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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...
Electric vehicle subscriptions: the model for the future?
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Customer, Electric Vehicles, Emissions reduction, Features, Smart Energy, Sustainability, 0In Australia, ownership of electric vehicles is yet to take off like it has in other parts of 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...
Australia’s first electric-powered cherry picker hits the streets
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Asset Management, Electric Vehicles, Emissions reduction, Energy Efficiency, Features, Inspection, Sustainability, 0Jemena and Zinfra expanded their Victorian fleet in August with the unveiling of an Australian-first electric-powered elevated work platform...
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...
Why aren’t more australians driving EVs?
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Electric Vehicles, Emissions reduction, Features, Smart Energy, Sustainability, 0International interest in electric vehicles (EVs) is constantly increasing, with over three million EVs on the roads internationally and...
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...
Queensland’s electric super highway takes shape
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Electric Vehicles, Emissions reduction, Features, Projects, Smart Energy, Sustainability, 0Electric vehicles offer a range of benefits to consumers, and yet the uptake of these vehicles in Australia remains...
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...
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...
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...
NT big battery procurement process commences
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Territory Generation has begun conducting a two-part procurement process for a new $30 million 35MW Battery Energy Storage System...
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 and Singapore to collaborate on low-emissions technologies
Imogen Hartmann, , Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Australia and Singapore have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance collaboration on low-emissions technologies and solutions. Minister...
Powerlines undergrounded on Mornington Peninsula
Imogen Hartmann, , Asset Management, Disaster Management, Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Powerlines, Projects, Safety, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0United Energy has ungrounded 600m of high voltage powerlines in one of the highest risk bushfire areas along the...
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...
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...
AEMO launches global power consortium
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Australia Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has announced the launch of the Global Power System Transformation Consortium (G-PST). Speaking...
Clean Energy Council responds to proposed market reforms
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Clean Energy Council has lodged submissions to the Energy Security Board (ESB)’s future design of the National Electricity...
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