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The case for an Australian lithium-ion battery manufacturing industry
Imogen Hartmann, , Ask an Expert, Batteries & Storage, Features, Renewables, Sustainability, 0Australia is the leading nation of raw resources for lithium-ion batteries, boasting 95 per cent of those raw materials...
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....
Consortium selected to lead Germany-Australia hydrogen feasibility study
Imogen Hartmann, , Hydro, Hydrogen, News, Renewables, Spotlight, 0The Federal Government has selected a consortium to deliver the ‘German-Australian Supply Chain Feasibility Study of Hydrogen produced from...
Jemena, Sydney Water to deliver green gas to Sydney
Imogen Hartmann, , Customer, Energy Efficiency, Gas, News, Renewables, Spotlight, 0Jemena and Sydney Water have partnered up to develop biomethane at the Malabar Wastewater Treatment Plant in South Sydney,...
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...
Dealer reach means less downtime for Sequentia Services
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Partner Solutions, Projects, Renewables, Sustainability, 0Renewable energy construction consultants Sequentia Services looked closely at three key things they needed from a machinery supply partner...
ARENA funds wind turbine technology in telecommunications
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Wind, 0Diffuse Energy is set to demonstrate its innovative micro wind turbine technology’s effectiveness thanks to $341,990 in funding from...
AGL to undertake EV charging trial
Imogen Hartmann, , Electric Vehicles, Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is providing $2.9 million in funding for a large-scale electric vehicle (EV) charging...
A proactive approach to managing large energy demands
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Asset Management, Solar, Sustainability, 0Melbourne Airport is one of the country’s biggest users of energy, and the facility has taken a proactive approach...
Batteries in the burbs: exploring the potential
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Batteries & Storage, Distributed Generation, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Features, Renewables, Smart Energy, Software, Solar, Sustainability, Wind, 0A team at the Australian National University has undertaken a significant project to explore the potential benefits of community...
Federal budget misses a trick, but states pick up the slack
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , COVID-19, Energy Networks, Features, Industry insight, Policy, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, 0by Kane Thornton, Chief Executive, Clean Energy Council With the COVID-19 pandemic plunging Australia into its first recession in...
Victoria offers additional rebates for rooftop solar
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Victorian Government has doubled down on its support for rooftop solar, offering additional rebates for rooftop solar and...
Tasmania invests in its renewable hydrogen future
Imogen Hartmann, , Energy Networks, Hydrogen, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Tasmanian Government is investing $2.6 million in three large-scale renewable hydrogen feasibility studies to boost the state’s renewable...
Harnessing the power of biosolids to make hydrogen
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Electricity, Features, Hydrogen, Projects, Renewables, Sustainability, Technical, Waste-to-Energy, 0Hydrogen is being hailed as having the power to accelerate the global transition to renewable energy. In an exciting...
Australia’s renewables journey: moving from fossil fuels to clean energy powerhouse
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Batteries & Storage, Emissions reduction, Energy Efficiency, Energy Networks, Features, Future Fuels, Gas, Hydro, Hydrogen, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, Waste-to-Energy, Wave, Wind, 0by Imogen Hartmann, Assistant Editor, Energy Magazine Renewables are a hot topic in the Australian energy industry as the...
Structured plan to help flatten aviation’s CO2 curve
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Asset Management, Emissions reduction, Energy Efficiency, Features, Hydrogen, Projects, Renewables, Sustainability, 0As COVID-19-related border closures have curtailed commercial aviation activity globally, the sector continues to deal with another, longer-term challenge...
Energy disruption is here – but not as we expected
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Distributed Generation, Energy Networks, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, Technical, 0The rapid uptake and deployment of residential solar and home batteries is having a significant impact on Australia’s energy...
WA renewable hydrogen project progresses
Imogen Hartmann, , Energy Networks, Gas, Hydrogen, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Hydrogen Renewables Australia (HRA) has joined forces with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to deliver the 5,000MW Murchison Renewable Hydrogen...
New grid-scale battery for South Australia
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, News, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0South Australia is set to receive a new grid-scale battery, developed by AGL, which could increase energy storage to...
Natural gas no longer the way, report says
Imogen Hartmann, , Energy Networks, Gas, News, Renewables, Spotlight, 0The Grattan Institute has published a report forecasting the decline of natural gas as an energy source, contrary to...
FIMER technology helps Freedom Foods take solar leap
Eliza Booth, , Partner Solutions, Projects, Renewables, Solar, 0FIMER has delivered its award-winning, high-power PVS-175 to Freedom Foods, one of Australia’s largest food and beverage manufacturers, enabling...
Co-locating renewables and batteries: assessing the operational implications
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Batteries & Storage, Features, Renewables, Smart Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0Edify Energy recently published a knowledge sharing report covering the first 12 months of operations for the Gannawarra Energy...
Maximising solar by rethinking pv panel orientation
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Distributed Generation, Electricity, Features, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, 0Traditionally, solar PV panels have been orientated in a northerly direction, towards the equator. But new research from the...
South Australia invests $60 million in energy efficient government buildings
Imogen Hartmann, , Company news, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The South Australian Government is making a $60 million two-year investment into improved energy efficiency in government buildings to...
REZ and pumped hydro key in NSW’s energy future
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Energy Networks, Hydro, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Wind, 0The NSW Government has released its Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap, which outlines a plan to inject over 9,000 jobs and...
Solar and batteries are ten times cleaner than coal
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Emissions reduction, News, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The International Energy Agency task force has issued a new report, revealing that residential solar PV with battery storage...
South Australia launches world-leading $240 million hydrogen project
Imogen Hartmann, , Energy Networks, Hydrogen, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The South Australian Government has launched a $240 million world-leading hydrogen project as part of its efforts to develop...
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