News & Commentary
Markets
News & Commentary
Renewables
Solar
Wind
Infrastructure Capital joins Engie in major renewables investment push
Infrastructure Capital Group acquires 75% share in major solar and wind investment platform with French renewables giant Engie and Japanese trading house Mitsui.
Governments
News & Commentary
one step
Queensland Government
Rooftop PV
Solar
How “flexible exports” could convince more big energy users to install rooftop solar
An Energy Queensland network trial focusing on accommodating more, and smarter commercial solar has quietly shown the way on how it may work for consumers.
Battery
micro-grids
News & Commentary
one step
Renewables
Smart Energy
Solar
Storage
Solar and battery microgrid completed at Granny Smith gold mine
Ground-breaking solar, battery and gas microgrid built to power remote W.A. gold mine is complete and cutting fossil fuel consumption by up to 13%.
Markets
News & Commentary
Smart Energy
Rollercoaster ride for energy efficiency markets as Covid wreaks havoc
Energy efficiency markets volatile as proposed scheme changes and Covid-19 wreak havoc.
Australian Federal Government
Governments
News & Commentary
Smart Energy
Smart Transport
Can we dig it? How electrification will drive Australia’s next economic boom
With a massive, Covid-sized hole in Treasury's pocket, there has never been a better time for Australia to hitch its wagon to the fast flowing currents of electrification.
Hydrogen
Markets
News & Commentary
Renewables
Smart Energy
Storage
Hydrogen vs electrification: Why ENA’s Gas Vision is a house of cards
Energy Networks Australia's Gas Vision 2050 update study claims net-zero emissions can be reached with hydrogen at half the cost of electrification. But it's a fragile claim.
Australian Federal Government
Governments
Graphs
Markets
News & Commentary
Renewables
Australian renewables hit new high of 52.9 per cent
Yet another renewables record falls, reaching nearly 53% of main grid as energy minister rolls out 15-month old data to support his "gas is great' argument.
Energy Markets
Governments
News & Commentary
Australia’s energy focus should be on the prize, not the rules
It's not worth getting too excited about the many technical deficiencies in the proposed National Energy Guarantee and the poverty of the vision that underlies it.
Governments
News & Commentary
Renewables
Research Groups, Institutes and Universities
Wind
Crowlands wind farm underway, as ground breaking bulk-buy scheme bears fruit
Ground broken at 80MW Victoria wind farm – fruition of Melbourne project involving 14 universities, cultural institutions, corporations and Councils.
Battery storage
Elon Musk
News & Commentary
People
Smart Transport
Tesla
Tesla
Big batteries, massive pay day: Tesla shareholders approve $2.6bn Musk bonus plan
Tesla shareholder vote approves 10-year, $2.6bn compensation package for CEO Elon Musk – a record individual executive equity award, but Ts & Cs apply.
