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Tasmania identifies potential Marinus Link converter station site
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Spotlight, 0TasNetworks and the Burnie City Council have identified the old Tioxide site at Heybridge as a potential location for...
Tasmania announces hydro and energy developments
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Energy Networks, Hydrogen, News, Projects, Renewables, 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, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, 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, Energy 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, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, 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, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, 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, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, 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, Emissions reduction, Energy Networks, Gas, News, Projects, Renewables, 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, Energy Networks, Gas, Microgrids, News, Projects, Renewables, 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, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Energy and Water Ombudsman NSW (EWON) has published a report, highlighting the needs for the energy sector to...
Australian Wind Alliance re-launches as RE-Alliance
Imogen Hartmann, , Company news, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind, 0The Australian Wind Alliance is re-launching as RE-Alliance, a trusted, independent organisation that sits at the intersection of regional...
Victoria lays out new energy upgrades targets
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Energy 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, , Electricity, Energy Networks, Inspection, News, Powerlines, Projects, Spotlight, 0Powercor is commissioning two new helicopters to conduct vegetation and powerline inspections over Warrnambool, using a new scanning technology....
ACT beats emissions reduction goal
Imogen Hartmann, , Emissions reduction, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The ACT has surpassed an emissions reduction milestone of 40 per cent on 1990 levels, instead reaching a 45...
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...
Tasmania surpasses 100 per cent renewable energy target
Imogen Hartmann, , Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Tasmania has confirmed its status as a world leader in renewable energy generation, as it confirms that it is...
Queensland partners with Japan on renewable hydrogen facility
Imogen Hartmann, , Energy Networks, Hydrogen, News, Projects, Renewables, Sustainability, 0Queensland has secured a landmark partnership with Japan’s largest hydrogen company, in a strategy to position the state as...
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...
Walla Walla Solar Farm gains approval
Imogen Hartmann, , Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC) has granted development approval for FRV Services Australia to build the 300MW Walla...
Tasmania publishes Renewable Hydrogen Action Plan Status Report
Imogen Hartmann, , Energy Networks, Hydrogen, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, 0The Tasmanian Government has released a Renewable Hydrogen Action Plan Status Report, outlining how the state is tracking in...
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...
Lead contractor named in Western Australia’s new central energy hub
Eliza Booth, , Construction, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Western Australian Government has announced a lead contractor to build Western Power’s $50 million South-Metro depot in Forrestdale....
Cost-effective and time-optimised substation asset testing
Eliza Booth, , Asset Management, Energy Networks, Inspection, Partner Solutions, Uncategorized, 0By Maryam Khallaghi, OMICRON Australia Cutting down on the time required for testing directly results in efficiency and cost...
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...
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