RenewEconomy
Queensland aims for more than 10,000MW of solar by 2030
Solar will rival coal as the biggest source of electricity supply by 2030 under the scenarios outlined by the state's expert panel on the 50% renewable target.
Categories: Around The Web
SolarReserve unveils plans for 2,000MW solar and storage plant
US solar developer wants to build world's biggest solar development, a 2,000MW, $US5 billion project featuring its solar tower and molten salt storage technology.
Categories: Around The Web
A Fundraising Event for Indigenous Wellbeing and Suicide Prevention with David Suzuki & Clover Moore
Dice Australia and AllGrid Energy are hosting a fund-raising event for Indigenous wellbeing and Suicide Prevention.
Categories: Around The Web
Norton Rose Fulbright acts in cloud driven rooftop solar and storage sale
Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Redback Technologies on the sale of a stake to major energy company EnergyAustralia
Categories: Around The Web
St Lucy’s the first school in NSW to embrace solar and battery storage.
Swimming lessons are about to get a whole lot better for the children of St Lucy’s Primary School in Wahroonga.
Categories: Around The Web
Tesla’s first shopping centre retail store opens today
Tesla’s first integrated retail store in Melbourne opens in Chadstone Shopping Centre’s new luxury offering today.
Categories: Around The Web
Titan SmartStorage incorporates Aquion’s Aspen batteries for a cost-effective home solar storage system
The Titan SmartStorage product was unveiled at the All-Energy 2016 conference in Melbourne, Australia, and is now available to order.
Categories: Around The Web
Energy efficiency ‘single largest’ climate lever – why aren’t we pulling it?
IEA report says energy efficiency a huge investment opportunity, and growing rapidly, but must be ramped up to avoid dangerous climate change.
Categories: Around The Web
Victorian energy efficiency market: a recovery of sorts?
September proved a bumpy month for the Victorian energy efficiency market, but ultimately it marked the first significant monthly recovery this year.
Categories: Around The Web
Gas role in SA price spikes underlines clear case for battery storage
$1 million per megawatt hour? That's the cost imposed on the market when a gas generator slightly increased its output for 15 minutes during a recent high price event in South Australia. It's hard to imagine a better case for battery storage.
Categories: Around The Web
Coalition will be out of job if it keeps head in sand on renewables
Queensland energy minister says federal Coalition has been solar scare mongering and will be out of a job if it continues to keep its head in the sand on renewables. But mainstream media has a long way to come as well.
Categories: Around The Web
Queensland lays out three “cost neutral” paths to 50% renewables
Queensland panel says 50% renewables by 2030 not just doable, it will be "cost neutral" to consumers and won't affect reliability. It maps out three scenarios that will add more than 6,000 jobs, more than $5bn to state economy and cost a fraction of Coalition forecasts.
Categories: Around The Web
So, you want to buy battery storage?
Most Australian households looking at battery storage just want to make the most of their solar investment and use as little grid supplied energy as possible. But what should they look to buy?
Categories: Around The Web
Space heating and cooling our homes – time for a rethink?
With space heating beginning to look like a high carbon option, can ‘person’ heating make a comeback? Developments in radiant heating technology suggest it can.
Categories: Around The Web
Solar shading, and what to do about it
Solar shading are dirty words to the solar industry. Is it possible to beat shading and boost the output of a solar system?
Categories: Around The Web
Largest solar array installed at an Australian winery passes half-way mark
AGL chief says 1.4MW solar PV array across Yalumba wineries in SA shows how distributed energy empowers business, offering greater control of energy use and costs, resilience during system failures.
Categories: Around The Web
$1 billion of big solar to go ahead as developers pay bonds to ARENA
The developers of 12 big solar projects that won grants from ARENA pay their bonds on time, indicating all projects to go ahead as planned.
Categories: Around The Web
BHP swallows Lomborg line and sells itself short on wind and solar
BHP Billiton says wind and solar are heralding the "dawn" of an energy revolution. But a dawn is all it can see, because it predicts fossil fuels will still account for 80% of energy needs by 2040. Surely it's time to get serious.
Categories: Around The Web
SA govt accelerates autonomous vehicles with $10m grant scheme
SA govt launches $10m autonomous vehicle grant scheme, calling for proposals to test and demonstrate driverless cars and supporting infrastructure.
Categories: Around The Web
World now far less wasteful with energy, finds IEA report
The energy efficiency savings achieved globally last year were enough to power Japan, according to a new IEA report.
Categories: Around The Web