The Western Australia Government has been awarded more than $1 billion in contracts for the Kwinana and Collie Battery...
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Latrobe Valley BESS takes major step forward
Kody Cook, , Batteries & Storage, Company news, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 0Tilt Renewables has announced that it has selected a contractor to deliver the Latrobe Valley Battery Energy Storage System...
NSW Gov revives Electricity Roadmap through three key areas
Yasmin Isaacs, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 0The New South Wales Government has released its accepted recommendations from the Electricity Supply and Reliability Check Up to...
Clean Energy Council calls for renewable project ramp-up
Kody Cook, , Batteries & Storage, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Clean Energy Council has called for an acceleration of renewable energy projects, following AEMO’s report shining light on...
New solar and long duration storage plant opens for West Murray grid
Kody Cook, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0RayGen has officially opened its solar and long-duration thermal storage plant in partnership with AGL, set to add 4MW...
New research; zinc-air batteries could replace lithium-ion
Yasmin Isaacs, , Batteries & Storage, Energy Efficiency, News, Spotlight, 0Edith Cowan University (ECU) has released new research, which finds that zinc-air batteries may be a safer and more...
CEC: Battery storage up but generation projects off target
Yasmin Isaacs, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, News, Spotlight, 0Battery storage projects have had a record-breaking, billion dollar quarter, but generation project results are far below the half-yearly...
Sandstone solar and battery project operational in WA
Kody Cook, , Batteries & Storage, Company news, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0Horizon Power’s new centralised solar farm and battery energy storage system (BESS) in Sandstone, Western Australia is now operational....
The technology solving Australia’s battery storage needs
Utility Journalist, , Batteries & Storage, Renewable Energy, Sponsored Editorial, 0Investing in a high-quality, durable energy storage system is a no-brainer, and new CEC-certified lithium iron phosphate batteries have...
Meet the battery that’s powering the future
Kody Cook, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Sponsored Editorial, 0As new transport and energy solutions move us towards a decarbonised society, the batteries used need to support this...
Storage: a ‘sweet spot’ lies in the distribution network
Utility Journalist, , Batteries & Storage, Distributed Generation, Electricity, Features, Projects, Renewable Energy, 0How much can medium and community sized batteries truly help Australia decarbonise? Ausgrid CCO, Rob Amphlett Lewis, says there’s...
Solar hours heating redefining regional battery storage requirements
Utility Journalist, , Batteries & Storage, Energy Efficiency, Features, Projects, Renewable Energy, 0Developing more sustainable and energy efficient ways to store and use energy does not always have to require fancy...
New battery to test WA’s renewable energy capability
Yasmin Isaacs, , Batteries & Storage, Energy Efficiency, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0Horizon Energy has purchased a 78kW/220kWh vanadium redox flow battery which will test the capability of long duration storage...
Rangebank big battery marks milestone
Yasmin Isaacs, , Batteries & Storage, Company news, Energy Efficiency, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0A sod turning ceremony has marked the beginning of pre-construction activities for the Rangebank Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)....
Carbon-neutral proton battery research could create alternative to lithium-ion
Kody Cook, , Batteries & Storage, News, People & Appointments, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 1Research on an experimental carbon-neutral ‘proton battery’ is underway and could replace lithium-ion batteries. RMIT is embarking on the...
Western Downs Battery gets bigger
Kody Cook, , Batteries & Storage, Company news, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 0Neoen will be expanding its Western Downs Battery to have a total installed capacity of 270MW/540MWh, which will set...
Western Sydney’s first community battery switches on
Kody Cook, , Batteries & Storage, Company news, Energy Efficiency, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 0Endeavour Energy has formally launched Western Sydney’s first community battery, and is now inviting residents to join the program....
First EV fast chargers for the Kimberley now operational
Yasmin Isaacs, , Batteries & Storage, Electric Vehicles, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0The first of eight electric vehicle (EV) fast chargers in the Kimberley, Western Australia, delivered by Horizon Power and...
Two new batteries to secure power for 100,000 homes
Kody Cook, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 0The New South Wales Government has approved two new batteries for the Central-West Orana and Upper Hunter regions, which...
‘Big Bessie’ battery switched on
Kody Cook, , Batteries & Storage, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 0The Bouldercombe 50MW/100MWh grid-scale battery has been officially switched on in Queensland. The battery, nicknamed ‘Big Bessie’, is part...
Indigenous partnership to pursue 3GW of renewable projects in the Pilbara
Kody Cook, , Batteries & Storage, Company news, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Wind, 0A partnership between Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC) and renewable energy company ACEN Australia is pursuing up to 3GW of...
WA’s second big battery begins construction
Kody Cook, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 1Construction has begun on the $625 million Stage Two Battery in Kwinana, which is being funded by the Western...
CEFC invests $100M in Waratah Super Battery
Steph Barker, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 0The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has announced a $100 million investment commitment to the Waratah Super Battery (WSB),...
Origin to deploy pilot battery at Eraring Power Station
Kody Cook, , Batteries & Storage, Company news, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 0Origin has agreed to a pilot a new long duration battery at Eraring Power Station which uses water-based technology....
ACT Budget supporting household energy upgrades
Kody Cook, , Batteries & Storage, Civil Construction, Electric Vehicles, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, 0The 2023-24 Territory Budget will be making significant investments in a range of projects to help the ACT reach...
$1B for CopperString 2032, supporting vanadium industry
Kody Cook, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, News, Powerlines, Projects, Spotlight, 0The Queensland Government has announced it will be supporting CopperString 2032 with $1 billion in funding, $594 million of...
Neoen to build 197MW long-duration big battery in WA
Kody Cook, , Batteries & Storage, Company news, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 0Western Australia will soon be home to one of the world’s biggest batteries, a 197MW battery at Collie, with...
Microgrid hydrogen power bank unveiled
Steph Barker, , Batteries & Storage, Company news, News, Renewable Energy, 1Australian clean energy company Endua has unveiled the first of its purpose-built standalone hydrogen power banks, an Australian-built technology...
Battery storage powers up despite flat spots
Utility Journalist, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, News, Renewable Energy, 0By Agnes King, Australian Energy Week As Australian Energy Week approaches, we gathered the thoughts of speakers in the...
Phillip Island switches on $10M big battery
Kody Cook, , Batteries & Storage, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 0The Phillip Island Community Energy Storage System (PICESS), a $10 million Hitachi 5MW/10MWh lithium-ion phosphate battery energy storage system,...
Farewell, Liddell: AGL’s renewable pledge
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