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ARENA welcomes new board members
Laura Harvey, , Company news, Electricity, News, People & Appointments, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has welcomed three new members to its board of directors. Outgoing board members...
Funding for portable solar project
Laura Harvey, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will provide $289,725 in funding for Canberra-based ECLIPS Engineering to design, manufacture and...
NEG progresses to final design stage
Laura Harvey, , Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Policy, Renewables, Spotlight, 0The COAG Energy Council has agreed to progress to the final design stage for the National Energy Guarantee (NEG),...
Affordable energy plan for farmers
Laura Harvey, , Electricity, News, Professional Services, Spotlight, 0Queensland farmers can now apply to receive a free energy efficiency audit to help cut power bills as part...
The Northern Territory Government has removed the moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, following an extensive, independent and robust 18-month inquiry...
Possibly the coolest circuit breaker on the market
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, Partner Solutions, Technical, 0CBI circuit breakers utilise Hydraulic Magnetic technology which always carry 100% of rated current with the trip point unaffected by changes...
Joint venture to power renewables projects in WA
Laura Harvey, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Western Australian Government has approved a joint venture with Synergy, infrastructure investment company DIF and Australian industry super...
World-first hydrogen pilot project
Laura Harvey, , Electricity, Future Fuels, Hydro, News, Renewables, Spotlight, 0The Federal Government has announced it will invest $50 million into a world-first Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) pilot...
Basslink’s undersea power cable between Tasmania and Victoria will take an additional six weeks to fix. The Basslink cable...
Funding for future fuels research
Laura Harvey, , Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Training, 0The Federal Government’s Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) program has received $90 million in funding to secure its research program...
Abattoir to be powered by bioenergy
Laura Harvey, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, Waste-to-Energy, 0A Goulburn abattoir has teamed up with a Queensland energy provider to turn its waste into energy. The Australian...
The biggest barrier to microgrids
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, Energy Networks, Events, Microgrids, News, Renewables, 0The establishment of viable business cases for different applications is the main barrier to the continued uptake of microgrids...
New wind farm approved for NSW
Laura Harvey, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind, 0The NSW Government has approved the development of a new wind farm in the Upper Hunter region which is...
Sodium-ion may be key to mass battery production
Elisa Iannunzio, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, News, Renewables, Sustainability, 0Researchers at NSW’s University of Wollongong (UOW) Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials (ISEM) are developing a new sodium-ion...
Kidston solar stage two gets development approval
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, Hydro, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, 0The Etheridge Shire Council has given development approval (DA) for stage two of the Kidston solar project (K2-Solar). The...
Wind farm proposed for Kidston Solar Pumped Hydro project
Elisa Iannunzio, , Company news, Electricity, Hydro, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Wind, 0Genex Power has proposed the addition of a 150MW capacity wind farm to its solar plus pumped hydro Kidston...
AGL receives interest in the purchase of Liddell
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, Energy Networks, News, 0AGL has been approached by Alinta Energy expressing an interest in entering negotiations to acquire the Liddell Power Station...
Call to return to bipartisan energy policy in SA
Utility Journalist, , Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Policy, 1The energy industry has called on the South Australian Government to lead a return to a bipartisan energy strategy...
Queensland gas project to boost domestic gas supply
Utility Journalist, , Electricity, Energy Networks, Gas, News, 0Queensland-based oil and gas company Senex Energy has been granted a petroleum lease and preliminary environmental approvals to develop...
The CEO and Managing Director of ReNu Energy, Chris Murray, has stepped down immediately due to personal reasons. The...
Improving short-term forecasting for wind and solar
Utility Journalist, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, Wind, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is seeking expressions of interest for projects to trial short-term forecasting from large-scale...
Electricity prices higher since generator closure
Utility Journalist, , Electricity, Energy Networks, Gas, News, Retail, 0Wholesale electricity prices in Victoria and South Australia have risen since the closure of the Hazelwood Power Station in...
Tour the Hornsdale Power Reserve at energy storage conference
Elisa Iannunzio, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Energy Networks, Events, Hydro, News, Renewables, Solar, 0South Australia is leading the way in renewable and energy storage with the state investing in major energy projects....
Basslink Interconnector service outage
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Renewables, 0A third-party contractor has damaged a piece of equipment while carrying out planned maintenance on the Basslink Interconnector causing...
Energy Networks Australia has acknowledged the latest Grattan Institute report and its rejection of risky regulatory intervention that would...
New trial for carbon storage technology
Utility Journalist, , Asset Management, Electricity, News, Solar, 0A fleet of wind and solar-powered autonomous vehicles that will be used to capture valuable ocean data in Australian...
New approach to network regulation being tested
Utility Journalist, , Electricity, Energy Networks, News, 0The Australian Energy Regulator (AER), Energy Consumers Australia and Energy Networks Australia have released an enhanced, more open approach...
First independent review of Energy Consumers Australia
Utility Journalist, , Electricity, Energy Networks, News, 0The COAG Energy Council will conduct the first independent review of Energy Consumers Australia following its first three years...
New SA Minister for Energy welcomed by industry
Utility Journalist, , Asset Management, Electricity, Energy Networks, News, People & Appointments, 0South Australia’s new Minister for Energy and Mining has been sworn in following the election of the new Liberal...
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