The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will provide $289,725 in funding for Canberra-based ECLIPS Engineering to design, manufacture and...
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Energy giant wins bid to build solar farm in QLD
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, News, Projects, Solar, 0A international energy company has been selected to transform 1250 hectares of underutilised state-owned land at Aldoga in Queensland...
Land option secured for Kidston wind farm
Elisa Iannunzio, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Wind farms, 0Genex Power has signed a deal to secure the land option to develop a wind farm project up to...
Joint venture to power renewables projects in WA
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, Wind farms, 0The Western Australian Government has approved a joint venture with Synergy, infrastructure investment company DIF and Australian industry super...
The biggest barrier to microgrids
Nicole Valicek, , Battery storage, Electricity, Events, Interviews, News, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, 0The establishment of viable business cases for different applications is the main barrier to the continued uptake of microgrids in...
Kidston solar stage two gets development approval
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, 0The Etheridge Shire Council has given development approval (DA) for stage two of the Kidston solar project (K2-Solar). The...
Wind farm proposed for Kidston Solar Pumped Hydro project
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Wind farms, 0Genex Power has proposed the addition of a 150MW capacity wind farm to its solar plus pumped hydro Kidston...
Tour the Hornsdale Power Reserve at energy storage conference
Elisa Iannunzio, , Battery storage, Electricity, Events, News, Renewables, Solar, 0South Australia is leading the way in renewable and energy storage with the state investing in major energy projects....
Survival of the fittest for EPC players
Utility Journalist, , Construction, Electricity, Engineering, Features, Renewables, Solar, 0Despite solid growth in the Australian utility-scale solar sector, it is expected that some engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) players...
QLD schools to cut power bills with solar panels
Utility Journalist, , Asset management, Electricity, News, Renewables, Solar, 0The Queensland Government will spend $97 million over three years to help schools in the state cut their combined...
Western Australia’s Emu Downs Solar Farm has officially opened. Synergy has entered into a power purchase agreement with the...
Guidelines to direct solar farm boom in QLD
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, News, Policy, Renewables, Solar, 0New planning and community engagement guidelines are in development to guide Queensland’s solar farm boom. Minister for Natural Resources,...
How viable is concentrated solar thermal technology?
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, News, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has released a report outlining how concentrated solar thermal (CST) technology could be...
Combining solar and battery power for an off-grid solution
Utility Journalist, , Battery storage, Electricity, Features, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Water, 0Logan City Council in South East Queensland has successfully installed the first off-grid system powered by Bradford Solar and Tesla...
$3 million Battery Energy Storage system to connect to grid
Elisa Iannunzio, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Solar, 0Carnegie Clean Energy has been awarded a $3 million grant from the South Australian Government to design, construct, operate...
Speeding up smart meter installations
Elisa Iannunzio, , Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, IOT Internet of Things, News, Policy, Smart meters, Solar, 0The Federal Government is submitting a rule change request to the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) to introduce maximum...
Adapting for a new generation of customer
Utility Journalist, , Battery storage, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Partner Solutions, Smart meters, Software, Solar, 0Increased levels of clean, locally generated electricity and rapid technological change mean that customers want better and fairer solutions for...
What would it take for residential customers to go off-grid?
Utility Journalist, , Battery storage, Electricity, Features, Renewables, Solar, 0by Roger Jeffrey, utilities sector specialist and consulting partner at Deloitte The impact of distributed generation on residential customers...
$170 million solar contract awarded
Elisa Iannunzio, , Contracts awarded, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, 0Equis Energy has awarded the contract to build and maintain the Tailem Bend 127MWDC Solar Farm in South Australia....
Integrating energy and climate change policy to drive NEG
Elisa Iannunzio, , Battery storage, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Gas, News, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, Wind farms, 0The independent Energy Security Board (ESB) has released the first public consultation paper for the National Energy Guarantee (NEG)...
New solar farm contract awarded
Elisa Iannunzio, , Contracts awarded, Electricity, News, Projects, Solar, 0The City of Newcastle, NSW, has awarded the contract to design and construct a $7 million, 5MW solar project...
$6.8 million renewable microgrid contract awarded
Elisa Iannunzio, , Battery storage, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, News, Projects, Solar, 0Western Power has awarded the $6.8 million contract to construct a 100 per cent renewable energy-powered microgrid project for...
SA leading Australia’s energy revolution
Elisa Iannunzio, , Battery storage, Electricity, Events, News, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, 0South Australia has cemented itself as the leading state for renewables and energy storage following the announcement of what...
World’s largest virtual power plant planned for SA
Elisa Iannunzio, , Battery storage, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, News, Projects, Smart Utilities, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The South Australian Government has launched a plan to install solar and battery systems on 50,000 homes across the...
Meridian invests in renewables
Elisa Iannunzio, , Company news, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Wind farms, 0Meridian Energy Australia has entered into a $168 million agreement to purchase three hydro power stations from Trustpower and,...
Lockyer Valley Regional Council (QLD) is seeking tenders for the installation a 100 kW rooftop solar plant at the...
$30 million solar farm proposed near Wee Waa
Elisa Iannunzio, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, 0Overland Sun Farming has submitted a proposal for a $30 million solar farm near Wee Waa in New South...
Registrations open for Australia’s largest smart energy conference
Lauren Cella, , Battery storage, Electricity, Events, IOT Internet of Things, News, Policy, Renewables, Solar, 0It’s a new year, and the solar and storage industry is already gearing up for The Smart Energy Conference...
Northam Solar Farm reaches new milestone
Utility Journalist, , Construction, Electricity, News, Projects, Solar, 0Progress continues on the largest solar project under construction in Western Australia with the completion and execution of the...
The power of three
Utility Journalist, , Battery storage, Electricity, Features, Projects, Solar, Sustainability, Wind farms, 0Australia’s first fully integrated solar, wind and battery project at the central Queensland Kennedy Energy Park will deliver a new model...
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