Stage one of a $3.4 million solar project is now underway at Black Rock in Victoria that will see...
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The Victorian Government has released its Energy Efficiency and Productivity Strategy which reflects the Government’s commitment to improving energy...
New Smart Energy Council created
Utility Journalist, , Company news, News, Renewable Energy, Smart Energy, 0Two Australian energy councils have combined to become the Smart Energy Council. The Australian Solar Council and the Energy...
Is the future of renewables in energy storage systems?
Utility Journalist, , Batteries & Storage, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA) has released a report commissioned by Dr Alan Finkel on the role...
Almost half of Rottnest Island powered by renewables
Utility Journalist, , News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, Wind, 0The Water and Renewable Energy Nexus Project (WREN) has enabled renewable energy for almost half the power at Rottnest...
Connection agreement signed for TAS windfarm
Utility Journalist, , Company news, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Wind, 0TasNetworks has signed a connection agreement with Goldwind Australia for the Wild Cattle Hill Windfarm in Tasmania. Part of...
$5 million in pumped hydro funding
Utility Journalist, , Company news, Electricity, Hydro Power, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, 0Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced up to $5 million in funding to help Genex bring the world’s first...
Joint venture launches innovative pilot program
Utility Journalist, , Batteries & Storage, Company news, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Smart Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0An innovative pilot program as part of a joint venture between Horizon Power and Landcorp has launched for residents...
$150 million in financing for Lincoln Gap wind farm
Utility Journalist, , News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Wind, 0The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has committed $150 million in debt finance to stage one of the Lincoln...
SA power plant delivered before 2017 summer
Utility Journalist, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, 0South Australia’s new power plant will give the state access to an additional 276 MW of electricity generation and...
Auction to deliver renewable energy for Victoria
Utility Journalist, , Electricity, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0An Australian Government renewable energy auction is expected to deliver up to 650 MW of large-scale renewable energy for...
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) must keep the power system stable and securely operating at a frequency close...
$5 million funding for renewables
Utility Journalist, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, 0Applications for the International Engagement Program funding round are open. The Australian Government, through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency...
QLD Labor re-election commitment on gas exploration
Utility Journalist, , Company news, Gas, News, Policy, 0Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Dr Anthony Lynham, has stated that a re-elected State Labor Government would release...
Powering Queensland’s Future plan released
Utility Journalist, , News, Policy, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, 0The Queensland Labor Party has released its renewable energy policies for the upcoming Queensland election in the form of...
Lincoln Gap Wind Farm reaches financial close
Utility Journalist, , Electricity, News, Projects, Spotlight, Wind, 0Nexif Energy’s Lincoln Gap Wind Farm located near Port Augusta in South Australia has reached financial close for the...
Swan Hill Solar Farm reaches financial close
Utility Journalist, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Uncategorized, 0Impact Investment Group’s $32 million Swan Hill Solar Farm located in northern Victoria has reached financial close, and once...
Preferred suppliers appointed for hybrid renewable power station
Utility Journalist, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Wind, 0DP Energy has appointed preferred suppliers to develop stage one of its Port Augusta Renewable Energy Park, which will...
CSIRO invests in hydrogen technologies
Utility Journalist, , Company news, Hydro Power, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, 0CSIRO will invest $27 million to create two Future Science Platforms (FSPs), including one dedicated to hydrogen research. The...
Albany Wave Energy Project begins
Utility Journalist, , News, Projects, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wave, 0Carnegie Clean Energy has begun project design and development activities on the $15.75 million Albany Wave Energy Project in...
No last resort planning power in 2017
Utility Journalist, , Company news, Electricity, Networks, News, 0The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has reviewed system planning reports prepared by the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO)...
Wind Farm project approved
Utility Journalist, , News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind, 0The Western Australian Government has approved Synergy to enter into a joint venture with a private sector investor to...
Ausgrid purchases digital metering provider
Utility Journalist, , Company news, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, 0Ausgrid has secured the purchase of the nation’s largest digital metering provider from AGL. Ausgrid’s purchase of Active Stream...
New report reveals NEG will keep electricity prices down
Utility Journalist, , Electricity, News, Renewable Energy, 0An analysis by KPMG Economics’ into the National Energy Guarantee (NEG) shows it should help decrease electricity prices, but...
AEMO released 2016-12 Annual Report
Utility Journalist, , Electricity, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, 0The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO)has published its 2016-17 Annual Report, detailing its many achievements and developments during a...
Heritage Agreement signed for Aurora Solar Energy Project
Utility Journalist, , News, Solar, Sustainability, 0SolarReserve has signed a Heritage Agreement with the native titleholders for the Aurora Solar Energy Project, north of Port...
$2 billion in clean energy financing
Utility Journalist, , Company news, Electricity, News, Projects, 0The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) delivered more than $2 billion in new clean energy commitments to 35 individual...
Tesla on track to deliver battery to SA
Utility Journalist, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, 0Deployment of the 100 MW/129 MWh energy storage project for South Australia is underway, and is well on track...
Clean Energy Council welcomes 100th corporate member
Utility Journalist, , Electricity, News, Renewable Energy, 0The Clean Energy Council (CEC) has welcomed Edify Energy as its 100th corporate member in 2017. The addition of...
No guarantee for renewable energy industry in NEG
Utility Journalist, , Electricity, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Clean Energy Council (CEC) has released a new position paper on the National Energy Guarantee (NEG) and its...
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