Tag: renewable energy
GE introduces new Renewable Energy Business after wrapping up Alstom deal
Diversified technological giant GE last week introduced its newly created Renewable Energy Business which incorporates Alstom’s power and grid assets that the company acquired...
WA’s Rottnest Island to get an off-grid hybrid power system
Australia’s largest producer of renewable energy Hydro Tasmania will deploy an off-grid hybrid system that will transform the popular Rottnest Island in Western Australia.
The...
Australia to become world leader in home battery storage – new report
A new report, titled Powerful Potential: Battery Storage for Renewable Energy and Electric Cars, by the Climate Council has revealed that Australia is on its...
Uralla in NSW could become the first self-sufficient town in Australia
Environment Minister Mark Speakman has launched a model to help towns plan a transition to 100% renewable energy consumption in the town of Uralla,...
ABB PowerStoreTM technology to provide stable power supply for remote city in northern Kenya...
Socabelec East Africa has contracted ABB to design, supply and install a PowerStore flywheel-based microgrid stabilisation solution for its Marsabit wind farm.
Marsabit is an...
Capturing solar energy to deliver ‘microgrid’ power to remote towns in Western Australia
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Remote locations such as Marble Bar and Nullagine in Western Australia, towns which are not connected to the grid, would typically rely solely...
Siemens to deliver wind turbines for Hornsdale wind farm in SA
Siemens has announced that it has inked a contract to supply turbines for a new wind farm in Australia. The turnkey agreement with independent power...
Entura and HYDROCHINA win joint contract on North Queensland project
Hydro Tasmania’s professional services business Entura and leading Chinese power and design consultants HYDROCHINA have won a joint contract to work on the Kidston...
Octillion gets ARENA funding to work on advanced lithium-ion battery storage solutions
Thanks to a $6.3 million investment by the Southern Cross Renewable Energy Fund, supported by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), Brisbane based Octillion...
Prototype wave power unit to be installed off the coast of Port Fairy in...
Sydney-based renewable energy technology company BioPower Systems (BPS) has completed the construction of its prototype wave power unit to be installed off the coast of Port Fairy,...