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Australian start-up secures $9m for mine-based gravity energy storage technology
Green Gravity says it has secured $9 million in new funding to develop its gravitational energy storage technology that it hopes to deploy in disused mines.State owned utility to be protected under constitution after cross-bench changes heart
Victoria’s constitution will be altered to include Labor’s signature election promise to revive the State Electricity Commission after a surprise change of heart from cross-benchers.Green hydrogen guarantee of origin scheme urgently needed, inquiry told
Inquiry told the emerging green hydrogen sector is “frustrated” by delays to the introduction of a mechanism to track and verify emissions associated with hydrogen, renewable electricity and other resources.More News
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Sweden’s OX2 makes first move into wind power in Australia with purchase of gigawatt scale project
Sweden’s OX2 follows up its 2023 purchase of a large solar portfolio in Australia with the acquisition of a gigawatt scale wind and battery project.Storage
Big batteries have already put an end to minimum demand shocks in Australia’s most vulnerable grid
The growth of rooftop solar is creating new headaches for the market operator in terms of minimum demand. But the first big battery in the country’s most vulnerable state may have already fixed the problem.Commentary
Data centres, electrification and green hydrogen: The big demand questions for the grid
Our analysis assumes a fraction of the data centre demand forecasts modelled in the central scenario of the market operator’s grid plan.Whoever wins the election, Queensland needs more renewables, sooner
There are deliberate campaigns underway to spread misinformation and disinformation about renewables, particularly in regional areas, in an attempt to delay this crucial transition.Policy & Planning
State owned utility to be protected under constitution after cross-bench changes heart
Victoria’s constitution will be altered to include Labor’s signature election promise to revive the State Electricity Commission after a surprise change of heart from cross-benchers.Interactive Maps
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