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Electrical vehicle batteries repurposed
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electric Vehicles, Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will provide $1.49 million to Relectrify to develop its commercial scale battery and...
$160 million for Victorian Big Battery
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Federal Government-owned Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is providing $160 million for the construction of Neoen’s 300MW/450MWh Victorian...
Big WA battery storage trial extended
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Synergy and Western Power are expanding their third PowerBank trial in Western Australia, set to be the largest trial...
World’s biggest battery bound for NSW
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0CEP.Energy is set to build the largest proposed grid scale battery in the world, under a new 30-year lease...
WA awards $17 million stand-alone power system contracts
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind, 0The Western Australian Government has awarded $17 million worth of contracts under a program to roll out 98 stand-alone...
New energy deal to bring large-scale battery to Melbourne CBD
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Community-scale battery storage in the Melbourne CBD and inner-city suburbs is a step closer thanks to a recently signed...
Queensland’s solar and battery suburbs
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Two new residential developments in Carseldine and Oxley, facilitated by the Queensland Government, are fuelling neighbourhoods with 100 per...
Renewable Energy Hub’s first virtual storage deal complete
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The first transaction of Renewable Energy Hub’s new ‘Virtual Storage’ electricity swap has been carried out between Hydro Tasmania...
AGL reveals big battery project suppliers
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Two energy storage technology companies have been chosen by AGL to supply approximately 1,000MW of grid-scale battery storage under...
Plans for nation’s biggest battery take shape
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Plans for Australia’s biggest potential battery are progressing as Origin Energy takes the next step towards its 700MW battery...
Financing progresses new Queensland battery storage system
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, 0Vena Energy will soon install a new battery storage system (BESS) in Queensland, after ING Australia provided financing for...
Western Power to inject 50MW into SWIS
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Western Power has announced a proposed investment in up to an extra 50MW of battery storage for the South...
SA gets Australia’s first utility-scale vanadium flow battery
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will provide $5.7 million in funding to Yadlamalka Energy to install Australia’s first...
The case for an Australian lithium-ion battery manufacturing industry
Imogen Hartmann, , Ask an Expert, Batteries & Storage, Features, Renewables, Sustainability, 0Australia is the leading nation of raw resources for lithium-ion batteries, boasting 95 per cent of those raw materials...
Victoria announces $1.6 billion clean energy investment
Eliza Booth, , Batteries & Storage, COVID-19, Electricity, Emissions reduction, Energy Networks, News, Renewables, Smart Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind, 0The Victorian Government has unveiled in its 2020/21 Budget a $1.6 billion clean energy investment – the largest investment...
Five ways Australia’s energy technology will change in the next decade
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Energy Networks, Microgrids, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Virtual Power Plants, 0Australia’s energy landscape is ever-changing, thanks to new and emerging technologies and resources. The popularity of solar panels and...
Batteries in the burbs: exploring the potential
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Batteries & Storage, Distributed Generation, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Features, Renewables, Smart Energy, Software, Solar, Sustainability, Wind, 0A team at the Australian National University has undertaken a significant project to explore the potential benefits of community...
Australia’s renewables journey: moving from fossil fuels to clean energy powerhouse
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Batteries & Storage, Emissions reduction, Energy Efficiency, Energy Networks, Features, Future Fuels, Gas, Hydro, Hydrogen, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, Waste-to-Energy, Wave, Wind, 0by Imogen Hartmann, Assistant Editor, Energy Magazine Renewables are a hot topic in the Australian energy industry as the...
New grid-scale battery for South Australia
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, News, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0South Australia is set to receive a new grid-scale battery, developed by AGL, which could increase energy storage to...
Co-locating renewables and batteries: assessing the operational implications
Patricia Mae Tagabe, , Batteries & Storage, Features, Renewables, Smart Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0Edify Energy recently published a knowledge sharing report covering the first 12 months of operations for the Gannawarra Energy...
Solar and batteries are ten times cleaner than coal
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Emissions reduction, News, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The International Energy Agency task force has issued a new report, revealing that residential solar PV with battery storage...
AEC criticises Victoria’s big battery
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Solar, Spotlight, 0The Australian Energy Council (AEC) has voiced its concern about the Victorian Government’s plan to develop a large-scale battery...
Victorian Big Battery set to be one of the biggest in the world
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Victoria will be getting its own “Big Battery”, with Neoen to build the 300MW Victorian Big Battery, one of...
NT big battery procurement process commences
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Territory Generation has begun conducting a two-part procurement process for a new $30 million 35MW Battery Energy Storage System...
SA energy deal unlocks big renewable opportunities
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Energy Networks, News, Power Purchase Agreements, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The South Australian Government has signed a ten-year energy supply contract, which has secured construction of the state’s largest...
Large-scale grid battery headed for Western Sydney
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $11.5 million in funding for TransGrid’s construction of a 50MW/75MWh large-scale,...
Energy Networks Australia announces 2020 Industry Innovation Award winner
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Energy Networks, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Energy Networks Australia has revealed the winner of the 2020 Industry Innovation Award. SA Power Networks took the win...
Go ahead for Australia’s first lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Lithium-ion battery manufacturer, Energy Renaissance, has announced the build of Renaissance One, a new $28 million battery manufacturing facility...
ACT Labor Government’s big battery election commitment
Imogen Hartmann, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The ACT Labor Government has committed to building a 250MW battery system if re-elected, which would be one of...
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