In the 2014 Annual Residential Electricity Price Trends report, electricity prices in South Australia were expected to fall in 2015 and remain flat in 2016/17 thanks to a combination of falling demand, lower wholesale electricity prices and tighter rules on network costs.
Renewable energy is now the cheapest new-build electricity generation in Australia, according to the country’s Clean Energy Council.
Recent research into molten metal storage and thermophotovoltaics could change the way electricity is generated by concentrated solar power (CSP) plants.
The New South Wales Government has taken the wraps off a renewal energy mapping application that it hopes will help generate investment in new projects in the state.