Australia Hits New Solar Energy Record
Australia generates enough solar power to fuel nearly all the households in Melbourne, according to a new data analysis. The Australian Photovoltaic Institute (APVI), with data from the Clean Energy Regulator, says the country has a new solar energy record. There are now 6GW of solar power across the country, enough to meet the electricity needs […]
Flex announces Large Scale Battery Energy Storage Solution
Flex, the Sketch-to-Scale™ solutions provider that designs and builds intelligent products for a connected world, has just launched a new technological advancement that addresses a solution to the issue of integrating wind and solar power into an energy grid. The latest innovation, Advanced Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) is billed as an important step in […]
Frydenberg Warms to Solar Thermal Energy Despite its Slow-Burn Impact
Federal Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg has backed the development of solar thermal energy technology. At the same time, he warned that it may not be viable in Australia until 2040. Mr Frydenberg is in Israel, where he visited 121 megawatt Ashalim solar thermal power project in the Negev Desert. Solar thermal technology uses the sun’s […]
Gas pushing Australian electricity prices higher
The recent release of Pollution and Price: The Cost of Investing in Gas claims that gas isn’t any less polluting than coal as an energy source and will ultimately further push electricity prices up. The report by the Climate Council states that renewable energy “can provide a secure, affordable alternative to new fossil fuels”. In […]
Mount Gellibrand wind farm breaks ground
Victoria’s clean energy stocks are set to rise, as construction on the 132-megawatt Mount Gellibrand wind farm in the state’s south-west finally gets underway, five years after approval was granted in 2012. Global renewable energy giant, Acciona, says its investment of $258 million into the new project is a sign of a strengthening market for […]
Newtown hipsters get a taste of solar-powered beer from community solar array
Solar-powered beer is the latest trend among hipsters in the Sydney suburb of Newtown. Punters are starting to see the benefit of solar power, with boutique beer producer Young Henrys hosting a community solar array in Newtown which is owned by members of the Newtown community. The brewery’s 29.9kW solar array was financed by 54 locals, […]
Australian solar boom to contribute to 85GW global solar forecast
Australian solar share of global solar installations is expected to increase in 2017 according to the latest Global Solar Demand Monitor report by GreenTechMedia (GTM) research. Over 85GW of power are forecasted to be deployed globally this year, doubling 2014 figures. This is considerably up from 2015 figures which showed only 51 Gigawatts and 78 […]
Energy storage and solar industry benefits as Geli Launches new tool
In a further move towards creating an “internet of energy” software infrastructure company Geli has launched ESyst, an industry first integrated design-to-automation tool. The new design instrument recently announced by Geli is a free web based application that helps project developers selecting energy storage and solar-plus-storage systems for commercial and industrial facilities. The practical implications […]
Ararat Wind Farm Fully Operational and Contributing 240MW To Grid
The 240MW Ararat Wind Farm in Victoria is now operational, with all 75 of its GE turbines now feeding energy into the grid. The project, commenced in 2015, also has an agreement to provide the ACT with 40 per cent of electricity produced from the site. The Ararat project is co-owned by a consortium of […]
Energy from the moon the way forward?
Lunar Based Solar Power (LSP) is not a new concept: Dr. David Criswell, a retired physicist from the University of Houston has been championing it for over 40 years. The idea would involve depending on small, cheap satellites to relay microwave beams between the Moon and receiving stations on Earth, which would turn those beams […]