The WA State Government has agreed to pay Carnegie Clean Energy its first milestone payment for the Albany wave...
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Australian solar expert awarded Global Energy Prize
Lauren Butler News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight 0Martin Green, a Professor at UNSW Sydney, has become the first Australian to win the Global Energy Prize for...
Birchip Cropping Group will receive $210,000 for the development of a new microgrid demonstration project which will include solar...
The 2018 Solar Design and Installation award winners have been announced by the Clean Energy Council at the All-Energy...
Kidston renewable energy hub fast tracked
Elisa Iannunzio Batteries & Storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Wind 0Genex Power’s Kidston Renewable Energy Hub has been fast tracked with the $330 million Kidston Pumped Hydro Storage project...
AGL Chief Economist moves on
Utility Journalist Company news, Electricity, News, People & Appointments, Spotlight 0AGL has announced that it will lose another senior member of staff, with Chief Economist Tim Nelson moving on...
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed the Federal Government’s intentions to abandon the National Energy Guarantee (NEG) when parliament...
An independent review into the Victorian retail energy market has led to new rules for energy companies, meaning retailers...
Energy executives push back against government intervention
Utility Journalist Electricity, News, Spotlight 0Executives from major energy companies are pushing back against increasing government intervention in electricity and gas markets. Writing in...
Wind energy: a breezy future within reach
Lauren Butler Features, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Wind 0by Andrew Bray, National Coordinator, Australian Wind Alliance Australia is one of the windiest countries on earth, so it...
New council for renewable hydrogen
Lauren Butler Gas, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability 0A new council is set to be developed to drive opportunities for a 21st century renewable hydrogen industry in...
At a critical time for the sector, and following a series of major leadership changes in Canberra, Angus Taylor...
A new report released by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) suggests that Australia is in a competitive position...
New solar program for Victoria
Lauren Butler News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability 0The Victorian Government has announced that it will provide 50 per cent of funding for a new Solar Homes...
BREAKING NEWS: Malcolm Turnbull backflips on NEG emissions targets
Lauren Butler Electricity, News, Policy, Spotlight, Sustainability 0Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced that the emissions target will be dropped from the National Energy Guarantee during a...
Victorian Premier slams energy privatisation
Jessica Dickers Electricity, Networks, News, Policy, Renewable Energy, Spotlight 0Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has slammed the privatisation and deregulation of Australia’s energy industry, and vowed to tip the...
US$1 billion solar farm launched
Elisa Iannunzio Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability 0SIMEC ZEN Energy, part of GFG Alliance, has launched its US$1 Billion, one-gigawatt dispatchable Cultana Solar Farm project in...
Breaking news: Coalition party room supports NEG
Elisa Iannunzio Electricity, Networks, News, Policy, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability 0The Coalition party room has agreed to support the National Energy Guarantee, following a tense two and a half...
Joint statement from energy stakeholders fuels debate over National Energy Guarantee
Elisa Iannunzio Electricity, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight 0A joint statement issued by an array of Australia’s major energy stakeholders called on the COAG Energy Council to...
Alternative fuel plant puts down roots in Sydney
Utility Journalist Electricity, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Waste-to-Energy 0An alternative fuel plant has opened in Sydney, with 50,000 truckloads of waste from landfill per year being diverted,...
SA Water on track to reaching zero net electricity costs
Utility Journalist Electricity, News, Projects, Spotlight, Sustainability 0SA Water is a step closer to realising its goal of zero net electricity costs by 2020, with four...
Funding kick starts Victorian solar project
Utility Journalist News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight 0Neoen, a French renewable energy producer, has commenced work on the Numurkah solar farm, located in Victoria, following a...
Queensland Government funds new Mackay mining centre
Utility Journalist Electricity, News, Safety and Training, Spotlight 0The Queensland Government has announced $3.6 million in funding for the Mackay Resources Centre of Excellence which will feature...
Clean Energy Council calls for increased renewable energy target
Utility Journalist Electricity, Networks, News, Policy, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability 0The Clean Energy Council has warned the COAG Energy Council that the proposed emissions reduction target remains too low...
Construction completed on Tasmanian solar project
Utility Journalist Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability 0Construction of one of the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in Tasmania has been completed. SRT Logistics, a Tasmanian-owned...
Energy from waste determined ‘too risky’
Utility Journalist News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, Waste-to-Energy 0Plans for an energy from waste facility proposed for Sydney’s west has been rejected, with concern for health and...
New report encourages connected future for energy
Utility Journalist Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Hydro Power, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability 0The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has released an Integrated System Plan, providing a coordinated approach to incorporating new...
Renewable technologies to lower power bills in South Australia
Utility Journalist Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability 0Solar panels and Tesla Powerwall batteries have been installed in the first 100 Housing SA homes under the Tesla...
Electrical safety guidelines for battery systems
Utility Journalist Batteries & Storage, Electricity, News, Safety and Training, Spotlight 0Consumers will soon be better equipped and more confident in the quality of products being installed in their homes,...
Australia’s first hydrogen innovation hub announced
Utility Journalist Civil Construction, Gas, News, Spotlight, Sustainability 0Western Australia will soon be home to the country’s first green hydrogen innovation hub, with the Australian Renewable Energy...
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