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Big batteries provide one third of state’s power needs, smashing records and “big banana” tropes
Batteries become dominant player in Australia’s most renewable state, providing more than one third of state demand in early morning peak.Wind and solar push renewables share closer to 50 pct despite record level of negative prices
Wind and solar farm output jumped 12% in March quarter from the same period last year, and helped send market prices into negative territory more often.Energy Insiders: Solar and battery make better grid partners than wind
Engie’s Laura Caspari explains why batteries are paired better with solar than wind, and why data centre load could unlock more renewables. Plus: News of the week.Renewables
Wind and solar push renewables share closer to 50 pct despite record level of negative prices
Wind and solar farm output jumped 12% in March quarter from the same period last year, and helped send market prices into negative territory more often.Commentary
Developer Rating Scheme is welcome progress, but more needed to bridge information gap
Federal Labor’s Developer Rating Scheme is a step in the right direction, but doesn’t bridge the renewables information gap we’re seeing across rural and regional Australia.Coalition leans on absurd gas definition for fossil subsidy bonanza
Election Watch: The Coalition has resorted to claiming that gas is solid, to appease a fuming fossil gas industry. It is not working.Policy & Planning
“It’s about survival:” Pacific islands slam Coalition threat to drop bid to co-host COP31
Tuvalu climate minister says Coalition plans to abandon bid to co-host COP31 creates “uncertainty” and undermines Australian regional diplomacy in the Pacific.“Deal sealed” for Australia’s first renewable energy zone, but wait goes on for news of access rights
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