Category: Renew Economy

One Step Off The Grid New South Wales electricity network company Ausgrid has launched the second phase of its household battery-based virtual power plant, bringing two new project partners on board – ShineHub and Evergen. The new phase of the VPP scheme follows up on the success of

Federal energy and emissions reduction minister Angus Taylor has said that the Morrison government had no interest in setting ambitious climate change targets, but would rather set targets the government knew it was already able to meet. Speaking to an online event organised by the Carbon Markets Institute,

The United States of America’s annual energy consumption from renewable sources exceeded that from coal for the first time since before 1885, according to the Energy Information Administration. The EIA said on Thursday that the outcome reflected both the continued decline of US coal power generation over the

In December 2019, we projected household electricity price reductions of up to 20% over the next three years. Our forecasts were based upon modelling showing that substantial additional supplies of low-cost renewable energy entering the market would reduce wholesale electricity prices. Since then, wholesale electricity prices have fallen

The Queensland Competition Authority has been directed to determine the 2020–21 solar feed-in tariff for regional Queensland. We have employed the same ‘avoided cost’ methodology used to calculate the feed-in tariffs since 2014– 15. This methodology aims to ensure that customers with solar photovoltaic (PV) systems receive a

The Korean zinc refiner and large scale solar operator Sun Metals has delivered an eviscerating assessment of Australia’s energy regulations, saying key measures introduced to deal with “systems strength” issues are poorly designed, lack transparency and add unnecessary costs to new projects. And they have caused new investment

The 9.47MW(AC) Robinvale solar farm in Victoria – one of a growing number of ‘small but smart’ PV projects pitched at under 10MW to get around grid congestion and connection issues – has been completed. The solar farm was built by Suntech Power Development Australia around 90km south-west

Strong investment in renewable energy projects, and the impacts of severe drought conditions, have contributed to a 0.9 per cent fall in Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions for 2019. The latest quarterly update to the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory published on Friday showed that emissions fell by 0.5 per

The Driven It’s more than a little ironic that the Technology Investment Roadmap discussion paper released on Thursday by energy and emissions reduction minister Angus Taylor noted the limited range of electric vehicles on offer in Australia. From failing to even discuss vehicle emissions standards, to issuing a

The Australian Energy Regulator has signalled that wind and solar farms may soon be bound by dispatch targets similar to those imposed on coal and gas plants, in a development that could have major implications for the country’s renewable energy industry. The AER released a brief three

Households and businesses in remote and disaster prone areas could soon be supplied with stand-alone solar and storage systems, under new rules set by the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) that allow networks to replace lengthy and costly poles and wires. In an effort to provide greater flexibility

The head of the Sun Cable project in the Northern Territory – which may spend $20 billion building the world’s biggest solar farm and battery storage facility, and also the world’s longest sub-sea cable  – says the mega-project, if successful, is likely to be the first of many.