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Super fund backs microgrid battery storage development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... lots, alleyways, and rooftops into battery storage hubs. The new developments will have the capacity to generate 120 megawatt-hours of energy, supporting the stability of New York City's grid and powering up to 6,300 homes. A similar project is being ...

AGL, ARENA in $8m electric vehicle charging study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
AGL and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) are launching an $8 million trial to test the impact of electric vehicle (EV) charging on the electricity grid. Three hundred AGL customers who sign up to AGL's Electric Vehicle Plan will participate ...

Woolworths commits to ambitious GHG emissions cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... two distribution centres are generating energy from solar panels. The group's network of solar panels generated 16,466 megawatt hours in.? Replacing traditional lighting with LED has already lowered store energy consumption by 11% on average across 820 ...

VicSuper: $3 billion in assets linked to sustainable outcomes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
VicSuper's 2019 annual report discloses alignments with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), reporting member retirement savings support eight of the goals. The $23.7 billion industry fund has historically taken an industry-leading approach to ...

CEFC provides $56 million finance to Numurkah Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... reliable and competitive energy to all Australians." Neoen expects the Numurkah Solar Farm to generate about 255,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity into the national power grid each year. Neoen has contracted 60% of the farm's projected output to ...

ARENA commits $2.1 million to moveable SunSHIFT solar system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... SunSHIFT general manager. "After three exciting years in partnership with ARENA, ABB and SunPower, we can now showcase our megawatt-scale modular and moveable solar PV product to the market," Dr Rayward-Smith said. "Off the back of this demonstration ...

ARENA providing funding support for bio-energy project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... biofuel production and will process biomass waste, Frischknecht said. "A 'lignin' by-product would fuel a purpose built 32 megawatt co-generation power plant, with excess lignin sold as biofuel pellets. This approach would mean nothing is wasted and ...

ARENA selects 22 projects for $100m funding round

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced 22 projects will progress to the next stage of its AU$100 million large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) competitive round. The projects were able to demonstrate its cost of energy was below ...

Swiss Re hedges wind risk for Infigen Energy wind farms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... Pacific. This is a first-of-its kind derivative for a windfall portfolio, and the hedge is innovative because it is tied to megawatt hour output. Traditional wind protection solutions have been tied to single-site modelled wind speed indices based on ...

NAB places second green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank has placed another green bond - this time $205 million in the United States bond markets to finance an Australian wind farm, the bank has announced. The bond funding is for the Hallett Hill (HH2) wind farm in South Australia ...