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Developer lands “complete funding package” to begin building state’s largest solar-battery hybrid
Developer says it is good to go on early works and construction of the largest solar and battery hybrid to be built on state’s grid after locking in a “complete funding package” to finance the huge project.“A really big game-changer:” AEMO looks to battery inverters as syncons prove expensive and hard to find
AEMO says proof that grid forming battery inverters can deliver heartbeat of the grid will be a “really big game changer”, and save costs as price of spinning machines soars.
Twiggy Forrest’s Squadron abandons plan for troubled New England wind farm
Days after lodging new plans for a more than 500 MW wind farm, Squadron dumps plans for a project it had proposed for construction in the state’s hotly contested New England renewable energy zone.
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Developer lands “complete funding package” to begin building state’s largest solar-battery hybrid
Developer says it is good to go on early works and construction of the largest solar and battery hybrid to be built on state’s grid after locking in a “complete funding package” to finance the huge project.
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Australia is running a data deficit – on EVs and the energy shift – and everyone pays the price
Australia has been accumulating a data deficit, cutting the science and statistics infrastructure that underpins evidence-based planning. EVs are the prime example.The great gas disconnect: Why Australia needs a managed exit strategy for stranded gas network
The burden of a dying gas industry must be shared proportionately between network investors, governments, and consumers.
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“Making the invisible visible:” New rules to hold networks to account for managing consumer energy assets
New rules will bring distribution network planning and reporting up to speed with the consumer energy revolution, and aim to create a fairer and cheaper market.
Solar and wind remain “backbone” of least-cost future grid, as batteries squeeze gas to a fraction of the mix
Firmed solar and wind still lowest-cost pathway for Australia to reach net zero emissions, new report confirms, as batteries flip the script and limit gas to between 3-7 pct of generation in 2050.
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