AGL is set to build a new grid-scale battery in South Australia to increase energy storage across the National...
Renewables
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...
Keeping SA renewables project on schedule despite pandemic
Kim Ho, , Asset management, Company news, COVID-19, Electricity, News, Professional services, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Water, 0Two South Australian utilities are working together throughout the pandemic to ensure their renewable energy project remains on schedule....
ARENA funds Australia’s first Renewable Energy Zone
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Wind farms, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $5 million in funding for TransGrid to conduct a feasibility study...
SA identifies interconnector and smart solar as critical to state’s energy security
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Embedded networks, News, Projects, Renewables, 0The South Australian Government and the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) have released a report detailing the state’s plan...
AusNet launches community consultation on transmission project
Kim Ho, , Asset management, Cables, Community engagement, Company news, Electricity, News, Powerlines, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, Wind farms, 0AusNet Services has commenced community consultation on the Western Victoria Transmission Network Project. Described as Victoria’s most critical transmission...
Marinus Link to be fast-tracked for economic recovery
Kim Ho, , Cables, Construction, COVID-19, Disaster Management, Electricity, News, Pipe and conduit, Policy, Powerlines, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, Water, 0The Federal Government has announced that the Marinus Link is one of several priority projects to be fast-tracked under...
Hydrogen projects vie for share of $70 million funding
Kim Ho, , Electricity, Gas, News, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s (ARENA) first funding round for commercial-scale hydrogen production has closed, receiving 36 proposals worth...
New renewable organics projects to power Victoria
Kim Ho, , Electricity, News, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Sustainability, 0The Victorian Government has funded two Renewable Organics Networks, which will use organic waste to produce electricity, thereby reducing...
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