New Zealand is one of the first countries in the world to reach an electrification tipping point, as prices of $3a litre for petrol and high gas costs makes electric homes more affordable than fossil fuelled alternatives. The Electric Homes report, from the charity Rewiring Aotearoa, shows that a combination
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A massive green hydrogen project based around existing Western Australia hydro and new giga-scale solar – and which aims to be the first in Australia to export green ammonia at scale – has won federal government funding from Arena. The Australian Renewable Energy Agency on Tuesday announced it has awarded
The best sites for large scale battery storage projects are all likely to be taken within the next three years but scarcity isn’t driving better prices for landowners, says the boss of a renewable energy project land acquisition company. “In New South Wales (NSW) all of the really good battery
It was nearly a year ago now when Australia’s biggest electricity producer, and its biggest coal generation company AGL Energy was marking the closure of the ageing and increasingly decrepit Liddell coal fired power station in the Hunter Valley. At the time, a couple of leading Coalition politicians, including Nationals
South Australia leads the world in the uptake of wind and solar – averaging more than 71 per cent over the past year and regularly delivering more than 100 per cent of its local demand. It’s a relatively small state with a modest economy. But now California, the world’s biggest
Ballarat might be the first regional Australian city to go fully renewable, building on a plan first outlined in October last year to harness distributed energy resources. The newly-founded Ballarat Energy Network (BEN) is bringing in large energy consumers in the town alongside AusNet Services and Mondo to figure out
Pressure is mounting on the federal Albanese government to underwrite the uptake of rooftop solar, home batteries and efficient electric home appliances, amid concerns a growing energy divide is being “weaponised” to delay climate action. Advocacy groups have joined independent MPs to call on for federal Labor to use its
Self-driving electric utes, high-tech operating systems and heat pumps are some of the weapons of a one-million-strong “decarbonisation army” that is mustering around the world. Irishman Norman Crowley, founder and chair of the global emissions-busting CoolPlanet Group, is visiting Australia to recruit like-minded partners to his mission. The World Economic
With a turnover of over 15.7 billion euros, and a 46 per cent growth increase in comparison to 2022, the energy storage sector’s expansion in Germany continues at a fast pace, according to industry data released by the German Association of Energy Storage Systems (BVES). A trend towards greater self-sufficiency, higher energy
Construction is underway on will be Australia’s biggest battery project; the giant four-hour Collie battery energy storage system being built by Synergy to soak up Western Australia solar during the day and replace coal in the evening peak. The battery, which will have a 500 MW/2000 MWh capacity, got its
Solar Victoria CEO Stan Krpan talks rebate milestones, red hot heat pump demand and home battery uptake. Plus rooftop solar crackdowns and a battery business in trouble. You can find previous episodes of the Solar Insiders podcast here or on your favourite podcast platform. Pylon is a proud sponsor of
I grew up listening to a lot of Rolling Stones and one of my favourite tracks is “You can’t always get what you want”. But as a child of the 1980’s, the works of Phil Colins and Bruce Hornsby also formed the musical wallpaper – particularly the tracks “[That’s just]