Victoria’s first grid-scale battery has been officially commissioned in Ballarat. The 30MW/30MWh Ballarat Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) is...
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Australian-first hydrogen-powered electricity generation trial
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, Hydro Power, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 0In a $15 million trial, Jemena will use international technology to convert solar and wind power into hydrogen gas,...
Ultra-rapid charging stations on major Australian routes
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electric Vehicles, News, Projects, Spotlight, 0ARENA is providing $6 million to help Chargefox develop 21 ultra-rapid charging stations powered by renewable energy for electric vehicles...
Energy-from-waste project coming to Western Australia
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Waste-to-Energy, 0ARENA is providing $23 million in funding to develop an Australian-first energy-from-waste project in Western Australia which will reduce...
Integrating bulk battery storage into the grid
Elisa Iannunzio, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 0A 105kW (420kWh) Tesla battery owned and operated by Western Power and Synergy and connected to the grid in...
Australia’s largest microgrid project planned for LaTrobe Valley
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, Microgrids, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0A new $15 million Victorian microgrid project will enable small to large businesses in the Latrobe Valley to cut...
Microgrid to power Monash University with renewables
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, Microgrids, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 0ARENA is partnering with Monash University and technology partner, Indra Australia, to trial a microgrid on Monash’s Clayton campus...
Two new wind farm developments for Geelong
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Wind, 0Global supplier Vestas will build wind turbines for the 180MW Berrybank Wind Farm and the 336MW Dundonnell Wind Farm,...
Territory’s largest solar project gets the go-ahead
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0The Northern Territory Government has approved a 25MW solar photovoltaic electricity plant to be built near Katherine, jointly developed...
WA wave energy spat continues
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Wave, 0The WA State Government has agreed to pay Carnegie Clean Energy its first milestone payment for the Albany wave...
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...
Investment in new microgrid
Lauren Butler, , Electricity, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0Birchip 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
Energy 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...
Federal Government to abandon NEG
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, Networks, News, Policy, Spotlight, 0Prime 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
Energy 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...
Australia’s new Energy Minister
Lauren Butler, , Networks, News, Policy, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 0At 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
Energy 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
Energy 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...
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