RenewEconomy
Energy Efficiency Market Report: Strength in volatility
A recovery in VEEC supply was not enough to prevent prices in the Victorian Energy Efficiency certificate market from strengthening in volatile conditions.
Categories: Around The Web
The fertile crescent of Australian solar farms now tops 30GW
Latest update on solar projects presents striking image of development across the country. In total, more than 250 solar projects representing more than 30GW.
Categories: Around The Web
Electric Winnebago: Motorhome maker launches all-electric RV
Iconic US motorhome maker takes "first step" towards electrification with all-electric commercial RV platform.
Categories: Around The Web
UNSW Sydney inks agreements with French science organisations to strengthen partnerships in research and innovation
UNSW Sydney has signed new agreements with two French scientific organisations that will bolster continued bilateral cooperation in the areas of renewable energy innovation and environmental research.
Categories: Around The Web
Germany reaches 100% renewables for a few hours, 42% so far this year
Germany reached 100% renewables for a few hours on Sunday and has averaged 42% for the year - well ahead of its 2020 target.
Categories: Around The Web
Market Insight residential electricity price series
New data shows that energy consumers are paying more than they think in their bills, and more than what the regulator admits.
Categories: Around The Web
Pilbara renewables hub adds 3GW wind and solar to $20bn plan
Plans for huge renewable energy hub in Pilbara expanded to 9GW of wind and solar, producing as much as planned by Australia's renewable energy target. Hydrogen storage has also been added to the $20 billion project menu.
Categories: Around The Web
Commercial solar hots up in WA, as business wakes up to savings
Perdaman Group says WA commercial PV market is booming, as businesses seek to cut their exposure to grid electricity costs.
Categories: Around The Web
Shopping centre solar roll-out claims biggest PV array, biggest battery
Vicinity to roll-out of more than 11MW of commercial solar in a $28m project that will include largest rooftop array and a major battery storage installation.
Categories: Around The Web
Remote NT community goes “solar only” by day
Indigenous community of Daly River officially running on solar only during day, after installation of 1MW PV and 2MWh lithium-ion battery system.
Categories: Around The Web
The subsidy-free wind farms that returned money to ACT consumers in 2017
ACT consumers got a net payment in calendar 2017 from first two wind farms built to help meet its 100% renewables target. And with no subsidies.
Categories: Around The Web
Understanding energy blockchain: Network and market
Potential to address network value streams and negotiate complexity and regulatory risk offers huge opportunity for any platform able to wrestle this dragon.
Categories: Around The Web
Musk plays the vision thing, vents at myopic analysts, media
The market’s obsessions with financial details, rather than the big picture, is driving Musk to distraction. And that should be a cause for concern.
Categories: Around The Web
Malcolm Turnbull has become a de-facto climate denier
Macron's dressing down of Malcolm Turnbull on his lack of leadership on climate change underlines a disturbing point: Turnbull may not deny the science of climate change, but he does deny the need to act now, and the economic benefits of embracing renewables.
Categories: Around The Web
Rio Tinto climate resolution marks shift in investor culture
A breakthrough resolution on Rio Tinto’s climate stance has won strong backing at the company’s AGM. Is this the start of something?
Categories: Around The Web
Jaguar warns Australia it trailing badly on electric vehicles
Jaguar Land Rover calls on Turnbull government to provide "unified and clear road ahead" to drive EV uptake, or risk another energy crisis.
Categories: Around The Web
Musk says Tesla’s next big battery will be eight times bigger
Elon Musk says Tesla hopes to announce a battery installation 8 times bigger than the current big battery within a few months, and is working on Powerwall backlog.
Categories: Around The Web
SolarEdge shifts focus to “shared energy economy” with new grid services solution
SolarEdge takes major step towards making distributed solar power “ubiquitous,” with the launch of a new grid services product.
Categories: Around The Web
“No way” anyone will fund new coal plants under NEG, says Schott
"I can assure you that, unless there's a change of technology, there would be absolutely no way that anybody would be financing a new coal-fired generation plant."
Categories: Around The Web
Frydenberg digs in: 45% emissions target “reckless,” “extreme”
Frydenberg says Labor's emissions reduction target of 45% is "recklessly high," and at "extremes of the debate." He must have missed Macron's speech.
Categories: Around The Web