Rooftop solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles and microgrids are transforming Western Australia’s electricity system. These small-scale devices, known as...
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Pivot, rebound, transform: maximising value from emissions reductions
Kim Ho, , Asset Management, COVID-19, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Policy, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind, 0A new report from industry experts lays out a practical plan to rapidly transform Australia’s energy and carbon management...
Western Australia generation will meet SWIS demand: report
Kim Ho, , Asset Management, Demand Management, Distributed Generation, Electricity, Networks, News, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy, Smart Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind, 0A new report suggests Western Australia’s electricity generation capacity is sufficient to meet demand in the South West Interconnected...
The Victorian Legislative Council has passed the Petroleum Legislation Amendment Bill 2020, which allows the restart of onshore conventional...
New plan to connect Port Kembla gas terminal to Victoria
Kim Ho, , Civil Construction, Company news, Gas, News, Pipelines, Policy, Retail, Sustainability, 0Jemena has outlined a plan to connect a proposed LNG import terminal at Port Kembla to the Eastern Gas...
New ‘big stick’ legislation comes into effect
Kim Ho, , Company news, COVID-19, Electricity, Features, Networks, News, Policy, Retail, Sponsored Editorial, Spotlight, 0The Federal Government has introduced ‘big stick’ legislation designed to improve accountability in the energy sector and ensure fair...
Slashing emissions and setting examples
Kim Ho, , Electricity, Features, Policy, Renewable Energy, Solar, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainability, 0The City of Onkaparinga in South Australia has taken a leadership position when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions,...
Renewables sector remains resilient through pandemic
Kim Ho, , COVID-19, Disaster Management, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, News, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind, 0The latest report from the Clean Energy Regulator shows that the renewable energy and emissions reduction sectors are retaining...
Off the back of announcing a $15 million emissions reduction package, the Victorian Government has invested a further $600,000...
Australia’s largest renewables employment study released
Kim Ho, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Features, Hydro Power, News, Policy, Renewable Energy, Safety and Training, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Waste-to-Energy, Wave, Wind, 0The Clean Energy Council’s latest report has found that the renewables sector could potentially employ 44,000 Australians by 2025,...
Barriers to entry into the electricity generation sector: insights from an investor survey
Kim Ho, , Company news, Electricity, Features, Policy, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0by Alan Rai, Director, Baringa Partners, and Senior Fellow, Macquarie University Research recently undertaken by Alan Rai and Tim...
Australia has the capacity to lead the coal phase-out – but it won’t happen anytime soon
Kim Ho, , Features, Policy, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, Wind, 0Dr Kamila Svobodova, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, University of Queensland, argues that Australia can and must lead...
Hydrogen’s role in decarbonisation: ensuring a responsible transition
Kim Ho, , Features, Policy, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, 0Australia is blessed with vast energy resources, many of them renewable. Here, Daniel Roberts, Leader of the Hydrogen Energy...
Victoria announces suite of renewable energy projects
Kim Ho, , Distributed Generation, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Features, News, Policy, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Victorian Government has unveiled a $15.3 million package of renewable energy investments to help reduce the state’s emissions....
Investment roadmap unveiled for low emissions technologies
Kim Ho, , Batteries & Storage, COVID-19, Disaster Management, Energy Efficiency, News, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Waste-to-Energy, Wind, 0The Federal Government has released its Technology Investment Roadmap discussion paper, which lays out a plan to help Australia...
$285 million project to secure Sydney’s electricity supply
Kim Ho, , Company news, Electricity, Networks, News, Policy, Projects, Spotlight, Substations, 0The NSW Government has given the green light for construction of a new project set to provide more secure...
$2 billion Climate Solutions Fund to be deployed
Kim Ho, , Energy Efficiency, News, Policy, Renewable Energy, Smart Energy, Spotlight, 0A new report commissioned by the Federal Government has laid the groundwork for deployment of a $2 billion fund...
Tasmania to use renewables in economic recovery
Kim Ho, , Batteries & Storage, COVID-19, Disaster Management, Hydro Power, Networks, News, Policy, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind, 0The Tasmanian Government has released its draft Renewable Energy Action Plan, which lays out a strategy to leverage renewable...
The plan to decongest Australia’s future energy grid
Kim Ho, , Demand Management, Distributed Generation, Electricity, Networks, News, Policy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 1Energy Networks Australia has released a new plan for better management of Australia’s energy system to accommodate the nation’s...
Oil and gas report shows need for policy stability
Imogen Hartmann, , Gas, News, Policy, Projects, 0New research, published in the Australia Oil & Gas Industry Outlook Report, has shown Australia’s need for long-term regulatory...
How renewables could jumpstart economy, create 50,000 jobs
Kim Ho, , Batteries & Storage, COVID-19, Disaster Management, Electricity, Networks, News, Policy, Renewable Energy, Smart Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind, 0The Clean Energy Council has laid out a plan to leverage Australia’s renewable energy and energy storage potential to...
AEMO’s plan for 75 per cent renewable energy by 2025
Kim Ho, , Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Features, News, Policy, Renewable Energy, Smart Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind, 0The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has laid out a bold multi-year plan for renewables to provide up to...
Blue Energy works to progress Bowen Basin gas pipeline project
Kim Ho, , Company news, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Features, Gas, News, Pipelines, Policy, Projects, Spotlight, 0Blue Energy has initiated a pre-feasibility study for the Bowen Basin southern gas pipeline project, and is in “active...
AER greenlights Queensland-NSW Interconnector
Kim Ho, , Civil Construction, Electricity, News, Policy, Powerlines, Projects, Spotlight, 0The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has approved the final element of the Queensland-New South Wales Interconnector (QNI) regulatory process....
How hydro technology can assist Tasmania’s economic recovery
Kim Ho, , COVID-19, Disaster Management, Electricity, Hydro Power, News, Pipelines, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy, 0New analysis from Hydro Tasmania assesses ways in which the Battery of the Nation project may assist Tasmania’s economic...
Energy metrics from the most volatile quarter in memory
Kim Ho, , COVID-19, Disaster Management, Electricity, Networks, News, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has published its Quarterly Energy Dynamics report for the first quarter of 2020,...
ACCC expands measures to ensure energy sector cooperation
Kim Ho, , COVID-19, Disaster Management, Electricity, Networks, News, Policy, Smart Energy, Spotlight, 0The ACCC has expanded the range of measures designed to assist participants across the energy sector to work together...
New research on implications of two-sided energy market
Kim Ho, , Asset Management, COVID-19, Disaster Management, Electricity, Gas, Networks, News, Policy, Spotlight, 0A new Energy Security Board (ESB) paper suggests that a two-sided energy market would allow greater visibility of demand...
AER takes EnergyAustralia to court for alleged life support compliance failure
Imogen Hartmann, , Company news, Electricity, News, Policy, Spotlight, 0The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has begun Federal Court proceedings against EnergyAustralia for allegedly failing to comply with life...
Innovative flood response powers flood-ravaged Kimberley communities
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