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“This is huge” – rule changes to boost solar PV and batteries
AEMC rule changes would give consumers more control over the energy market, and reduce the ability of generators to exploit their market power. This could be a huge win.
Rob Murray-Leach
Jul 27, 2018
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Smart Energy
SolarEdge shifts focus to “shared energy economy” with new grid services solution
SolarEdge takes major step towards making distributed solar power “ubiquitous,” with the launch of a new grid services product.
Sophie Vorrath
May 3, 2018
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“Shameless”: Cheap energy option for consumers still being buried
AEMC blasted for not providing robust signals for demand response technologies – clearly the smartest, cleanest and cheapest option to solve many energy issues, but not one favoured by generators.
Giles Parkinson
Feb 16, 2018
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Biggest game-changer on network spending approved – a decade late
Regulator finally approves demand management incentive scheme, encouraging networks to invest in battery storage and micro-grids, rather than poles and wires. Had it come a decade earlier, it might have negated the climate and energy wars.
Giles Parkinson
Dec 14, 2017
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Origin teams with UK start-up in SA demand-response trial
Origin Energy rolls out flexible energy trial in South Australia, allowing commercial and industrial customers to align demand with renewables output.
Sophie Vorrath
Oct 17, 2017
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Get smart: AEMO unveils 200MW “virtual power plant”
AEMO and ARENA unveil a 200MW “virtual power plant” from demand response initiatives featuring incentives for commercial and household users, battery storage, and a range of Australian monitoring, smart meters and voltage control devices,
Giles Parkinson
Oct 11, 2017
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Future Grid teams with WattWatchers to tap demand response energy market
“Software meets hardware” partnership aims to tap booming behind-the-meter energy market – a key part of future NEM.
Sophie Vorrath
Sep 28, 2017
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AGL hits pause on virtual power plant in technology “rethink”
AGL tells its “virtual power plant” customers in Adelaide their installation will be delayed while it reviews technology choices for the program.
Giles Parkinson
Aug 29, 2017
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Demand response pilot kicks off with $22.5m funding round
ARENA launches $22.5m funding round for demand response technology and platforms ahead of the 100MW AEMO-ARENA pilot slated for this summer.
Sophie Vorrath
Jun 8, 2017
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AEMO looks at smarter ways to deal with extreme peaks and heatwaves
In what’s being called a “breakthrough moment”, AEMO and ARENA team up to provide 100MW demand response capacity to meet next summer’s critical peaks. The program will focus on technologies like solar and storage in a way previously ignored by policy makers.
Giles Parkinson
May 19, 2017
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Lumenaza aims to connect 1.4m solar households with regional market
A new software platform in Germany lets utilities buy and sell “regional electricity” by connecting up small producers with consumers.
Sonja van Renssen
Nov 15, 2016
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Electricity generation and transport: back to the 19th century?
Decentralised technologies are now becoming the cheapest way to bring power to the people, as they were 130 years ago, but we still need the grid.
Gerard Reid
Nov 3, 2016
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