It has been recently revealed that a hybrid solar and battery storage microgrid which is being installed at an Australian Air Force base in the Northern Territory is nearing completion. The facility only needs the energy storage system to be installed before testing and commission. RenewEconomy reported on its website that the microgrid is being
The Clean Energy Regulator has recently revealed Australia’s 10 highest carbon emitters, showing coal-fired generators took the majority of the positions. An article published on the website of The Age cited Clean Energy Regulator’s latest data which shows Australia recorded emissions of approximately 336 million tonnes of direct carbon dioxide equivalent emission within the 2016-17
Queensland broke through the 2-gigawatt mark for rooftop solar installations last month, however, New South Wales overtook it as the biggest market for installations, a first for the rooftop solar installation sector in Australia. A report on the RenewEconomy website stated that based on data from SunWiz, Queensland added 28.874MW of rooftop solar last month,
The latest update from the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) confirmed that the installation of rooftop solar has peaked last year after more and more Australian households and businesses decided to install solar systems. CER’s latest report on the Small-Scale Renewable Energy Scheme found that solar panels were installed on rooftops at a rate of 6.5
Canberra’s National Arboretum, a 250-hectare tourist centre that has more than 90 forests of rare, endangered, and symbolic trees, has reportedly gone off diesel after installing solar and battery storage. ACT Climate Minister Shane Rattenbury unveiled the 30kW solar system and an 82kWh lithium-ion phosphate battery storage system, which was installed by ITP Renewables. RenewEconomy
The Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) recent assessment of the latest heatwave that hit Queensland showed that the state has approximately 2GW of rooftop solar installed across the state, definitely more capacity than any of its coal generators. A report on the RenewEconomy website indicated that the AEMO assessment emphasized on how significantly rooftop solar
Pooled Energy, a New South Wales start-up, has won a $2.5 million grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to test its Internet of Things (IoT) solution to the country’s increasing number of energy-hungry swimming pools. This solution could benefit the gird as well as the households. An article published on RenewEconomy’s website mentioned that
A press release published on the RenewEconomy website stated that Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Ararat Wind Farm (AWF) on its entry into two innovative corporate power purchase agreements with a Melbourne-based electricity retailer, Flow Power. AWF is a 240MW wind farm installed in Victoria and jointly owned by Partners Group and OP Trust. The
A mining company in western Victoria is turning poo into gold by transforming the waste into smell-free fertilisers and energy. Gekko Systems, which has designed and established a biodigester on a dairy farm at Bungaree, is hoping that renewable energy could be utilised across and beyond farming. In a report published on the website of
China is gearing up to lead the use of vanadium for renewable energy storage, “potentially sending spot prices skyward and heaping pressure on global supplies of the material,” a report says. Although lithium-ion batteries are popular for energy storage, batteries need to be big and should provide long shelf life. A report published on the