Wind power for households promised by 6-bladed vertical axis turbines
IceWind launched vertical axis turbines in US, opening up the possibility for households to generate their own wind-powered electricity....
Category: Other Renewables
NZ biggest corporate PPA seeks up to 2,000GWh a year of new renewables
Group of New Zealand's largest commercial and industrial energy users join forces to procure what could be thousands of gigawatt-hours a year of renewable electricity....
McCain Foods goes big on solar in Victoria, in bid to quit coal by 2025
Frozen food giant to install massive solar and biogas generation system in Ballarat, slash its reliance on natural gas by 16%, and grid power by 39%. ...
We lost our house in summer bushfires. Now we’re going underground and off the grid
Don Pattison lost his house and just about everything in it during the horrific fire season of 2019/20. But this is not a story of loss and grief. Rather, the destruction has set the context for the journey back....
Renewable energy PPAs: How to minimise social risks and maximise community benefits
When you sign a PPA with a new solar or wind farm, you’re not just buying electrons. Projects that deliver social, environmental and community benefits are in everyone’s interest....
Data centres are primed for green energy opportunities
Until recently, medium-sized data centres have been limited in their options for energy procurement. There is now a new technology that can solve this problem....
Why demand response is crucial to smart, renewable grids: the view from California
California Energy Commission's Andrew McAllister talks ‘active efficiency’, a mix of traditional energy efficiency and demand response that will be key smart and renewable future grids....
How green is your electricity? New Australian software identifies origin of supply
A new software platform that will allow consumers to choose the provenance of their renewable electricity supply, and help establish clean energy communities, is set to be rolled out in Australia....
“Australian first” network to deliver renewable electricity and hot water from organic waste
Barwon Water led Renewable Organics Network project will use reclaimed organic waste to produce electricity, hot water and soil improver in Victoria’s south-west....
Why community-owned renewables should lead Australia’s Covid-19 recovery plans
Independent MP Helen Haines leading regional groups arguing that community energy - including wind, solar and battery storage - should form major plank of Covid-19 recovery plans....
