Renewable energy investment is booming but there are clouds ahead
25 May 2017 | Tristin Edis
As published on Renew Economy, Tristan Edis shares his views on Renewable Energy investments.
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Regulator reduces the small scale renewables target while solar sales take-off
10 Apr 2017 | Green Energy Trading
The Clean Energy Regulator announced on Tuesday 28 March 2017 that the 2017 target for the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme, which provides financial support to rooftop solar PV and solar hot water, is to be 7.01% (this is called the Small-scale Technology Percentage or STP). Green Energy Trading has assessed what this means for the level of solar expected to be installed in 2017.
Read more...Rooftop solar’s second boom – March exceeds 90MW
10 Apr 2017 | Tristin Edis
It appears the fossil fuel industry’s scare campaign over renewable energy driving up the price of electricity is having the same desired effect it had back in 2011 when they campaigned against placing a penalty on polluting the atmosphere with global warming gases.
Read more...Government ‘clean coal’ push would be likely to make Australia’s emissions worse
21 Feb 2017 | Tristin Edis
The government has indicated they will push the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to finance new coal power plants on the basis that these coal plants have lower emissions than existing coal power plants.
Read more...VEEC Water and Space Heating - New Documents Requirements
16 Feb 2017 | Green Energy Trading
Important - New Document Requirements
Read more...Review of the NEM in 2016
08 Feb 2017 | Green Energy Trading
Electricity consumption in the National Electricity Market (NEM) increased by 0.8% in 2016, this is on top of a 1.1% increase in 2015. Queensland and NSW experienced increases in consumption with all other states experiencing a reduction.
Read more...Geo has been updated!
01 Feb 2017 | Green Energy Trading
Geo has recently been updated to provide you with a better online experience.
Read more...ARENA is down - but not out
22 Dec 2016 | Tristin Edis
Both the Labor and the Liberal-National Coalition publicly profess the importance of combating climate change and developing Australia’s innovation capabilities.
Read more...The deadline to certify your Solar PV Modules is coming up
08 Dec 2016 | Green Energy Trading
31 December 2016 is the deadline for more than 2000 PV modules to be certified and have their relisting application submitted to the Clean Energy Council.
Read more...Why are power prices high without a carbon price?
07 Dec 2016 | Tristin Edis
Those within the Government that pushed to dump a scheme to reduce the emissions intensity of our electricity sector were very clear about why - keeping electricity prices low and power supplies secure. The problem is that they’re not actually helping the situation, as it appears the Chief Scientist, Alan Finkel, has concluded in his review of energy security.
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