6 million in funding for Horizon Power to build Australia’s first...
Snowy 2.0 grid infrastructure investment
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Energy Networks, Hydrogen, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, 0The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will invest $125 million in the development of Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro critical...
Victoria announces $1.6 billion clean energy investment
Eliza Booth, , Batteries & Storage, COVID-19, Electricity, Emissions reduction, Energy Networks, News, Renewables, Smart Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind, 0The Victorian Government has unveiled in its 2020/21 Budget a $1.6 billion clean energy investment – the largest investment...
Fed, VIC governments combine for interconnector
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Powerlines, Spotlight, 0The Federal Coalition and Victorian Labor governments have come together, revealing a part agreement to jointly underwrite early works...
Five ways Australia’s energy technology will change in the next decade
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Energy Networks, Microgrids, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Virtual Power Plants, 0Australia’s energy landscape is ever-changing, thanks to new and emerging technologies and resources. The popularity of solar panels and...
Shaping the energy sector with next-gen forecasting methodology
Imogen Hartmann, , Asset Management, Disaster Management, Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Spotlight, 0For many Australians, 2020 has been shaped by many unprecedented events – from a widespread and severe bushfire season...
ARENA funds wind turbine technology in telecommunications
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Wind, 0Diffuse Energy is set to demonstrate its innovative micro wind turbine technology’s effectiveness thanks to $341,990 in funding from...
AGL to undertake EV charging trial
Imogen Hartmann, , Electric Vehicles, Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is providing $2.9 million in funding for a large-scale electric vehicle (EV) charging...
Batteries in the burbs: exploring the potential
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Batteries & Storage, Distributed Generation, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Features, Renewables, Smart Energy, Software, Solar, Sustainability, Wind, 0A team at the Australian National University has undertaken a significant project to explore the potential benefits of community...
Victoria offers additional rebates for rooftop solar
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Victorian Government has doubled down on its support for rooftop solar, offering additional rebates for rooftop solar and...
Harnessing the power of biosolids to make hydrogen
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Electricity, Features, Hydrogen, Projects, Renewables, Sustainability, Technical, Waste-to-Energy, 0Hydrogen is being hailed as having the power to accelerate the global transition to renewable energy. In an exciting...
Ausgrid undertakes challenging underwater fault operation
Imogen Hartmann, , Company news, Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Spotlight, 0Ausgrid crews have undertaken a challenging operation to fix an underwater electricity cable fault in Pittwater on Sydney’s northern...
Maximising solar by rethinking pv panel orientation
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Distributed Generation, Electricity, Features, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, 0Traditionally, solar PV panels have been orientated in a northerly direction, towards the equator. But new research from the...
South Australia invests $60 million in energy efficient government buildings
Imogen Hartmann, , Company news, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The South Australian Government is making a $60 million two-year investment into improved energy efficiency in government buildings to...
First Western Australian Advocacy for Consumers of Energy grants awarded
Imogen Hartmann, , Company news, Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Spotlight, 0The first Energy Western Australian Advocacy for Consumers of Energy (WA ACE) funding grants have been awarded, totalling almost...
AEMO set to apply market reform by October 2021
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Spotlight, 0Several critical market and regulatory reform initiatives are set to be implemented by the Australia Energy Market Operator (AEMO)...
REZ and pumped hydro key in NSW’s energy future
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Energy Networks, Hydro, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Wind, 0The NSW Government has released its Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap, which outlines a plan to inject over 9,000 jobs and...
BOM, Powerlink partner for weather-informed network management
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Spotlight, 0The Bureau of Meteorology and Powerlink have formed a partnership to use weather-based planning to inform Queensland’s transmission network...
WA Opposition proposes boost to electricity market competition
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Spotlight, 0The Western Australian Opposition has launched a proposal to increase competition in the state’s electricity market under its Plan...
NT big battery procurement process commences
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Territory Generation has begun conducting a two-part procurement process for a new $30 million 35MW Battery Energy Storage System...
AER extends energy customers COVID-19 protection
Imogen Hartmann, , COVID-19, Customer, Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Retail, Spotlight, 0The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has published its Statement of Expectations 3, which extends protections for customers in financial...
ABS confirms cheaper electricity prices
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Spotlight, 0The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ (ABS) Consumer Price Index (CPI) update has outlined a drop in electricity prices in...
Winner announced for Industry Contribution Award
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, 0The 2020 Energy Networks Australia (ENA) Industry Contribution Award winner has been revealed. Endeavour Energy Deputy Chief Executive Officer...
Powerlines undergrounded on Mornington Peninsula
Imogen Hartmann, , Asset Management, Disaster Management, Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Powerlines, Projects, Safety, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0United Energy has ungrounded 600m of high voltage powerlines in one of the highest risk bushfire areas along the...
AEMO launches global power consortium
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Australia Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has announced the launch of the Global Power System Transformation Consortium (G-PST). Speaking...
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