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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...
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...
What the victorian default offer means for the future of embedded networks
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Embedded Networks, Energy Networks, Features, Microgrids, Technical, 0With many Victorians doing it tough this year, cheaper prices for utilities is always welcome news. In July 2020,...
Unlocking microgrid opportunities in regional and remote Australia
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Energy Networks, Features, Microgrids, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, Wave, Wind, 0Regional and Indigenous communities will benefit from more secure, affordable and reliable energy with the Federal Government supporting feasibility...
The macro impacts of Australian microgrids
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Energy Networks, Features, Hydro, Microgrids, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, Wave, Wind, 0By Imogen Hartmann, Assistant Editor, Energy magazine With Australia’s relatively small population being spread across large, remote geographical areas,...
Broken Hill to pioneer renewable, mini-grid supply
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Microgrids, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, 0Transgrid has released a Project Assessment Draft Report (PADR), recommending a backup storage supply for the town of Broken...
Transition to a two-sided market: How the Monash Microgrid can help
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Energy Networks, Microgrids, News, Opinion, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Dr Mohsen Khorasany, Research Fellow, Monash University Recent technology advances and the increasing uptake of distributed energy resources in Australia...
Western Australia launches roadmap for DER integration
Kim Ho, , Batteries & Storage, Customer, Distributed Generation, Electric Vehicles, Electricity, Energy Networks, Features, Microgrids, Policy, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, 1Rooftop solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles and microgrids are transforming Western Australia’s electricity system. These small-scale devices, known as...
Government backs microgrid projects for remote communities
Eliza Booth, , Asset Management, Energy Efficiency, Energy Networks, Microgrids, News, Projects, Renewables, Technical, 0Regional and remote communities are set to benefit from more secure, affordable and reliable energy with the Federal Government...
Plans for Cairns hi-tech energy facility underway
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Energy Networks, Microgrids, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, 0Design and construction of the $6 million Microgrid and Isolated Systems Test facility in Cairns has now officially commenced....
Insights from a renewable energy powerhouse: exploring India’s smart and integrated power grid transformation
Eliza Booth, , Energy Networks, Microgrids, Partner Solutions, 0India’s microgrid market is rapidly emerging, driven by multiple factors, including chronically unreliable main utility grids and ambitious government...
New microgrid tech brings solar energy to Melbourne renters
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Energy Networks, Microgrids, News, Renewables, Solar, 0Ovida has launched the first site of its $2.3million Community Energy Hubs project – a 52-resident community housing apartment...
Renewable energy leaps forward in remote Onslow
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Energy Networks, Gas, Microgrids, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, 0The remote town of Onslow in the Pilbara region, Western Australia has successfully commissioned a one megawatt solar farm...
SA Virtual power plant contributes to a secure and reliable network
Eliza Booth, , Asset Management, Batteries & Storage, Community Engagement, Construction, Customer, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Energy Networks, Microgrids, News, Projects, Renewables, Smart Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0The Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) virtual power plant (VPP) trial is performing strongly and is showing how distributed...
Daintree microgrid feasibility study delivered
Eliza Booth, , Electricity, Energy Networks, Microgrids, News, Policy, Projects, Smart Energy, Sustainability, 0A feasibility study to allow Daintree Renewable Energy to take a new 100 per cent renewable microgrid project for...
Electricity grid of the future one step closer with research partnership
Eliza Booth, , Electricity, Energy Networks, Engineering, Microgrids, News, Projects, Technical, 0University of Wollongong (UOW) and Endeavour Energy have signed a new research partnership that will provide $1.1 million of...
Power Ledger signs deal for South Australian VPPs
Eliza Booth, , Batteries & Storage, Community Engagement, Customer, Distributed Generation, Electricity, Embedded Networks, Energy Efficiency, Energy Networks, Microgrids, News, Powerlines, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, 0Energy trading software company, Power Ledger, has partnered with Australian electricity wholesaler, Powerclub, for the large scale roll out...
Reforms proposed to protect off-grid customers
Eliza Booth, , Asset Management, Batteries & Storage, Community Engagement, Customer, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Energy Networks, Microgrids, News, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0A new report released by the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) on 31 October has proposed reforms to help...
New program supports regional microgrid feasibility studies
Eliza Booth, , Asset Management, Batteries & Storage, Community Engagement, Construction, Customer, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Energy Networks, Microgrids, News, Projects, Renewables, Smart Energy, Smart Grid, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Technical, 0The first step in unlocking investments in microgrids for regional areas has begun with the Australian Government’s $50 million...
Energy management solutions & services focus at major energy expo
admin, , Energy Efficiency, Events, Microgrids, Partner Solutions, 0Taking place at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre, from the 23-24 October, Energy Efficiency Expo is a free-to-attend...
Cutting edge technology delivers reliable stand-alone power
admin, , Energy Networks, Microgrids, Partner Solutions, Solar, 0In April 2019, Optimal Group was selected by Western Power to provide their PowerPlus Hybrid Remote Power System for...
Industrial microgrid to be built in WA
admin, , Batteries & Storage, Energy Networks, Microgrids, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, 0Enwave Australia has been appointed by the Western Australian Government to develop Australia’s first ever industrial renewable energy microgrid...
Wave energy technology trial receives $4 million in ARENA funding
admin, , Electricity, Energy Networks, Microgrids, News, Projects, Renewables, Wave, 0A pilot-scale wave energy converter off the coast of King Island, Tasmania, has received $4 million in funding from...
Microgrid powers Australia’s largest naval base
admin, , Batteries & Storage, Energy Networks, Microgrids, News, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, 0Australia’s largest naval base, HMAS Stirling, will now be powered by renewable energy produced by the Garden Island Microgrid....
by Terry Mohn, Chairman, International Microgrid Association The microgrid industry has grown at a rapid speed over the last...
Registration for Australia’s leading clean energy event has launched
admin, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Events, Microgrids, Partner Solutions, Renewables, Smart Grid, 0All-Energy Australia, the nation’s most comprehensive clean and renewable energy event, has announced the launch of visitor registration for...
Microgrid-powered gold mine an Australian first
admin, , Batteries & Storage, Energy Networks, Gas, Microgrids, News, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Wind, 0ARENA, on behalf of the Australian Government, will provide $13.5 million in funding for what will be the first...
The International Microgrid Association (IMA) is an industry-first organisation championing the decentralised energy future through microgrids, and intends to...
Daintree to establish first solar to hydrogen-based microgrid
admin, , Electricity, Energy Networks, Hydrogen, Microgrids, News, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, 0The Daintree Rainforest community has unveiled plans to establish Australia’s first solar to hydrogen-based microgrid. Federal Energy Minister, Angus...
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