A community solar project in Mayo, South Australia is set to go ahead after receiving funding from the Federal...
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Budget signals new investment in renewables
Energy Journalist, , Electricity, News, Solar, Sustainability, 0The Queensland State budget has sought to lower energy prices through a $2 billion investment in renewables. Energy Minister...
Solar researcher recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Energy Journalist, , News, Projects, Solar, 0Professor Jai Singh has been recognised for his work on solar cell research in his role at Charles Darwin...
Stakeholder input sought for solar integration
Energy Journalist, , Electricity, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, 0Energy Networks Australia and the Australian Energy Market Operator are seeking to engage the public in consultation on how...
The Australian Government has implemented a new rule that ensures that householders are not being overcharged for their energy...
The Victorian State Government has launched the Victorian Energy Policy Centre (VEPC) in Melbourne. Minister for Energy Lily D’Ambrosio...
Australian Professor awarded Global Energy Prize
Energy Journalist, , News, Renewable Energy, Solar, 0Professor Martin Green has won the Global Energy Prize for his achievements in research and technology in solar photovoltaics....
Milestone for Australian energy transition
Energy Journalist, , News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Electricity, PricewaterhouseCoopers, renewables, Solar, Terrain Solar, 0Terrain Solar (Terrain), together with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), have agreed to sell a sizeable solar farm to the University of...
Agreement to extend energy resources
Energy Journalist, , News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Energy resources, Renewable energy, Solar, Wind, Wind farm, 0Two new major projects have been announced, with APA Group set to extend the existing Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)...
Energy Storage: reducing pollution and prices
Energy Journalist, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Features, Projects, Solar, Sustainability, 0by Louis Brailsford, Energy Advisor, The Climate Council Australia is currently enjoying an energy storage boom. In 2017, Australians...
New guidelines to make connecting to the grid easier
Energy Journalist, , News, Solar, Distributed Energy Resources, Electricity, Energy Networks Australia, Finkel, Solar, 0Energy Networks Australia has released the national Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Grid Connections Guidelines and Principles to support the...
New Solar Power Skids for the Australian market
Energy Journalist, , Batteries & Storage, Networks, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sponsored Editorial, Substations, Transformers and Switchgear, 0The world’s leading manufacturer for solar inverters, the SMA Group, has collaborated with Wilson Transformer Company to develop a...
The future will be distributed
Energy Journalist, , Batteries & Storage, Distributed Generation, Electricity, Features, Networks, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0By Ivor Frischknecht, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Renewable Energy Agency. In the decades to come, it is increasingly clear that...
Largest solar farm approved for Tasmania
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, 0Latrobe Council has approved the Wesley Vale Solar Farm, near Devonport, that will supply 12.5MW of renewable energy to...
New solar farm a boost for Queensland
Laura Harvey, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0The Queensland Government has commissioned a $29 million solar farm in Longreach, taking it a step closer to becoming...
Technology neutrality: the core principle of modern energy policy
Energy Journalist, , Electricity, Features, Policy, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, Wind, 0by Robert Pritchard, Executive Director, Energy Policy Institute of Australia There is much community dismay at Australia’s failure to...
Queensland’s solar energy expansion
Laura Harvey, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0Construction has started on Queensland's newest 121MW Yarranlea solar farm, west of Toowoomba. Energy Minister, Dr Anthony Lynham, said...
Solar gardens could unlock the benefits of rooftop solar
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is providing funding for a feasibility study on the use of solar gardens...
Solar farms lighting up Queensland
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0Powerlink’s 130MW Clare Solar Farm near Ayr in Queensland has started supplying electricity to the grid, and the Haughton...
Sunshine and air: a new recipe for drinking water
Laura Harvey, , News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, 0ARENA will provide funding for a project to develop a sustainable solution to the problems of water supply and...
Global renewable employment hits a high
Laura Harvey, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, 0New figures released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) have revealed that the renewable energy industry created more...
Energy laws in Queensland will be reviewed to accommodate new energy storage systems, remote-controlled home energy and customers who...
Planned Asian Renewable Energy Hub increases capacity
Laura Harvey, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Wind, 0The consortium behind the plan to create the Asian Renewable Energy Hub (AREH) in Western Australia’s Pilbara region in...
Solar farm powering water reclamation plant
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, 0A new one-megawatt solar farm is now online, sending power to the nearby Barwon Water Black Rock water reclamation...
Landmark renewable energy deal
Elisa Iannunzio, , Company news, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, 0SIMEC ZEN Energy and NEOEN have signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together to develop, operate...
Clean drinking water using solar power
Laura Harvey, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will conduct an Australian-first trial of drinking water systems that produce clean drinking...
Latrobe Valley farmers to benefit from blockchain technology
Elisa Iannunzio, , Batteries & Storage, Digital Utilities, IOT, Microgrids, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Smart Energy, Solar, 0ARENA will provide $370,000 in funding for a feasibility study into a ‘virtual microgrid’ for the Latrobe Valley. The...
Funding for portable solar project
Laura Harvey, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will provide $289,725 in funding for Canberra-based ECLIPS Engineering to design, manufacture and...
Land option secured for Kidston wind farm
Laura Harvey, , Civil Construction, Company news, Hydro Power, Land Access, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Wind, 0Genex Power has signed a deal to secure the land option to develop a wind farm project up to...
Energy giant wins bid to build solar farm in QLD
Laura Harvey, , News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0A international energy company has been selected to transform 1250 hectares of underutilised state-owned land at Aldoga in Queensland...
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