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Solar batteries under recall due to fire risk
Lauren DeLorenzo Asset Management, Batteries & Storage, News, Safety and Training, Spotlight 0The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has urged consumers with LG, Solax or Opal solar energy storage batteries...
Make your BESS ready for the smart grid
Stephanie Nestor Batteries & Storage, Sponsored Editorial, Spotlight 0System integrators for battery energy storage systems often have to network components from different industrial sectors (energy, building automation,...
Virtual battery partnership for AGL and Neoen
Holly Tancredi Batteries & Storage, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight 0AGL Energy and Neoen have signed a seven-year financial offtake agreement to enable AGL to virtually charge and discharge...
Two renewable battery projects announced for NSW
Holly Tancredi Batteries & Storage, News, Spotlight 0EnergyAustralia and Edify Energy are partnering up on two long-term battery storage service agreements within Darlingpoint and the Riverina...
$11 million for WA clean energy initiatives
Lauren DeLorenzo Batteries & Storage, Bioenergy, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability 0The Western Australian Government has dedicated $11 million for seven innovative clean energy projects through the second round of...
CSIRO invests in CCS, renewable energy storage research
Lauren DeLorenzo Batteries & Storage, Energy Efficiency, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability 0A $50 million investment from the CSIRO will go towards research on energy storage and carbon capture technologies, among...
New Bundaberg grid-connected battery nearing completion
Mikayla Bridge Batteries & Storage, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight 0Installation is nearing completion on a new grid-connected Tesla battery near Bundaberg – one of five sites chosen across...
Report: Record-breaking renewable generation, but new growth slows
Lauren DeLorenzo Asset Management, Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability 0A report from the Clean Energy Council has revealed that Australia’s record-breaking uptake of renewable energy continued in 2021,...
New grid-scale battery to be installed in QLD
Stephanie Nestor Batteries & Storage, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight 0Publicly-owned generator CS Energy will install a 100MW/200MWh grid-scale battery in Queensland, aiming to provide clean and reliable energy...
$14.84 million for Broken Hill big battery
Mikayla Bridge Batteries & Storage, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight 0Through a partnership with AGL, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is providing a $14.84 million grant to construct...
EOI for Waratah Super Battery
Lauren DeLorenzo Batteries & Storage, Civil Construction, Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight 0The Energy Corporation of New South Wales (EnergyCo) will launch a procurement process to identify battery developers and a...
Microgrids and Virtual Synchronous Machines supporting the energy transition
Christopher Allan Batteries & Storage, Microgrids, Renewable Energy, Sponsored Editorial, Sustainability, Wind 0As Australia strives to reduce CO2 emissions across all sectors of modern life, it is becoming increasingly clear that...
Green light for AGL’s Liddell grid-scale battery
Lauren DeLorenzo Batteries & Storage, Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability 0The New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment has approved AGL’s proposed 500MW, 2GWh grid-scale battery at its...
2021 breaks renewables, carbon offset records
Lauren DeLorenzo Batteries & Storage, Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability 0A new report has highlighted record-breaking trends in Australia’s renewable energy growth and carbon offsets in 2021. The Clean...
Lower prices may never be right for batteries
Patricia Mae Tagabe Batteries & Storage, Sponsored Editorial 0by Dawson Johns, Managing Director, Zenaji There are many claims in the industry about lower-cost batteries in the future....
Australia’s big battery boom (part 2)
Patricia Mae Tagabe Batteries & Storage, Features, Renewable Energy 0by Michelle Goldsmith, Contributing Editor, Energy magazine It’s official: Australia likes big batteries. The last few years have seen...
$3 billion QLD renewable energy precinct unveiled
Lauren DeLorenzo Batteries & Storage, Energy Efficiency, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Wind 0Squadron Energy has announced a $3 billion solar, wind and battery farm in Queensland which could power the equivalent...
$100 million for advanced grid-scale batteries
April Shepherd Batteries & Storage, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight 0A $100 million competitive funding round will boost the development of grid-scale batteries with advanced inverters. The Australian Renewable...
ARENA invests $450,000 in new DER invention
April Shepherd Batteries & Storage, News, Renewable Energy, Solar 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced a $451,000 investment in eleXsys Energy, to support the company’s new...
VIC’s Bulgana Green Power Hub switches on
Lauren DeLorenzo Batteries & Storage, Energy Efficiency, News, Spotlight, Wind 0Neoen’s Bulgana Green Power Hub, which combines a 204MW wind farm with a 20MW/32MWh battery, is now in operation...
$100 million for new grid scale batteries
Lauren DeLorenzo Batteries & Storage, Energy Efficiency, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has launched a $100 million funding round for new battery energy storage projects...
NT announces $45 million big battery
Lauren DeLorenzo Batteries & Storage, Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Projects, Spotlight 0A tender has been awarded for the construction of a new 35MVA big battery for the Northern Territory’s Darwin-Katherine...
Neoen begins construction on 100MW ACT battery
Lauren DeLorenzo Batteries & Storage, Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight 0Neoen has marked the start of construction on its 100MW/200MWh Capital Battery, located next to TransGrid’s Queanbeyan substation in...
Genex and Tesla’s world-first big battery deal
April Shepherd Batteries & Storage, Electricity, News, Spotlight 0Genex has struck a world-first eight year revenue deal with Tesla, for its Bouldercombe big battery located in Queensland....
Australia’s biggest battery switches on
Lauren DeLorenzo Batteries & Storage, Energy Efficiency, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability 0Neoen’s 300MW system battery, the biggest in the southern hemisphere, is now in operation. Located at the Moorabool Terminal...
AEMC releases final rule to boost hybrid and battery market
April Shepherd Batteries & Storage, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight 0The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has made a final rule to make it easier for Australians entering the...
AGL’s Torrens Island grid-scale battery underway
Lauren DeLorenzo Batteries & Storage, Energy Efficiency, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability 1In a major milestone for its $180 million project, AGL has broken ground on its Torrens Island grid-scale battery....
AGL’s 200MW grid-scale battery approved
April Shepherd Batteries & Storage, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight 0AGL has gained approval for the development of a proposed 200MW, four-hour grid-scale battery at Loy Yang power station...
Battery design for VIC landmark project revealed
April Shepherd Batteries & Storage, News, Spotlight 0Melbourne’s Yarra Energy Foundation (YEF) has chosen a battery design for its community battery project, to be located in...
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