The Northern Territory Government has released a tender to enhance its capability to reach the state’s net-zero emissions target...
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Electricity prices to drop, report says
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, Sustainability, 0The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has released its 2020 Residential Electricity Price Trends Report, forecasting a continuous decline...
National Energy Market undergoes review with two key publications
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Energy Security Board (ESB) has released its Post-2025 Market Design Directions Paper and its Health of the NEM...
$13 million WA energy scheme launched
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Sustainability, 0The Western Australian Government has launched a $13 million Household Energy Efficiency Scheme to support reduced energy costs for...
Contract awarded for Melbourne treatment plant solar farm
Eliza Booth, , Asset Management, Civil Construction, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, News, Renewable Energy, 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, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, 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, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, 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, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, 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, Gas, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, 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, Gas, Microgrids, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, 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, 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, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind, 0The Australian Wind Alliance is re-launching as RE-Alliance, a trusted, independent organisation that sits at the intersection of regional...
First renewable hydrogen production at Hyp SA
Imogen Hartmann, , Hydrogen, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Hydrogen Park South Australia (Hyp SA) has seen the first production of renewable hydrogen at its pioneering facility during...
ACT beats emissions reduction goal
Imogen Hartmann, , Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The ACT has surpassed an emissions reduction milestone of 40 per cent on 1990 levels, instead reaching a 45...
Round Two of Regional and Remote Communities Reliability Fund set to open
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, 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...
Hydrogen pipeline key in Queensland Government’s 2020-21 Budget
Imogen Hartmann, , Hydrogen, News, Pipelines, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Queensland has delivered its 2020-21 State Budget, which includes $10 million over the next four years to develop the...
Tasmania surpasses 100 per cent renewable energy target
Imogen Hartmann, , Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, 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, , Hydrogen, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, 0Queensland has secured a landmark partnership with Japan’s largest hydrogen company, in a strategy to position the state as...
Walla Walla Solar Farm gains approval
Imogen Hartmann, , Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC) has granted development approval for FRV Services Australia to build the 300MW Walla...
The case for an Australian lithium-ion battery manufacturing industry
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Features, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, 1Australia is the leading nation of raw resources for lithium-ion batteries, boasting 95 per cent of those raw materials...
Benefits of hybrid booms for Australian industry
Eliza Booth, , Condition Assessment, Energy Efficiency, Partner Solutions, Sustainability, 0Image: Haulotte’s HA20 LE PRO Articulating Hybrid Boom Lift. Image courtesy of Haulotte. For many companies, “going green” and...
Victoria announces $1.6 billion clean energy investment
Eliza Booth, , Batteries & Storage, COVID-19, Electricity, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, 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, , Civil Construction, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Western Australian Government has announced a lead contractor to build Western Power’s $50 million South-Metro depot in Forrestdale....
Five ways Australia’s energy technology will change in the next decade
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Microgrids, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Virtual Power Plants, 1Australia’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, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, 0Renewable energy construction consultants Sequentia Services looked closely at three key things they needed from a machinery supply partner...
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, Digital Utilities, Distributed Generation, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Features, Renewable Energy, Smart Energy, 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, Features, Networks, Policy, Renewable Energy, 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, Renewable Energy, 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, , Hydrogen, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Tasmanian Government is investing $2.6 million in three large-scale renewable hydrogen feasibility studies to boost the state’s renewable...
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