Victorian Solar Feed-In Tariffs: Get the Best Value
Victorian solar feed-in tariffs explained, with tips to maximise exports, choose the right retailer, and get the best value from your rooftop solar panels.
Lobby group wants energy giant AGL to come clean on emissions policy
A lobby group that promotes corporate responsibility is urging AGL Energy to disclose its plans to cut emissions in line with Paris Agreement obligations. The call is the latest in a series of proposals from the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) pressuring AGL to clean up its coal-fired power stations and reduce its carbon […]
Solar installers to rally at Parliament House for changes to Victoria’s Solar Homes program
Solar installers will rally in Melbourne this Thursday against the “stop-start” nature of Victoria’s popular Solar Homes program. The innovative, state government program sets a national benchmark for state-funded solar rebates and has helped many Victorian households install solar panels and battery storage. However, its sheer popularity is working against it since the government placed a limit […]
Melbourne’s trams to run on 100 per cent solar power
Melbourne’s trams will soon be fuelled by 100 per cent solar power thanks to the largest operating solar farm in Victoria, making them green powered trams. At least, that’s the amount of power the 128 MW Numurkah Solar Farm, north of Shepparton, will create. Its array of more than 300,000 solar panels produces enough power […]
Tiny Tonga uses big batteries to reach ambitious renewable energy goal
The tiny Kingdom of Tonga is using large scale batteries to help it reach a renewable energy target (RET) of 50 per cent by 2020 – and ditch its reliance on diesel generators. The South Pacific island group is boosting renewable capacity by adding the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) to its Popua Power Station. […]
Demand response: Biggest energy users paid to curb consumption under new draft rules
A new category of electricity traders would see Australia’s biggest users of electricity paid to reduce consumption during peak demand periods using the demand response energy approach . The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) today released for consultation its wholesale demand response mechanism draft rule. This would allow large commercial and industrial electricity users to […]
Large-scale solar generators are reducing Australia’s wholesale electricity price: RMIT research
Solar panels significantly cut the price of wholesale energy in Australia, according to research led by an economist specialising in energy technology. Dr Zsuzsanna Csereklyei is a lecturer in the School of Economics, Finance and Marketing at RMIT University. She says each extra gigawatt (GW) of utility-scale solar power cuts the wholesale electricity price by $14 […]
The challenge of going solar in Alice Springs comes down to the wire(s)
As it attempts to go more solar, Alice Springs is the site of a storm brewing between a community solar group and the Northern Territory Government-owned power company. On one hand, RePower Alice Springs wants to install shared rooftop solar power and a co-owned battery system on suburban households. On the other, NT government-owned Power […]
Australia’s Electricity Market Operator launches learning hub – the AEMO Learning Academy
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) is well-known as the independent organisation that operates our national electricity market. In addition, this week it launched the AEMO Learning Academy to educate those with a vested interest in the technicalities of energy production and exchange. These stakeholders include energy retailers, wind and solar energy companies, traders in […]
Victorian Government should expand Solar Homes to stop solar industry boom-bust: CEC
The Clean Energy Council (CEC) says Victoria’s Solar Homes program is distorting the market and creating solar industry “boom-bust” cycles. The CEC is asking the Victorian Government for an urgent review of the popular solar rebates scheme to reduce negative impact on the solar power industry. The renewable energy association suggests reducing both the income […]