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by Imogen Hartmann, Associate Editor, Energy magazine The Federal Government has confirmed its decision to build the Hunter Power...
by Michael Bradley, Executive General Manager, Retail and Wholesale Markets and Victoria Mollard, Executive General Manager, Security and Reliability,...
Australia’s first green hydrogen plant in a remote power system
Holly Tancredi, , Features, Hydrogen, 1Horizon Power is building Australia’s first renewable hydrogen demonstration plant in a regional power system in the regional Western...
Room for improvement: Australia and Germany swap notes on energy efficiency reform
Holly Tancredi, , Energy Efficiency, Features, Sustainability, 0Australia and Germany could benefit from swapping tactics when it comes to the energy efficiency of buildings, according to...
Technology not taxes: the problem with technology-led energy futures
Holly Tancredi, , Features, Policy, 0By Dr Kari Dahlgren, Research Fellow, Emerging Technologies Research Lab, Monash University Politicians love a three-word slogan, and the...
by Chris Gilbert, Energy Networks Australia, Senior Economic Advisor Dunkelflaute (dunk-el-flout-eh) is a German word meaning ‘dark lull’ and...
Victoria’s gas infrastructure: what does the future hold?
Holly Tancredi, , Features, Gas, Policy, 0by April Shepherd, Journalist, Energy magazine As Victoria continues to pursue its goal of net zero emissions by 2050,...
National modelling data to help electricity sector plan around climate risk
Holly Tancredi, , Disaster Management, Features, Projects, 0The Electricity Sector Climate Information (ESCI) project has delivered high-quality climate data for the electricity sector to use. The...
And they’re off: the state race to network regions of renewables
Holly Tancredi, , Features, Renewable Energy, 1In 2020, the Australian Energy Market Operator released its 20-year vision for the National Electricity Market (NEM). A winning...
Powering ahead with community batteries
Holly Tancredi, , Batteries & Storage, Features, Renewable Energy, 0Filling a niche between residential and utility-scale batteries, community batteries empower Australian communities to make the most of a...
The role of gas pipelines in Australia’s future energy system
Holly Tancredi, , Features, Gas, Pipelines, 0Rob Wheals, CEO and Managing Director, APA Group, explains how pipelines have long been the backbone of Australia’s energy...
Kaban green power hub gives QLD’s renewables efforts a second wind
Holly Tancredi, , Features, Renewable Energy, Wind, 0Despite its capacity to harness world-class solar and wind resources, Queensland still has the highest greenhouse gas emissions in...
Black system or black swan: learnings from South Australia’s infamous 2016 blackout
Holly Tancredi, , Disaster Management, Electricity, Features, 0As South Australia's 1.7 million residents were plunged into darkness following a massive storm in 2016, one question was...
Polarity app makes for safer work practices
Holly Tancredi, , Energy Efficiency, Features, Smart Energy, 0A new app developed by employees at Energex and Energy Queensland is enhancing safety out in the field for...
Waste not, want not: preparing for Australia’s solar waste problem
Holly Tancredi, , Energy Efficiency, Features, Solar, 1By Eliza Booth, Associate Editor, Energy Magazine Australia now has the highest proportion of household photovoltaic (PV) systems in...
This price is definitely not right
Holly Tancredi, , Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Features, Retail, 0by Tamatha Smith, General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Energy Networks Australia A network price increase of 40 per cent from...
Australia’s clean energy journey: accelerating the transition
Holly Tancredi, , Features, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, 02020 marked new ground for the Australian renewable energy industry, with a string of records for the rate of...
Charging to export solar: will it send the system backwards?
Holly Tancredi, , Features, Policy, Solar, 0by Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University While the Australian Energy Market Commission’s recently unveiled proposal...
Turning leftover food and grease into power
Holly Tancredi, , Features, Sustainability, Waste-to-Energy, 0In March 2021, Victorian Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change, Lily D’Ambrosio, officially launched a new waste-to-energy facility...
Nuclear for net zero: facing the realities of a carbon constrained world
Holly Tancredi, , Features, Nuclear, 0While countries around the world are laying down their targets for achieving net zero emissions, Australia is still yet...
Taking hydrogen to the next level: Queensland’s Hydrogen Taskforce
Holly Tancredi, , Features, Hydrogen, 1The Queensland Government has recently established a specialised Hydrogen Taskforce, tasked with fast-tracking the establishment of a sustainable hydrogen...
Rays the roof: accommodating home solar and batteries into the grid
Holly Tancredi, , Batteries & Storage, Features, Solar, 0Australian energy users are adopting home solar and batteries at a rapid pace, and while this helps to decarbonise...
State governments need to work together to plan renewable energy policies
Holly Tancredi, , Features, Policy, Renewable Energy, 0As Australia’s energy market transitions, many state governments have stepped up with more progressive policies than those offered by...
The pathway to a zero-emissions electricity sector by 2035
Holly Tancredi, , Energy Efficiency, Features, Renewable Energy, 1For years now, the industry has been puzzling over the path towards zero emissions. Here, CSIRO Chief Executive Larry...
Lighting the way for a responsible and respectful energy transition
Holly Tancredi, , Features, Projects, Renewable Energy, 0In March 2021, EnergyAustralia announced it was bringing forward the closure of the Yallourn Power Station by four years....
Don’t blame it on the dispatchability
Imogen Hartmann, , Features, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Wind, 0By Queensland Minister for Energy, Renewables and Hydrogen, the Hon. Mick de Brenni MP Ok, so it’s a questionable...
AER predicts ACT electricity prices to soar
Imogen Hartmann, , Electricity, Features, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Retail, Spotlight, 0Based on the Australian Energy Regulator (AER)’s recently published 2021–22 electricity network pricing proposal for Evoenergy, electricity charges in...
APPEA warns: gas-fired recovery can’t copy US
Imogen Hartmann, , Features, Gas, Networks, News, Spotlight, 0The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) has used its submission to the Federal Government’s Gas Fired Recovery...
Highs and lows: Western Australia’s ten-year gas outlook
Holly Tancredi, , Features, Gas, Networks, Projects, 0By Imogen Hartmann, Assistant Editor, Energy magazine The Australian Energy Market Operator has published the 2020 Western Australia Gas...
Farewell, Liddell: AGL’s renewable pledge
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