Institutions Archives - Page 29 of 94 - Renew Economy

Unique finance deal paves way for Australia’s biggest wind and battery project
Work on the first stage of what will be Australia’s biggest wind and battery project to begin next year after landing unique finance deal with no long term contracts.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 30, 2022

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Featured

Battery storage and big solar button keep lights on and dampen critics in South Australia
Interim report into South Australia separation event points to key roles played by battery storage and the controls over rooftop solar.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 25, 2022

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Why Australia’s biggest gas kettle never stood a chance against wind and solar
Torrens Island B gas generator is just a giant kettle, the gas equivalent of the dirty Latrobe Valley coal burners, and equally useless to a grid transitioning to renewables.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 25, 2022

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Investment in storage projects jumps, but wind and solar “throttled by uncertainty”
CEC says renewable investment has been throttled by uncertainty, and at lowest levels for five years just as the nation needs to accelerate.
Joshua S Hill

Nov 25, 2022

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Coal

Generators want money to keep burning coal while waiting for wind, solar and storage
Coal plant owners are ramping up calls for more money to stay open longer. Might this come in the form of more secret contracts?
Giles Parkinson

Nov 23, 2022

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Smart Energy

Labor tips another $500m into CEFC to help bridge clean energy’s “valley of death”
Labor sets up $500m Powering Australia Technology Fund to drive commercialisation of energy efficiency and smart energy technologies.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 23, 2022

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Biggest gas unit in South Australia closed in midday sun to help keep lights on
AEMO shuffles its cards as it seeks to maintain grid stability in South Australia, switching off the biggest gas generator to contain the risk to rooftop PV.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 18, 2022

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Western Australia sets new renewables record of 81% – in world’s biggest isolated grid
WA grid reaches record level of 81 per cent renewables, driven mostly by rooftop solar.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 17, 2022

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Policy & Planning

Business goes for price over integrity in the Australian carbon market
New data shows that more than 90% of all voluntary cancellations of carbon offsets in the past year have been in the form of low-cost credits.
Amalyah Hart

Nov 17, 2022

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AEMC doubles electricity price cap to accommodate volatile and costly fossil fuels
Australian Energy Market Commission rules in doubling of administered price cap to manage extreme market volatility caused by soaring coal and gas prices.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 17, 2022

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Give us more load! Why South Australia is trying to switch off everyone’s rooftop solar
“Give us more load.” It’s not an instruction you hear every day, but it has been the “cri de coeur” from AEMO this week in South Australia.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 17, 2022

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New wind, solar and battery additions at lowest level for five years in Australia
Regulator says new additions to the grid at their lowest level for five years, but gets its data mixed up when comparing coal output with wind and solar.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 16, 2022

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