The combination of solar integrated storage solutions and efficient grid technology emerging has started the age of energy storage.
The battery storage sector’s rapidly progressing market over the last few years has stamped the beginning of a significant transition of how businesses, homeowners, utilities and government agencies use energy.
Australia’s Minister for the Environment, Greg Hunt, provided a glowing report on the state of renewable energy in Australia at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Future of Energy Conference in Shanghai yesterday.
Minister Hunt didn’t want to discuss the not-so-glorious recent past for renewables under ex-Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s reign, stating he wished to focus on “the positive agenda that the Australia has in place to harness energy innovation, support renewables and reduce emissions.”
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) Annual Report for 2014-15 was tabled in the Australian Senate yesterday.
In the Chair’s Report section of the document, Jillian Broadbent AO was quick to remind us of the impact uncertainty regarding the Renewable Energy Target had during the period.
The biggest floating solar farm in Europe is being constructed on a reservoir near Manchester by water giant United Utilities in order to cut their energy costs.
The £3.5m (AUD $7.5 million) project contains 12,000 solar panels floating on the Godley reservoir’s surface, covering 45,500 metres squared, which makes Britain’s 800-panel scheme from last year seem small.