The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has announced a new draft rule designed to gather more nuanced data about...
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Preferred Broken Hill back-up power supplier selected
Holly Tancredi News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight 0Transgrid has published a report on the Broken Hill renewable mini-grid project, identifying a preferred back-up power supplier. Transgrid’s...
Cities go solar and fight climate change
Holly Tancredi News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability 0The City of Greater Bendigo in Victoria and Stirling in Western Australia are tackling climate change by investing in...
NT facility to test solar inverters
Mikayla Bridge Electricity, Energy Efficiency, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight 0The Alice Springs Future Grid project has partnered with Charles Darwin University (CDU) to test the capacity of solar...
Horizon Power enters smart network partnership
Mikayla Bridge Company news, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Smart Energy, Spotlight 0Horizon has entered a three-year partnership to deliver infrastructure and technology to create a smart network in the East...
Australia’s first biomethane-to-gas network project underway
Stephanie Nestor Bioenergy, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight 0Works have begun to fabricate a biomethane upgrader as part of Australia’s first biomethane-to-gas network project, Jemena’s $16 million...
The Victorian Government has announced a new program where all Victorian businesses can apply for a share of $1.5...
Largest solar, battery and VPP trial for schools announced
Lauren DeLorenzo Batteries & Storage, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight 0Dozens of schools in New South Wales will take part in Australia’s largest school-based trial of solar, battery energy...
How will the federal election results impact the energy industry?
Lauren DeLorenzo Energy Efficiency, News, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability 1A surge of votes for minor parties and independents in the federal election made it clear that Australians want...
Major waste-to-energy project milestone
Lauren DeLorenzo Energy Efficiency, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, Waste-to-Energy 0East Rockingham’s Waste-to-Energy (WtE) project has reached a milestone with the energising of the Western Power electrical switchyard, and...
Solar batteries under recall due to fire risk
Lauren DeLorenzo Asset Management, Batteries & Storage, News, Safety and Training, Spotlight 0The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has urged consumers with LG, Solax or Opal solar energy storage batteries...
The Zema Energy Studies Scholarship has been awarded to two recipients by the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) and...
The Climate Council has criticised the Federal Government’s announcement of three new carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, citing...
Cannon-Brookes: Labor win is bad news for AGL demerger
Stephanie Nestor Company news, Electricity, News, Spotlight 0In his latest appeal to shareholders to vote against AGL’s proposed demerger, Mike Cannon-Brookes has pointed to the results...
Student-developed EV charging trial to begin
Stephanie Nestor Electric Vehicles, Electricity, News, Spotlight 0United Energy has announced a trial to identify electric vehicle (EV) charging patterns on its network using new techniques...
The Western Australian Government has announced the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Synergy. David Fyfe...
REPORT: Why have Australian energy prices continued to climb?
Lauren DeLorenzo Electricity, Gas, LNG, News 0A recently-released report from Energy Quest has analysed a number of factors affecting Australia’s supply and demand of electricity...
Shell Energy Australia announces new CIO
Lauren DeLorenzo Company news, News, People & Appointments, Spotlight 0Shell Energy Australia has appointed a new member to its executive team to lead the company’s digital transformation. Steve...
WA ocean energy study launched
Holly Tancredi News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability 0The Australian Ocean Energy Group (AOEG) cluster is set to begin a feasibility study in Western Australia to further...
Queensland signs hydrogen agreement with Europe’s largest port
Mikayla Bridge Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight 0Queensland has signed an agreement with the Port of Rotterdam, Europe’s largest port, to collaborate on the development of...
$60 million EV fund in WA 2022-23 Budget
Stephanie Nestor Electric Vehicles, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight 0The Western Australian Government has launched a $60 million Clean Energy Car Fund to accelerate the use of electric...
$20 million in EV charging grants for NSW
Stephanie Nestor Electric Vehicles, News, Projects, Spotlight 0The New South Wales Government has announced $20 million in grants are available to set up 3,500 electric vehicle...
Additional clean energy funding for WA schools
Stephanie Nestor News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight 0The second round of Western Australia’s clean energy funding program is now open for schools to apply for solar...
AGL Energy has released its Demerger Scheme Booklet, which outlines the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed demerger, the...
WA to investigate Renewable Hydrogen Target
Annabelle Powell Hydrogen, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight 0The Western Australian Government is investigating the implementation of a Renewable Hydrogen Target, requiring a percentage of electricity in...
Hydrogen feasibility study MoU signed for major pipeline
Holly Tancredi Gas, News, Projects, Spotlight 0A newly-signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will see a major Western Australian pipeline facilitating the production and transport of...
Western Australia’s Hydrogen Industry Minister is set to promote the state’s potential as a hydrogen provider at the World...
Shortlist for NSW renewable energy zone released
Stephanie Nestor Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight 0Three groups have been shortlisted for a key role in developing Australia’s first renewable energy zone (REZ) transmission zone....
Project Symphony VPP pilot reaches major milestone
Stephanie Nestor Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Smart Energy, Spotlight 0Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has announced that Western Australia’s Virtual Power Plant (VPP) pilot, Project Symphony, has reached...
$300 million in VIC 2022/23 Budget for energy
Stephanie Nestor News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight 0The Victorian Government has released its 2022/23 Budget, with $300 million allocated for energy initiatives. As part of the...
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