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Engineering the ‘carbonless’ grid
2+ hour, 9+ min ago (229+ words) Making predictions is a mug’s game, yet irresistible. There are a sufficient number of cooks stirring the renewables broth to make its outcome unpredictable! Yet listening to presentations at the recent Australian Energy Week in June, you could be forgiven…...
Pumped hydro and solar project to revive Hunter mine site
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (476+ words) The $1.8 billion Stratford Pumped Hydro project has been given the green light to transform a former mining site into a renewable energy generator in the Gloucester Valley. Located approximately 100km north of Newcastle, the project will sit on the Stratford Mining…...
Why isn’t anyone in charge of Australia’s EV charger rollout?
1+ week, 20+ min ago (919+ words) By Hussein Dia, Professor of Transport Technology and Sustainability, Swinburne University of Technology Plunging battery prices and cheap running costs mean battery electric vehicles (EVs) are now outselling petrol cars across Europe and China. In Australia, battery EVs have reached…...
GenCost shows renewables and storage remain Australia's lowest-cost pathway
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (443+ words) Renewable energy supported by storage is helping to protect Australia from the full force of global energy turmoil and continues to provide the lowest cost pathway for Australia’s electricity system to achieve net zero emissions. These findings are at the…...
Goombi Wind Farm lodges Qld-first development application
1+ week, 5+ day ago (334+ words) Goombi Energy Holdings, a partnership between LP Renewable Projects and TagEnergy, has officially submitted the Development Application (DA) for the Goombi Wind Farm, making it the first National Electricity Market (NEM)-connected wind farm to lodge an application under the…...
Study shows time-matched solar trading shifts demand
2+ week, 1+ day ago (786+ words) Australia’s first large-scale randomised controlled study of peer-to-peer solar trading has produced compelling evidence that there is a more effective way to connect consumers with rooftop solar than the Commonwealth’s Solar Sharer Offer. The Deakin University study found that time-matched…...
South Australia's ZEN Energy enters voluntary administration
2+ week, 1+ day ago (233+ words) The company said its viability had been impacted by wholesale electricity volatility. Related article: ZEN Energy inks 10-year solar deal with BOC Australia “We are urgently engaging with key stakeholders to determine the most appropriate strategy for the business which…...
AGL to deliver microgrid in South Australia's Riverland
2+ week, 1+ day ago (389+ words) AGL Energy (AGL), in partnership with RRG Capital Management (RRG), will deliver a microgrid renewable system for Koompartu Farms in South Australia’s Riverland region. The project is expected to be one of the largest privately owned non-mining microgrids in Australia,…...
ZenobÄ and Woolworths drive largest electric truck rollout
2+ week, 5+ day ago (335+ words) Zenobē and supermarket giant Woolworths have signed a landmark deal to lease 148 electric trucks, marking Australia’s largest electric truck fleet rollout. Supported by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), the project demonstrates the growing commercial viability of electric trucking at…...
Firmus secures renewable power for Aussie AI factories
2+ week, 6+ day ago (475+ words) AI data centre developer and operator Firmus Technologies has inked a landmark 12-year wholesale energy supply agreement with Gunvor Group for 600MW of firmed electricity to support the next phase of Project Southgate—its strategy to develop large-scale AI factory campuses…...