Low-income families in regional NSW will soon be enjoying 7-star solar-powered community housing thanks to a new agreement. The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will invest up to $95 million to help Housing Plus develop 220 new community houses using technology which is highly energy efficient. Housing Plus is one of the largest providers of
To support and invest in more “cheap renewables,” Infigen Energy has recently made public its purchase of a “peaking” gas plant in New South Wales. The company claims that its latest acquisition will enable it to invest up to 400 megawatts more of renewables and it is eyeing several other wind and solar projects. Renew
ENGIE and EDP have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a co-controlled 50/50 joint venture in fixed and floating offshore wind. In a press release published on the website of ENGIE, EDP CEO and EDPR Chairman Antonio Mexia and ENGIE CEO Isabelle Kocher, announced that the new entity will be the “exclusive
Acciona, a Spanish renewable energy and infrastructure company, has started testing flexible organic solar PV modules on a wind turbine to generate energy for the turbine’s internal electricity consumption. In a report on Renew Economy’s website, the company is depicting the move as “a pioneering solution at the global level in the field of hybridization
A battery storage system will soon be developed in South Australia following the signed agreement between vanadium battery producer CellCube and renewables company Pangea Energy recently. The construction of the grid-scale battery is anticipated to start before the end of 2019 and expected to become fully operational in 2020. Pangea Energy is part of a
An average household could cut its power bill by up to 80 per cent under Federal Labor’s proposed solar battery rebate. That’s the verdict of the Smart Energy Council (SEC), based on Labor’s $2,000 rebate and the current offerings by solar battery retailers in Australia. Labor would introduce the solar battery rebate scheme if elected
The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has given TasNetworks the green light to cover grid costs – which will see Tasmanian electricity bills rise as a result. Households in the Apple Isle will see “moderate” increases because of extra spending to ensure network safety and reliability. The AER will allow the government-owned power distribution company to
The Tesla big battery situated in South Australia has seen a significant rise in revenues and its owner, French company Neoen, is eyeing for more battery storage investments in Australia. The Hornsdale Power Reserve, which started operations in December 2017, has seen a revenue increase of 20 percent in the first three months of the
The first completed turbine of Goldwin Australia’s 144-megawatt Cattle Hill wind farm has been recently unveiled, posting a new milestone in the said project located in the Central Highlands in Tasmania. The first completed turbine (out of 48) was officially unveiled by Tasmania Premier Will Hodgman and Energy Minister Guy Barnett, Renew Economy reported. Barnett
The New South Wales government has already approved the plans of building a 100-megawatt solar and battery power station near West Wyalong in the Riverina region, Renew Economy reported. The project, which costs a total of $130 million and is being developed by ESCO Pacific, is scheduled to commence construction by the end of 2019