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Australia’s biggest battery project slashes footprint by 20 pct as it mulls multi-gigawatt hour extension
Rapidly improving battery densities, falling costs and changing market signals behind potential major expansion of Supernode battery to more than 5 GWh.S-curve modelling says renewables can kick coal out of Australia by 2032. But is this soon enough?
In the race to renewables, the big question is whether “faster than we thought” is the same as “fast enough.” S-curves say we can do the first. Nothing in the modelling tells us we’re on track for the second.
“It’s a commercial system. And it has a customer:” Sodium-ion battery sale hailed as a first for Australia
The sale of a 100 kilowatt and 200 kilowatt-hour sodium-ion battery system is being claimed as an Australian first – and may herald next generation of storage tech.
Balcony solar or building integrated PV? The emerging options for apartment dwellers and owners
A Victorian parliamentary inquiry on apartment energy issues has recently reported and identified several issues that require urgent attention to address the failures of energy policy. One interesting issue that relates to both high rise apartments, and plug-in ‘balcony solar’, is where solar fits into apartment occupant energy costs. High rise apartment buildings have very […]
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CEFC boss says funding deals for new wind and solar farms to power giant smelter still to be sorted
Head of green bank says Tomago green transition deal likely to get big wind projects over the line, but the funding arrangements have still to be sorted.
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Home battery rebate hits 500,000 milestone as households “take control” and deliver grid benefits
The number of Cheaper Home Batteries installations has passed the half-million mark, a huge new milestone for the hugely successful rebate that is slashing bills and delivering “enormous benefits” to the grid.Commentary
S-curve modelling says renewables can kick coal out of Australia by 2032. But is this soon enough?
In the race to renewables, the big question is whether “faster than we thought” is the same as “fast enough.” S-curves say we can do the first. Nothing in the modelling tells us we’re on track for the second.
Balcony solar or building integrated PV? The emerging options for apartment dwellers and owners
A Victorian parliamentary inquiry on apartment energy issues has recently reported and identified several issues that require urgent attention to address the failures of energy policy. One interesting issue that relates to both high rise apartments, and plug-in ‘balcony solar’, is where solar fits into apartment occupant energy costs. High rise apartment buildings have very […]
Power plays: Tomago’s big green switch, the Big 3’s lack of ambition, and why Snowy must change its stripes
From the country’s biggest energy utilities announcing their profits and outlook, to the country’s biggest aluminium smelter getting a renewable lifeline, there’s a lot to unpack from this week.
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Australia’s biggest aluminium smelter gets $2.5 billion to help transition from coal to wind and solar
Updated: The $2.5 billion deal to help Australia’s biggest aluminium smelter go green will see it act as a kind of giant battery, and unlock the stalemate in the energy transition.
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