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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, 0Tasmania 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...
Top stories from 2020
Imogen Hartmann, , COVID-19, Electricity, Gas, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0From extreme weather events wreaking havoc on networks, to the global pandemic that saw the world change overnight, 2020...
APA Group moves into microgrids
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Gas, Microgrids, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0APA Group has launched a two-phased power expansion agreement with Western Australia’s Gruyere Gold Mine, to increase total installed...
Energy Ombudsman outlines plan for affordability crisis in new report
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Energy and Water Ombudsman NSW (EWON) has published a report, highlighting the needs for the energy sector to...
Victoria lays out new energy upgrades targets
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Spotlight, 0The State Government has set new targets for the Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) program and eligible technologies will be...
Powercor launches vegetation-inspecting helicopters
Imogen Hartmann, , Condition Assessment, Electricity, Networks, News, Powerlines, Projects, Spotlight, 0Powercor is commissioning two new helicopters to conduct vegetation and powerline inspections over Warrnambool, using a new scanning technology....
Moorabool Wind Farm turbine installations complete
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Wind, 0104 wind turbines have now been successfully installed at Goldwind Australia’s Moorabool Wind Farm, located approximately 25km south-east of...
DER marketplace trial launched
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, 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, 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, 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, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Wind, 0Genex has signed a Development Funding Agreement with Electric Power Development (J-POWER) to deliver the Kidston Stage 3 Wind...
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