Australia has more than 2 million solar PV installations, making us number one in the world in terms of the highest proportion of prosumers. While previously, the grid was designed to be one way only, it is now changing to two-way energy flows; facilitating exports of electricity as much as imports. One option to enable … Continue reading Peer-to-peer energy trading explained →

Please refer to the blog post ‘What you need to know about the new Climate Active electricity carbon accounting rules‘ for more updates. This blog post has been updated in Dec 19 to reflect the re-branding of NCOS to ‘Climate Active’.  The treatment of energy generated from solar PV systems is an important consideration for … Continue reading How to account for exported solar electricity [new approach by Climate Active] →

In part one of this series, we introduced buying renewable energy via a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). In this article – part two, we are looking at the main PPA options. PPA contract models A number of PPA models have been developed to enable the purchase of renewables in recent years, including sleeved PPAs, direct … Continue reading Buying renewable energy via a Power Purchase Agreement, Part 2, PPA options [includes infographics] →