EnergyAustralia has installed over 220 solar panels at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to boost sustainability at the iconic grounds....
Renewables
Massive hydro and energy announcements made for Tasmania
Imogen Hartmann, , Battery storage, Company news, Electricity, News, Powerlines, Projects, Renewables, Water, 0Hydro Tasmania has selected Lake Cethana as the preferred pumped hydro site for Tasmania, with the project now set...
Renewable hydrogen production kicks off at Hyp SA
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Gas, News, Projects, Renewables, 0The first round of renewable hydrogen production has commenced at the Hydrogen Park South Australia (Hyp SA) during commissioning...
WA to house Australia’s first remote microgrid powered by hydrogen
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will provide $2.6 million in funding for Horizon Power to build Australia’s first...
The impact of the 2020/21 Victorian Budget on the utility industry
Imogen Hartmann, , Dams, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Water, Water treatment, 0The Victorian Government has released its 2020/21 Budget, which includes $562 million for river health, $65 million for urban...
$8 million trial for electric vehicle grid impacts
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, 0An $8 million trial will be led by AGL to test the impact of electric vehicle (EV) charging on...
Origin to conduct export-scale hydrogen plant feasibility study
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, 0Origin Energy is set to perform a $3.2 million feasibility study into building an export-scale green hydrogen and ammonia...
South Australia’s new grid-scale battery on the way
Imogen Hartmann, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, 0AGL is set to build a new grid-scale battery in South Australia to increase energy storage across the National...
NSW outlines energy plans in Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, News, Renewables, Solar, Wind farms, 0In its recently released Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap, the New South Wales Government has revealed an energy plan to create...
Keep it clean: how renewables can lead the recovery from COVID-19
Charlotte Pordage, , Battery storage, Electricity, Features, Renewables, Solar, Wind farms, 0As federal and state governments look to restart the economy in the aftermath of the COVID-19 health emergency, there...
Networks renewed: an Australian-first voltage management trial
Charlotte Pordage, , Community engagement, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Renewables, Smart grid, Solar, 0Across Australia, and particularly in NSW, the uptake of rooftop solar has soared, with more than 450,000 premises across...
EnergyAustralia’s ON incubates household energy for the future
Charlotte Pordage, , Billing and CRM, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Renewables, Retail, 0What happens when product developers and customers get together to look at how household energy could be better? Easier,...
Waste not, want not – biogas powering a clean, green energy future
Charlotte Pordage, , Electricity, Features, Renewables, Sustainability, Wastewater treatment, 0Traditionally, wastewater treatment plants were solely designed to fulfil a vital role in ensuring public health and the protection...
ARENA funds net zero energy demand homes
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is providing $708,910 in funding to Frasers Property Australia to demonstrate the feasibility...
More renewable generation shown in WA’s Whole of System Plan
Journalist, , Asset management, Battery storage, Electricity, News, Policy, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind farms, 0Western Australia’s recently published Whole of System Plan (WOSP) has provided a 20-year forecast on the future of the...
Logan City Council completes successful biosolids to energy trial
Journalist, , Asset management, Electricity, News, Renewables, Sustainability, 0Queensland’s Logan City Council has pioneered a successful trial of converting human waste into energy at its high-tech Loganholme...
Powerlink to provide Kaban Green Power Hub system support
Imogen Hartmann, , Company news, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Wind farms, 0Powerlink has signed an agreement to deliver system strength support to Neoen’s 157MW Kaban Green Power Hub, via the...
The Federal Government has announced a $1.9 billion investment package for the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) that will...
NERA announces funding for hydrogen technology clusters
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, 0National Energy Resources Australia (NERA) has announced a new funding program to create a network of hydrogen technology clusters...
SA Power rolls out voltage management system upgrades
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, 0SA Power Networks is upgrading voltage management systems across the state’s electricity distribution network to facilitate more solar generation. ...
WA launches Distributed Energy Buyback Scheme
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, 0The Western Australian Government has announced a Distributed Energy Buyback Scheme (DEBS), enabling buyback payments for energy exported from...
Panel orientation key for PV consumption efficiency
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, News, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, 0While the increased uptake of rooftop photovoltaic (PV) solar panels around Australia is generally a positive scenario, it is...
AEMO’s 2020 Integrated System Plan published
Imogen Hartmann, , Coal seam gas, Electricity, Gas, News, Renewables, 0Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) 2020 Integrated System Plan (ISP) has been released, outlining opportunities for the National Electricity...
Hunter Valley renewable energy project kicks off
Imogen Hartmann, , News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, 0The first solar panel array has been installed as part of the NSW Government’s four-year $15 million investment into...
The future network: demonstrating advanced integration of distributed energy resources
Charlotte Pordage, , Demand management, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Renewables, Smart grid, Software, Solar, 0SA Power Networks identified an opportunity to offer Virtual Power Plant operators a higher level of export above the...
ARENA awards half a million to improve grid stability
Kim Ho, , Asset management, Electricity, Maintenance, News, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has presented $495,680 in funding to Monash University to research ways of managing...
Bioenergy: the missing piece in the energy puzzle
Charlotte Pordage, , Electricity, Features, Gas, Interviews, Renewables, Sustainability, Wastewater treatment, 0As the peak body representing Australia's bioenergy sector, Bioenergy Australia is working hard to increase awareness of bioenergy as...
Rule change proposal to support more solar connections
Kim Ho, , Battery storage, Company news, Electricity, News, Policy, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Several organisations, including SA Power Networks, the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), the Total Environment Centre (TEC) and...
Australian Hydrogen Council partners up for hydrogen development
Imogen Hartmann, , Company news, Gas, News, Renewables, 0The Australian Hydrogen Council (AHC) has signed a series of Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with key organisations to explore...
NSW gains second Renewable Energy Zone
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Sustainability, 0A second Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) is set to be developed in the New England region with the New...
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