The ACT Government has published its 2019-20 annual Feed-in Tariff report, indicating an increase in Canberra’s solar generation by...
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Contract awarded for Melbourne treatment plant solar farm
Eliza Booth, , Asset Management, Construction, Electricity, Emissions reduction, Energy Efficiency, News, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, 0Work is set to begin on the construction of a 19MW solar farm at Melbourne Water’s Eastern Treatment Plant...
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...
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...
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...
Soltec launches the SF8, the largest single-row tracker on the market
Eliza Booth, , Partner Solutions, Renewables, Solar, 0Soltec, leading manufacturer and supplier of single-axis solar trackers worldwide, presents its new SF8 tracker. Under the slogan “engineered...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
AEC criticises Victoria’s big battery
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Solar, Spotlight, 0The Australian Energy Council (AEC) has voiced its concern about the Victorian Government’s plan to develop a large-scale battery...
Victorian Big Battery set to be one of the biggest in the world
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Victoria will be getting its own “Big Battery”, with Neoen to build the 300MW Victorian Big Battery, one of...
SA energy deal unlocks big renewable opportunities
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Energy Networks, News, Power Purchase Agreements, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The South Australian Government has signed a ten-year energy supply contract, which has secured construction of the state’s largest...
Australia’s largest solar farm reaches major milestone
Imogen Hartmann, , Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Western Downs Green Power Hub, the largest solar farm in Australia, is now officially owned by Neoen, as the...
Large-scale grid battery headed for Western Sydney
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $11.5 million in funding for TransGrid’s construction of a 50MW/75MWh large-scale,...
Solar Design and Installation Award winners announced
Imogen Hartmann, , Company news, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Clean Energy Council has announced the winners of the 2020 Solar Design and Installation Awards. Winners were announced...
Major global hydrogen hub proceeds in the Pilbara
Imogen Hartmann, , Energy Networks, Hydrogen, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind, 0The Western Australian Government has granted environmental approval for the Asian Renewable Energy Hub, a globally significant renewable energy...
Solar fuels South Australia’s total energy demand in Australian-first
Imogen Hartmann, , Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Uncategorized, 0South Australia has recorded an Australian-first solar energy milestone, with the state’s energy needs being 100 per cent solar...
World Energy Outlook 2020: COVID-19 response to mould the future of energy
Imogen Hartmann, , COVID-19, Electricity, Energy Networks, Gas, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The International Energy Agency (IEA) has published its World Energy Outlook 2020, which outlines how governments’ responses to the...
WA’s Whole of System Plan forecasts renewable generation on the rise
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Wind, 0The Western Australian Government has launched the state’s first Whole of System Plan (WOSP), giving a 20-year forecast on...
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