In collaboration with the solar industry, SA Power Networks is launching a Flexible Exports option, to enable new solar...
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New hybrid energy partnership
Imogen Hartmann, , Battery storage, Company news, Electricity, Gas, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, Wind farms, 0Thanks to a recently signed memorandum of understanding (MOU), AGL and Wärtsilä will jointly deliver large-scale hybrid energy systems...
ARENA funds solar and DER contingency response study
Imogen Hartmann, , Company news, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will provide $981,000 in funding to the University of New South Wales (UNSW)...
Western Power appoints major energy company in SPS rollout
Imogen Hartmann, , Battery storage, Company news, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, 0A leading energy company has been tasked with helping Western Power deliver Australia’s largest rollout of stand-alone power systems...
Powercor to roll out Solar Hotspots Program
Imogen Hartmann, , Company news, Electricity, News, Projects, Solar, Sustainability, 0Powercor is rolling out an intensive program of works which is set to benefit an estimated 50,000 solar customers...
AGL to acquire two major solar businesses
Imogen Hartmann, , Company news, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, 0AGL is set to acquire two of the country’s biggest commercial solar businesses from Anchorage Capital Partners – Epho...
A balancing act: renewables and reduced grid inertia
Journalist, , Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Renewables, Solar, Wind farms, 0by Eliza Booth, Journalist A reliable power system needs adequate levels of system strength and inertia, which to date...
SA Water deploys world’s largest moveable solar site
Charlotte Pordage, , Features, Renewables, Solar, Water, Water treatment, 0The world’s largest fully moveable, single-location solar array is taking shape at Adelaide’s Happy Valley Reservoir as part of...
AEMC announces new power standards
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, News, Policy, Solar, Sustainability, 0The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has announced new compulsory standards for household energy technologies that connect to the...
Social Energy: a new smart energy retailer enters the game
Imogen Hartmann, , Billing and CRM, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Retail, Smart grid, Solar, 0by Imogen Hartmann, Journalist Empowered consumers and an increasing number of new retail electricity providers are loosening the market...
PowerBank battery storage trial goes for round three
Imogen Hartmann, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Synergy and Western Power’s battery storage trial, PowerBank, has been extended for a third round, which will be the...
Flinders University powers ahead with carbon positive goal
Imogen Hartmann, , Company news, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, Wind farms, 0Flinders University is implementing a number of renewable energy initiatives to reach its target of net-zero emissions from electricity...
How utilities can lead Australia to a hydrogen future
Charlotte Pordage, , Features, Gas, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, 0by Emil Billquist, Managing Director, Frank Ochel, Senior Principal, and Thomas Culbert, Senior Manager, Accenture There has been a...
Energy deal facilitates Melbourne community battery network
Imogen Hartmann, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Yarra Energy Foundation and Victorian electricity distributor, CitiPower, have signed an agreement to pursue community-scale battery storage for...
Queensland’s new solar and battery powered ‘burbs
Imogen Hartmann, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, 0Two of Queensland’s newest residential developments, Carseldine and Oxley, will be 100 per cent powered by solar and battery,...
Mega SA pipeline powered by solar
Imogen Hartmann, , Company news, News, Pipelines, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Water, 0Over 19,000 solar panels are now powering SA Water’s Morgan to Whyalla Pipeline, one of Australia’s biggest drinking water...
Solar powers Australia’s home of sport
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, 0EnergyAustralia has installed over 220 solar panels at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to boost sustainability at the iconic grounds....
Contract awarded for Melbourne treatment plant solar farm
Journalist, , Electricity, News, Solar, Spotlight, 0Work is set to begin on the construction of a 19MW solar farm at Melbourne Water’s Eastern Treatment Plant...
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...
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...
SA drives renewable opportunities
Imogen Hartmann, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Solar, 0The South Australian Government has unlocked a suite of renewable opportunities with the signing of a ten-year energy supply...
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...
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...
SA to lead grid-integrating solar tech trial
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, News, Projects, Solar, 0SA Power Networks is set to lead a new trial to better integrate rooftop solar with the grid using...
Western Power launches flexibility services trial
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, News, Projects, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0In conjunction with a number of WA business customers, Western Power has launched a flexible energy services trial to...
AGL set to expand Virtual Power Plant
Imogen Hartmann, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Solar, 0AGL’s Virtual Power Plant (VPP) is set for an expansion, as the company launches solar battery sales and installations...
Social housing tenants join Australia’s largest virtual power plant
Journalist, , Asset management, Battery storage, Construction, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, News, Projects, Smart grid, Smart Utilities, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Social housing tenants in South Australia will soon benefit from lower energy bills and a more resilient grid with...
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...
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