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Unique clean energy marketing ideas: publishing a customised book

Books and ebooks are unique marketing tools that allow companies to cut through marketing clutter and stand out in the clean energy industry.

Using bioenergy to green the desert

An abundance of saline water and huge tracts of degraded and marginal land present Australia with the opportunity to grow saline-tolerant crops for bioenergy, as is the case in a trial program by PundaZoie Company and the University of Tasmania.

Redeveloping a mini-hydro power project

Hydro power has a long history in Australia, and the next chapter involves renewing and improving existing water energy generation schemes such as Tasmania’s Lake Margaret Power Project.

A new season for Snowy Hydro

EcoGeneration takes a look at the latest updates from the modernisation of Australia’s Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme, one of the oldest and most complex integrated water and hydroelectric power schemes in the world.

The wind is greener at Woodlawn

The Woodlawn Wind Farm in New South Wales, developed and owned by Infigen Energy, recently reached full completion with the official commissioning of the project in late 2011.

All quiet at Hallett 2

Tue, 20 March 2012 A tonality issue with turbines at the Hallett Hill Wind Farm – also known as Hallett 2 – located near Mt Bryan in South Australia – has been solved after noise testing, project operator AGL Energy has said.

Solar soars on private rooftops

Tue, 20 March 2012 A 400 kW solar PV system to be built by data centre operator NEXTDC in Melbourne, Victoria, is set to become Australia’s largest privately-owned rooftop system.

New wind partnership for Hydro Tasmania

Fri, 9 March 2012 Hydro Tasmania and Chinese company Shenhua Clean Energy Holding have formalised a new partnership with the signing of a shareholders‘ agreement, which will facilitate the financing of the $400 million Musselroe Wind Farm project, located in Tasmania.

Moree Solar Farm partners submit new bid and announce new lead contractor

Mon, 5 March 2012 The Moree Solar Farm consortium has provided the Federal Government with a revised bid for the Solar Flagships funding, following the re-opening of the PV category to program finalists from the original bid.

US algae-oil technology reaches Australian shores

Thu, 23 February 2012 OriginOil, an American-based developer of algae oil technologies has announced that Melbourne-based company Frontline Engineering Australia will be their first Certified Support Partner, worldwide.

Solar Flagships Program to re-open for shortlisted PV

Fri, 10 February 2012 The Federal Government has re-opened its Solar Flagships Program, seeking updated applications from the four shortlisted Round 1 photovoltaic applicants, including initial winner Moree Solar Farm.

Hot Rock Limited enters JV with EDC

Thu, 9 February 2012 Australian geothermal company, Hot Rock Limited, has announced a joint venture agreement with the Philippines-based Energy Development Corporation, to develop four geothermal projects in South America.

Triumphs across the nation for bioenergy

Thu, 9 February 2012 A development application to build North Queensland Bio-Energy Corporation’s $425 million biofuels plant in Toobanna, Queensland has been approved by the Queensland Government.

KUTh adds Saipan to portfolio

Mon, 6 February 2012 KUTh Energy Ltd, an Australian geothermal energy company, has announced that Saipan, a United States territory of the Northern Marianas, has issued the company a Notice of Intent to Award a contract for the development of geothermal electricity for the Saipan grid.

QLD community solar making milestones

Tue, 31 January 2012 The installation of nearly 1,600 solar panels at the $2.7 million Fraser Coast Community Solar Farm in Hervey Bay, Queensland, has commenced.

Mt Gellibrand Wind Farm receives final approval

Fri, 27 January 2012 Wind farm developer, ACCIONA Energy, has recently announced the Mt Gellibrand Wind Farm in south west Victoria has received final approval from the Victorian government.

Meridian rethinks Project Hayes wind farm

Wed, 25 January 2012 New Zealand energy retailer, Meridian, has withdrawn its applications for resource consents for Project Hayes, a 633 MW wind farm the retailer had proposed for the Lammermoor Range in Central Otago, New Zealand.

Storage and demand technology study underway

Tue, 24 January 2012 A Queensland University of Technology research project aimed at developing renewable energy storage and demand management technology is underway.

Solar reaches for the sky

Atop the Ullrich Aluminium manufacturing facility in Hume, located 15 km south of Canberra, Energy Matters has installed Australia’s first solar system under a roof-leasing scheme.

Financing the clean energy future

Julian Turecek, Honorary Fellow in Carbon Finance at Macquarie University’s Applied Finance Centre, explains how fresh policy settings designed to encourage investment in clean energy could lead to a new era in funding for projects and technologies.

Greenearth to plant new power project

Greenearth Energy has signed a funding agreement with the Victorian Government for the company's proposed 140 megawatt Geelong Geothermal Power Project.

New World Energy takes on new ventures

John Libby, Managing Director of New World Energy Limited, discusses the company’s geothermal interests in Western Australia and the Philippines, and expounds on the company’s plans for the future.

Boeing and CSIRO to design aviation biofuel feedstock

Tue, 17 January 2012 Aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, in conjunction with CSIRO, will undertake a study to evaluate the potential for growing feedstocks in northern Australia and converting them into aviation biofuels.

Construction starts on Mildura solar power station

Fri, 13 January 2012 Solar Systems, a subsidiary of Silex Systems, has announced the commencement of Stage 1 construction work on what will be Australia’s largest solar power station, located in Mildura, north west Victoria.

Carnegie Wave Energy completes project design

Thu, 12 January 2012 Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited has announced completion of a design for its Perth Wave Energy Project, located at Garden Island in Western Australia.

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