News & Commentary
The first of 51 Vestas wind turbines erected at Warradarge wind farm, a 180MW project being developed by Bright Energy Investments in Western Australia’s mid-west region.
Markets News & Commentary Smart Energy Utilities
Victoria slashes grid outage risk with record demand response uptake
Record customer participation in demand response cuts risk of blackouts and delivers more than half a million dollars to savvy households, new data shows.
News & Commentary Renewables Wind
Progress as 800MW Clarke Creek wind farm nears construction in Queensland
Construction imminent for Lacour Energy’s 800MW Clarke Creek wind farm in central Queensland, with inaugural community consultative committee meeting held last week.
That's a wrap on 2019! RenewEconomy is taking a short break ... See you in 2020.
News & Commentary one step Rooftop PV Solar
Queensland solar business caught “misclassifying” rooftop mounting kits
Queensland wholesale solar business ordered to pay $1.3 million after being caught out “falsely declaring” low-cost Chinese PV mounting kits imported into Australia.
AGL Coal Markets News & Commentary Utilities
Loy Yang A unit returns, just in time for another blistering heat-wave
Unit 2 of AGL Energy's Loy Yang A to return to service this week after a seven month absence – in time for a major heatwave that will test...
Battery Governments News & Commentary Renewables Research Groups, Institutes and Universities Solar Storage Victorian Government
Yallourn could be replaced with renewables and batteries by 2023, says report
Less than 3GW of new renewables plus "big battery" storage and demand-side generation could replace Victoria's Yallourn coal plant by 2023, a Reputex report claims.
Markets News & Commentary one step Rooftop PV Solar
RACV makes push into rooftop PV with Gippsland Solar purchase
One of Victoria’s biggest PV retailers, Gippsland Solar, acquired by major Australian insurer RACV, in deal that speaks volumes about Australia’s booming rooftop PV market.
XXXX and Little Creatures brewer Lion follows up carbon neutral 2020 target with commitment to use renewable electricity only to power its operations by 2025.
Australian Federal Government CleanTech Bites Governments News & Commentary Nuclear
Coalition pushes for nuclear ban to be lifted, Labor says it’s madness
Nuclear inquiry report calls on Australians to say "definite yes" to nuclear energy for Australia, despite the new SMR technology's enormous expense and as-yet unproven status.
