By Giles Parkinson Gas price cap passes parliament, electricity futures prices plunge and Greens hail “the end of gas” with a package designed to take the fossil fuel out of homes. The post Electricity prices plunge as Greens hail cap and “beginning of the end of gas” appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here…
By Giles Parkinson & David Leitch AEMO’s head of system design, Merryn York, on the engineering roadmap to 100 per cent renewables. Plus: The gas price cap debate. The post Energy Insiders Podcast: The road to 100 per cent renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Sophie Vorrath Equinor to collaborate on the offshore wind plans of Australian renewables company Nexsphere to build a 1GW project 30km off the coast of north-east Tasmania. The post Norway oil giant backs gigawatt-scale offshore wind farm and green hydrogen in Tasmania appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles:…
By Rachel Williamson New report reveals Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has delivered Australia’s coal exporters windfall profits of up to $45 billion, with gas exporters reaping almost as much. The post Australian coal exporters reap tens of billions of dollars in super profits from Russia’s war appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For…
By Cheng Cheng, Andrew Blakers & Anna Nadolny Major new ANU report uses “heat maps” to identify which sites across Australia are – and are not – suitable for large-scale wind and solar projects. The post Australia needs much more solar and wind power, but where are the best sites? appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read…
By [Energy Central] Justin Milberg In September, the IEA published its 2022 Global Hydrogen Review and highlighted the “accelerated flow of capital to certain key hydrogen technologies, via project investment and equity in companies for scale up. The enhanced pace is fueled by several converging factors including recognition that the energy transition to net zero…
By [Energy Central] Charley Rattan Scotland | Hydrogen Action Plan Offshore wind Scotland benefits from a large maritime zone and substantial wind resource across the region. This makes it a key provider of offshore wind, not only to deliver its own net zero targets but also to help achieve net zero goals for the UK…
By Giles Parkinson Snowy 2.0 contractor buys out crippled partner, but questions remain over fate of some other key projects including a transmission link and a gas generator. The post Snowy 2.0 contractor snaps up assets of collapsed partner at bargain price appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew…
By Joshua S Hill Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund acquires nearly 10% stake in company with 30GW offshore wind pipeline, including three projects in Australian waters. The post Saudi wealth fund buys stake in offshore wind developer with eyes on Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Giles Parkinson Regulator says generators withheld capacity and deliberately acted to inflate prices. The actions may not have been illegal, but they showed “no regard” to market outcomes. The post “No regard” to market outcomes: Regulator savages generator behaviour appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By [Energy Central] Charley Rattan Scotland, Hydrogen Action Plan Scotland has vast renewable energy resources. Subject to planning and consenting decisions and finding a route to market, we have a potential pipeline of over 40 GW of offshore wind generation projects. This could enable the use of surplus electrons for the creation of low-cost renewable…
By [Energy Central] Charley Rattan The German government has approved a €15-million grant in favour of chemicals group Linde in support of a renewable hydrogen project in Mpumalanga known as HySHiFT, which is being pursued jointly with Sasol, Enertrag and Hydregen Energy. Join: Hydrogen South Africa https://energycentral.com/c/cp/green-hydrogen-cape-town Read Full Article Here For more great articles:…
By Giles Parkinson 5B, the Australian company specialising in low cost solar and rapid deployment, lands major funding deal with oil giant bp, and hopes to build its first big solar farm soon. The post Australian low cost solar innovator 5B lands major funding deal with oil giant BP appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full…
By [Energy Central] Doug Houseman Here is some food for thought. Do we increase generation by at least 42% or find 42% energy efficiency and demand response in our current total usage in the US to accommodate electric transportation? If we go the generate more – we need to add the total amount of wind…
By [Energy Central] Seb Kennedy Full article can be read here. Europe is on track to import more than 600 cargoes of US LNG this year Each cargo could earn traders up to $125 million in the spot market EU gas buyers are signing up for long-term LNG deals to mitigate spot price volatility EU…