The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has added another project to its renewable energy portfolio with the announcement of...
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The latest project news, developments and opinion pieces from industry experts from Australia’s renewable energy industry.
Learnings from the Hornsdale Power Reserve battery
Utility Journalist Batteries & Storage, Features, Projects, Renewable Energy, Sustainability 0The Hornsdale Power Reserve Battery Energy Storage System (HPR) – the world’s largest lithium-ion battery – underwent its first...
$250 million large-scale wind farm for New South Wales
Elisa Iannunzio Company news, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Wind 0The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has reached a new milestone with the $250 million Crudine Ridge Wind Farm,...
The future will be distributed
Utility 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...
Servicing Queensland’s largest battery
Elisa Iannunzio Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy 0CS Energy is investing $11.8million to overhaul one of the generating units at the 570MW hydroelectric Wivenhoe Power Station...
Renewable energy infrastructure boost for Whitsundays
Elisa Iannunzio News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Sustainability 0More than $1.4 billion worth of renewable generation and transmission infrastructure projects has been provided for the Mackay-Whitsundays region....
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...
Taskforce established to oversee new Lithium and Energy Materials Strategy in WA
Elisa Iannunzio Batteries & Storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Sustainability 0The Western Australian Government will establish a taskforce to capitalise on the state’s potential to produce and process lithium...
Driving down the clean energy highway
Utility Journalist Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Features, Renewable Energy 0by Ian Learmonth, Chief Executive Officer, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) As international efforts ramp up to meet commitments...
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...
War of words over Liddell continues
Laura Harvey Electricity, Gas, News, Renewable Energy, Sustainability 0The war of words between the Federal Government and AGL over the sale of the energy company’s Liddell power...
Victoria to receive $50 million for new battery storage projects
Laura Harvey Batteries & Storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Sustainability 0EnergyAustralia has signed a $50 million agreement to operate two utility-scale battery storage systems in a program backed by...
Share purchase to grow battery and wave business
Laura Harvey Batteries & Storage, Electricity, News, Renewable Energy, Sustainability 0Carnegie Clean Energy Limited has raised $5.3 million to grow its solar, battery and wave energy businesses. Carnegie’s Managing...
Technology neutrality: the core principle of modern energy policy
Utility 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...
Wind to energy in Far North QLD
Laura Harvey Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Wind 0The Queensland Government has approved a wind farm project for up to 29 turbines as part of Neoen’s planned...
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...
Connection agreement for Stockyard Hill Wind Farm
Elisa Iannunzio Company news, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Wind 0Goldwind Australia has signed the connection agreement for construction of connection assets for the 530MW Stockyard Hill Wind Farm...
Generating renewable energy from biosolids
Elisa Iannunzio Company news, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Sustainability 0Hunter Water has partnered with global consultancy AECOM and the Institute for Sustainable Futures to undertake a comprehensive study...
$80 million Crowlands Wind Farm reaches financial close
Elisa Iannunzio Company news, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Wind 0Pacific Hydro’s 80MW Crowlands Wind Farm near Ararat in Victoria has reached financial close. $80 million of non-recourse project...
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...
Raising the standard of energy storage
Utility Journalist Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Features 0by Simona Tomevska, Stakeholder Engagement Manager, Energy and Electrotechnology, Standards Australia Standards Australia has several national committees developing Australian...
Register today for Energy Networks 2018 – Vision Critical
Laura Harvey Electricity, Networks, Renewable Energy, Sustainability 0Energy Networks Australia’s biennial conference and exhibition is fast approaching. Don’t miss your chance to network with leading thinkers and...
Achieving grid stability with smart technologies
Laura Harvey Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Sustainability 0The problems currently facing the efficiency and stability of the gird are multilayered, and grid-scale energy storage technologies are...
Funding to deliver renewable energy system security
Laura Harvey Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Smart Energy, Sustainability 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has launched a $7 million funding initiative to trial how renewable energy projects...
Green Power Hub construction begins
Laura Harvey Batteries & Storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Wind 0Work has begun on Western Victoria’s major new wind farm with battery storage at the Bulgana Green Power Hub...
Survey reveals future of electric vehicles for industry
Laura Harvey Electricity, Gas, News, Renewable Energy, Sustainability 0A survey conducted by Deloitte on the uptake of electric vehicles for the oil and gas industries has revealed...
Investment and policy challenges lie ahead
Utility Journalist Electricity, Features, Policy, Renewable Energy, Sustainability 0by Sarah McNamara, CEO, Australian Energy Council Electricity is critical to our well-being and the functioning of a modern...
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...
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