powershop Archives - Renew Economy

Policy & Planning

Shell seeks to calm fears as some Powershop customers look elsewhere after acquisition
Shell seeks to reassure Powershop customers that it will be ‘business as usual’ for retailer following acquisition, as some look for the exit.
Michael Mazengarb

Nov 24, 2021

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Renewables

Meridian confirms possible exit from “highly politicised” Australian energy market
Announcing its annual result, NZ renewables gen-tailer confirms ongoing review of Australian businesses, due to significant political and regulatory uncertainty.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 25, 2021

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Renewables

Meridian may sell Australian assets, as renewables exodus continues
Meridian Energy announces review of Australian assets, including possible divestment of 294MW of renewables and energy retailer Powershop Australia.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 8, 2021

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Markets

Apathy and inconvenience: Why households are slow on demand response
An ARENA-sponsored demand response trial sees strong participation rates amongst large energy users, but apathy and inconvenience see households lag behind.
Michael Mazengarb

Sep 10, 2020

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Electric Vehicles

Powershop expands half-price electric car charging offer as demand increases
Rising interest in electric vehicles leads Australian energy retail provider Powershop to expand its cut rate EV charging offer into New South Wales and Victoria.
Bridie Schmidt

Sep 19, 2019

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Ed McManus steps down as CEO of Powershop Australia
Ed McManus will leave Meridian and Powershop Australia to take up a position with another company, company reveals in ASX statement.
Michael Mazengarb

Aug 15, 2019

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Utilities

Meridian grows Powershop customer base in Australia, laments policy
NZ gen-tailer continues to grow presence in Australia, taking retail energy customer base to well over 110,000 and boosting renewable generation and sales into wholesale market.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 20, 2019

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Commentary

Powershop, Diamond lead “new breed” of people-focused power retailers
Upstart electricity retailers Powershop and Diamond Energy again win 5-star rankings in independent Green Energy Guide. AGL, meanwhile, earned itself an elephant stamp.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 28, 2018

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Storage

Powershop to tap customer battery storage in new virtual power plant
Powershop and Reposit Power join forces on new virtual power plant that taps customer battery storage at times of peak demand.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 13, 2018

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Solar

Tindo Solar, small retailers, to win big from Tesla virtual power plant
Tindo Solar to win big after mandate for Tesla virtual power plant calls for half of the 250MW solar capacity to be sourced from Australia.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 5, 2018

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Renewables

Powershop signs huge deal for solar, wind projects – “stunned” by low prices
Energy retailer Powershop signs up for new 200MW solar farm and two major wind projects and says it was “stunned” by the low prices offered. It will also buy three hydro generators, but will need to more than double customers to match output.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 1, 2018

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Smart Energy

Data mining tech wins the day at Melbourne “Energy Hack”
A software platform that mines data and uses machine learning to boost household energy efficiency has taken out top honours at Energy Hack 2016 – a two-day energy and technology brainstorm held in Melbourne over the weekend.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 24, 2016

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