RenewEconomy
Graph of the Day: SA higher gas output mirrors higher power price
Today's SA chart illustrates the simple fact that as gas power increases penetration in the state, the electricity pool price climbs higher.
Categories: Around The Web
Australia’s coal problem is also its mercury problem
Analysis of toxic emissions from Australia’s coal plants has revealed our per capita mercury emissions are roughly double the global average.
Categories: Around The Web
Tasmania talks up renewables, ignores battery storage, gets stuck on gas
Tasmanian Energy Security report reasserts the importance of more diverse renewable energy supply. But ignores battery storage.
Categories: Around The Web
Warnings of energy storage market chaos, as industry unites against home battery ban
Australian energy storage industry registers thousands of protests against Standards Australia’s proposed home battery ban. Industry body says if draft adopted, the energy storage industry in Australia and globally will be “thrown into chaos.”
Categories: Around The Web
Jay Weatherill on hydrogen, load-shedding, community activism and his critics
The SA Premier talks eggs, sausages, solar thermal, battery storage... and why the federal Clean Energy Target still matters.
Categories: Around The Web
Origin FY17: Revenue up, margins up, customers down
Origin Energy lost electricity customers but grew revenue, price and margin for the full-year 2017. Overall the result was strong at virtually every line.
Categories: Around The Web
Chinese climate impacts will hit Australian economy
How hard will climate impacts in China hit Australia's economy? It’s a question for the Senate inquiry into national security implications of climate change.
Categories: Around The Web
AGL launches free rooftop solar energy monitoring service
AGL is offering households with rooftop solar systems a free service to help them protect potential savings by monitoring their systems.
Categories: Around The Web
Origin rides high power price wave – but says it has to stop
Origin results show its retail division made the most of a "transitioning energy market." But CEO says further power price rises "would be bad for everyone."
Categories: Around The Web
New Energy Solar recognised as an ABA100 winner
New Energy Solar has today been recognised as an ABA100 Winner in The Australian Business Awards 2017.
Categories: Around The Web
New Secretary appointed for DELWP
The Andrews Labor Government has today appointed Mr John Bradley as the new Secretary of the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP).
Categories: Around The Web
Graph of the Day: South Australia’s wholesale price changes in 2017
Today's chart shows how there's been a slight dip as wind power has increased output in July, and how prices were higher when gas dominated the fuel mix in the state.
Categories: Around The Web
The way to power the next billion consumers
If power can be generated where it is consumed, it can closely follow demand growth. Where does much of that growth come from? The "leisure-pull".
Categories: Around The Web
Origin to add “a Hazelwood” of renewables by 2020, but says CET remains “critical”
Despite an upbeat renewables outlook, Origin Energy CEO says the market is not out of the woods yet, and that for investment to keep up momentum, policy stability remains at a premium, and the introduction of a Clean Energy Target is critical.
Categories: Around The Web
Father and son Australian company develops solar-powered drone
Light-weight new drone features standard solar cells, encapsulated in composite material without losing efficiency.
Categories: Around The Web
Coal communities lead march to clean energy
Port Augusta becomes latest Australian coal hub to embrace renewables – and just as well, considering new data on coal plant pollution.
Categories: Around The Web
Graph of the Day: South Australia’s shifting fuel mix
Today's chart is a simple illustration of shifts in the fuel mix so far - interestingly, after a low-wind month in June, July's high wind output means very little reliance on Victorian imports and lower exposure to high-priced gas in SA.
Categories: Around The Web
Contact energy in large scale climate bonds certification
Listed New Zealand company Contact Energy Ltd (CEN) has gained Climate Bonds Certification of geothermal assets as part of its new Green Loan Borrowing Programme for NZD1.8bn.
Categories: Around The Web
Know your NEM: Will the LRET be met?
Will Australia's large-scale renewable energy target be met on time? And what will happen if we move to a CET? Plus AGL's uncontroversial result; and crunching numbers on SolarReserve's Port August project.
Categories: Around The Web
How solar tower and storage won on costs
SolarReserve says its winning solar tower and molten salt storage project can deliver dispatchable, renewable power at just $78/MWh. Why so low?
Categories: Around The Web