The Energy Charter has appointed a new Chair of the CEO Council for 2021. Managing Director of Jemena, Frank...
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Record low emissions from electricity
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has published its Quarterly Energy Dynamics (QED) report for Q4 2020, highlighting record...
WA awards $17 million stand-alone power system contracts
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind, 0The Western Australian Government has awarded $17 million worth of contracts under a program to roll out 98 stand-alone...
Mega energy class action against QLD generators
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, News, Policy, Retail, Spotlight, 0Law firm Piper Alderman has filed the nation’s largest energy class action suit, on behalf of over 50,730 electricity...
New energy deal to bring large-scale battery to Melbourne CBD
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Community-scale battery storage in the Melbourne CBD and inner-city suburbs is a step closer thanks to a recently signed...
Renewable Energy Hub’s first virtual storage deal complete
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The first transaction of Renewable Energy Hub’s new ‘Virtual Storage’ electricity swap has been carried out between Hydro Tasmania...
$11 million CopperString 2.0 boost
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, Powerlines, Projects, Spotlight, 0The Federal Government has announced an $11 million investment to progress the CopperString 2.0 project to Final Investment Decision...
WA awards $2.6 million worth of clean energy grants
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Western Australian Government has awarded grants worth over $2.6 million to two Goldfields-based projects in the first round...
AER issues infringements for alleged NER breaches
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, Policy, Spotlight, 0Following eight infringement notices issued by the Australian Energy Regulator (AER), three AGL retailers have paid penalties totalling $160,000...
Solar provides clean energy and tree protection
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Victorian Government has officially opened Goulburn Valley’s Tatura SmartFarm and announced a new program which will measure the...
Power system rule change fast-tracked
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Spotlight, 0The fast-tracking of a rule change requested by federal and state energy ministers, aimed at better identifying emerging risks...
Report: Canberra solar generation spikes
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The ACT Government has published its 2019-20 annual Feed-in Tariff report, indicating an increase in Canberra’s solar generation by...
New $16 million energy hub bound for Albany
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 0The Western Australian Government has announced plans for a new $16 million energy hub in Albany. Western Power’s state-of-the-art...
AGL reveals big battery project suppliers
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Two energy storage technology companies have been chosen by AGL to supply approximately 1,000MW of grid-scale battery storage under...
Major Victorian energy supplier to call Innovation Centre home
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Spotlight, 0Alinta Energy, one of Victoria’s largest energy suppliers, will soon establish its customer operations at the newly completed Innovation...
Energy rebates for vulnerable Queenslanders
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Retail, Spotlight, 0The Queensland Government is urging vulnerable Queenslanders to check if they’re eligible to receive electricity and gas rebates, worth...
Powerlink Queensland to conduct helicopter inspections of network
Imogen Hartmann, , Asset Management, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Spotlight, 0Powerlink Queensland is set to commence helicopter inspections over the coming months, to maintain reliability and safety in its...
Plans for nation’s biggest battery take shape
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Plans for Australia’s biggest potential battery are progressing as Origin Energy takes the next step towards its 700MW battery...
Electricity prices to drop, report says
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, Sustainability, 0The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has released its 2020 Residential Electricity Price Trends Report, forecasting a continuous decline...
National Energy Market undergoes review with two key publications
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Energy Security Board (ESB) has released its Post-2025 Market Design Directions Paper and its Health of the NEM...
Resources and energy report forecasts a strong export outlook
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Gas, Networks, News, Spotlight, 0The Federal Government released its December Resources and Energy Quarterly in late 2020, indicating an improvement in the outlook...
$13 million WA energy scheme launched
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Sustainability, 0The Western Australian Government has launched a $13 million Household Energy Efficiency Scheme to support reduced energy costs for...
Tasmania identifies potential Marinus Link converter station site
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Spotlight, 0TasNetworks and the Burnie City Council have identified the old Tioxide site at Heybridge as a potential location for...
Contract awarded for Melbourne treatment plant solar farm
Eliza Booth, , Asset Management, Civil Construction, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0Work is set to begin on the construction of a 19MW solar farm at Melbourne Water’s Eastern Treatment Plant...
Tasmania announces hydro and energy developments
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Hydrogen, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 1Tasmania has announced two major energy developments, including the selection of a pumped hydro site, and a major Federal-State...
Financing progresses new Queensland battery storage system
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 0Vena Energy will soon install a new battery storage system (BESS) in Queensland, after ING Australia provided financing for...
Federal Government intervenes in Victorian energy market
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, Policy, Projects, Spotlight, 0The Federal Government intervened in Victoria’s energy market, underwriting revenue at the Portland aluminium smelter in exchange for the...
Interest swells in Queensland REZs
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind, 0The Queensland Government has reported high numbers of expressions of interest submissions in its renewable energy zones, set to...
Western Power to inject 50MW into SWIS
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Western Power has announced a proposed investment in up to an extra 50MW of battery storage for the South...
SA gets Australia’s first utility-scale vanadium flow battery
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will provide $5.7 million in funding to Yadlamalka Energy to install Australia’s first...
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