Ergon Energy Archives - Page 2 of 2 - Renew Economy

Ergon’s renewable energy tender swamped by 2,000MW of proposals
Ergon tender for 150MW of large scale renewable energy swamped by 2000MW of solar, wind and biomass proposals.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 4, 2015

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Huge response to ARENA, CEFC, Queensland big solar tenders
New international players attracted to Australia by tenders for large-scale solar, with Queensland, WA and NSW markets attracting most interest.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 3, 2015

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Queensland’s stealth electricity tax just keeps on giving
Queensland has reported a $1.2bn dividend from state-owned electricity distributors Energex and Ergon. Is this tax by stealth?
Rob Campbell

Oct 5, 2015

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Networks pricing everyone out of grid: It’s time for competition
As things stand today in Queensland, it would be more economical for a household to install battery storage than pay Ergon to use its network.
Bruce Mountain

Sep 18, 2015

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Electric vehicles ‘will happen’, says Ergon Energy, in deal with Mitsubishi
Ergon Energy in deal with Mitsubishi to use hybrid electric vehicles in its corporate fleet, says wider adoption of EVs ‘will happen’.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 7, 2015

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Ergon to buy 150MW of renewable capacity for Queensland grid
Queensland’s government-owned regional utility, Ergon Energy, confirms tender for 150MW of new solar, wind or hydro capacity to be added to its grid.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 24, 2015

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Ergon trials solar + storage and energy trading for households
Ergon Energy teams with SunPower and Sunverge Energy to offer solar plus battery storage for households. It will cut households bills and allow retailers and networks to use “virtual power plants” of pooled household storage, to hedge against rising fuel costs and grid upgrades.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 6, 2015

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Ergon considers partial buy-back of $1.5bn solar feed-in tariffs
Ergon Energy looks at buy-back of export feed-in tariffs – and offer of battery storage – to shift load away from evening peaks, and save on grid upgrades.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 20, 2015

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Panasonic signs battery storage deal with 3 Australian utilities
Panasonic targets Australia as first global market for battery storage, in deal with 3 utilities to trial 8kWh system. It says storage will double self consumption of solar households, but it intends to sell product through networks and retailers, challenging their business models.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 2, 2015

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Magnetic Island pushes solar penetration to the limits
A trial on Magnetic Island found lots of solar can be incorporated onto a small grid, and can help defer costly network upgrades.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 2, 2013

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Ergon says renewables and batteries may be cheaper than grid
Ergon Energy, which operates the sprawling regional electricity network that covers 97 per cent of Queensland, says ‘times are changing’ and renewables and battery storage may soon be cheaper for domestic consumers than grid power. But it warns that current subsidies are delaying innovation and investment.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 1, 2013

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