Two grants have been awarded in Western Australia to fund the advancement and research of wave energy technology projects...
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QLD releases nation-leading Electric Vehicle Strategy
Utility Journalist Electric Vehicles, News, Spotlight 0The Queensland Government has released its Electric Vehicle Strategy, a nation-leading strategy detailing how the state can capture the...
The state of innovation in Australia’s electricity network
Utility Journalist Electricity, Networks, News, Spotlight 0A new report released by Deloitte, assessing the state of innovation within Australian electricity networks, has found there is...
Investing in Tasmania’s energy future
Utility Journalist Electricity, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight 0Hydro Tasmania is investing $1 billion over the next ten years to upgrade its facilities to secure energy supply...
Record levels of renewable energy investment
Utility Journalist News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight 0The Clean Energy Council has reported 41 renewable energy projects have been committed in 2017, resulting in record levels...
Funding received for Victoria’s largest solar farm
Utility Journalist Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight 0The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has committed $98 million in debt finance towards Victoria’s largest solar farm. Construction...
Construction of Tesla’s battery for SA halfway complete
Utility Journalist Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight 0Tesla, the company installing the world’s largest lithium ion battery in South Australia, has reported that construction is 50...
Seawater pumped hydro project advances to design stage
Utility Journalist Electricity, Hydro Power, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight 0Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has released a feasibility for Australia’s first seawater pumped hydro project in Cultana in...
Funding for solar photovoltaic (PV) demonstration project
Utility Journalist News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight 0A Victorian company has received $4.8 million in funding from the Federal Government, through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency...
Batteries and renewables planned to replace Liddell capacity
Utility Journalist Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Gas, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight 0AGL has outlined plans for battery storage, gas-fired power, renewables and upgrades to other power plants to replace the...
Gas producers guarantee sufficient gas supply in 2018
Utility Journalist Gas, News, Spotlight, Sustainability 0Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull met with gas producers Santos, Shell and Origin Energy on 27 September 2017 to discuss...
$200 million Whyalla Solar Farm receives planning consent
Utility Journalist News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability 0The $200 million proposal for a 100MW solar energy farm outside Whyalla has received planning consent, making it one...
Australia’s biggest wind farm proposed for Victoria
Utility Journalist Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind 0WestWind has lodged a planning application to the Victorian Government for the construction of Australia’s biggest wind farm, consisting...
APPEA concerned over “pessimistic” gas supply estimates
Utility Journalist Electricity, Gas, News, Spotlight 0The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) Chief Executive, Dr Malcolm Roberts, has commented on the release of...
Gas supply shortfall three times higher than originally estimated
Utility Journalist Electricity, Gas, News, Spotlight 0New reports by the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) and Australian Competition and Consumer Competition (ACCC) have predicted gas...
Hydro feasibility study in Tasmania receives funding
Utility Journalist Electricity, Hydro Power, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight 0Two feasibility studies into expanding two hydro-electric power stations in Tasmania, and exploring the potential to develop significant pumped...
More renewable energy required to meet Australia’s emissions target
Utility Journalist Electricity, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight 0A report released by The Australia Institute’s Climate and Energy Program has evaluated the energy policies required to meet...
22,000 potential pumped hydro sites located
Utility Journalist Electricity, Hydro Power, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability 0An Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) funded study by the Australian National University (ANU) has identified over 22,000 sites...
New solar array installed at Rottnest Island
Utility Journalist Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability 0Hydro Tasmania has installed a 600 kilowatt (kW) solar array at Rottnest Island, integrating it into the existing power...
Innovative technology solution improves customer reliability
Utility Journalist Batteries & Storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight 0Western Power’s stand-alone power system (SPS) pilot, in the Great Southern region of WA, has delivered 15 fold reliability...
Waste Supply Agreement reached in Perth
Utility Journalist Company news, Electricity, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Waste-to-Energy 0A consortium of companies have entered into a Waste Supply Agreement with Perth’s Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council (EMRC) where...
Gillman industrial precinct contract awarded
Utility Journalist Electricity, News, Projects, Solar, Spotlight, Waste-to-Energy 0The South Australian Government has awarded the tender to develop the Gillman industrial precinct which will include a waste-to-energy...
Site preparations begin for large-scale solar plant
Utility Journalist Electricity, News, Projects, Solar, Spotlight 0Townsville’s newest large-scale solar plant, the Ross River Solar Farm, has begun initial site preparation works. Construction of the...
Future of the Clean Energy Target in doubt
Utility Journalist Networks, News, Spotlight, Sustainability 0The Australian Government has announced its plans to move away from the Clean Energy Target (CET) and will unveil...
On-site battery storage standards in development
Utility Journalist Batteries & Storage, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight 0A group of senior industry and government leaders have come together to discuss the introduction of residential on-site battery...
Making Tasmania renewable energy self-sufficient
Utility Journalist Hydro Power, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind 0As part of Tasmania’s Plan to Build Your Future, the re-elected Tasmanian Government has announced its commitment to making...
The $150 million 250MW Limondale Solar Farm, just south of Balranald in the Riverina, has been approved. Minister...
New energy consumption management tool launched
Utility Journalist Electricity, News, Smart Energy, Spotlight 0EnergyAustralia has announced the launch of the next generation Redback Smart Hybrid System, new technology specifically created to put...
New energy marketplace project launched
Utility Journalist Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Spotlight 0GreenSync has officially launched its deX project – a decentralised energy exchange platform which allows customers, communities and utilities...
Two new solar farms in North Queensland have finalised connection arrangements to Powerlink’s transmission network, and are expected to...
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