By Sophie Vorrath Record customer participation in demand response cuts risk of blackouts and delivers more than half a million dollars to savvy households, new data shows. The post Victoria slashes grid outage risk with record demand response uptake appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Michael Mazengarb Morrison misrepresents federal emissions targets and renewables investment while trying to chastise NSW energy minister Matt Kean over climate. The post Morrison says NSW minister “doesn’t know what he’s talking about.” Does Morrison? appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Sophie Vorrath Construction imminent for Lacour Energy’s 800MW Clarke Creek wind farm in central Queensland, with inaugural community consultative committee meeting held last week. The post Progress as 800MW Clarke Creek wind farm nears construction in Queensland appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Sophie Vorrath Renewable microgrid specialist begins early works on two new 5MW solar farms in South Australia, in continued focus on smaller grid-connected PV projects. The post MPower starts work on two more 5MW solar farms for South Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By David Leitch Rooftop solar nearly caught wind energy at start of 2020, as low futures prices mark debut of the New Year. The post Know your NEM: Rooftop solar catches wind in slow, but low priced start to 2020 appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Soren Amelung and Benjamin Wehrmann German government, utilities and key mining states agree on coal phase out, although environmental groups say the plan is too slow. The post German government, mining states, and utilities fix path for coal exit appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Michael Mazengarb Federation Asset Management makes bid to acquire all remaining shares in Windlab, which has experienced delays in two of its key renewable energy projects, The post Federation makes big offer to acquire wind farm developer Windlab appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Bridie Schmidt New plan to encourage NSW drivers to adopt electric vehicles to be released soon by the NSW Liberal government, while federal Coalition ignores EVs in new auto industry report. The post NSW flags imminent release of EV strategy, as feds ignore electric in auto transition report appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full…
By Alison Potter Solar monitoring company Solar Analytics has found that rooftop PV systems in Sydney and Canberra saw PV output plummet by 15 – 45% on heavy smoke haze days. The post How much does smoke haze affect rooftop solar production? appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew…
By Adam Clarke Just four days into the New Year, the City of Newcastle reaped the benefits from the resilience created by its 100 per cent renewable energy plan. The post Newcastle builds local energy resilience with its 100 per cent renewable plan appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles:…
By Giles Parkinson AEMO convenes meeting with wind and solar project developers frustrated by constraints and connection delays in western Victoria and NSW. The post AEMO to meet wind and solar industry over NSW, Victoria grid blockages appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Michael Mazengarb Microsoft pledges to go ‘carbon negative’, investing $1 billion to research tech to remove company’s historical greenhouse gas emissions from atmosphere. The post Microsoft pledges to go ‘climate negative’, and remove 45-years of company emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Peter Farley The first half of summer suggests that the Victorian grid is already much more resilient that most commentators claim or foresaw. The post Victoria’s power system is proving more resilient than people thought appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Giles Parkinson Investment in large scale renewables in Australia slumped 60% in 2019 as Coalition turned a blind eye to needs of the clean energy transition. The post Australia wind and solar investment plunges as Coalition turns blind eye to transition appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew…
By Michael Mazengarb ACT Government to end mandatory roll-out of gas infrastructure to new houses, as households begin dramatic shift away from the fossil fuel. The post Canberra households reject gas as ACT moves to end mandatory connections appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy