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Renewables

SunCable: Singapore gives nod to imports from world’s biggest solar and battery project
Singapore grid gives conditional approval to import electricity as part of SunCable’s massive Australia-Asia PowerLink project in major step forward to $30 billion project.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 22, 2024

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Storage

Fortescue presses go on “challenging” five-hour battery project, biggest yet in the Pilbara
Fortescue Metals places order for what will be the biggest battery in Western Australia’s Pilbara mining region, with five hours of storage capacity.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 22, 2024

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Australia drops out of world’s top ten countries for new solar installs for first time in three decades
Australia continues to set records in solar power, but it has dropped out of the top 10 countries in new installations as the rest of the world surges ahead.
Giles Parkinson & Joshua S Hill

Oct 22, 2024

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Electrification

Australia needs smarter air con systems to save money for homes and the grid
Australia is being urged to follow other countries and encourage smarter air con systems that can deliver savings to homes and the overall grid.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 22, 2024

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Solar

New solar and battery project in central Victoria gets state planning approval, joins EPBC queue
A new solar and battery project has escaped Victoria’s VCAT process, but will still have to negotiate its way through federal approvals.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 22, 2024

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CleanTech Bites

Solar will leap four-fold by 2030, ending the rule of King coal and overtaking all other grid supplies
Solar power will grow four-fold by 2030, overtaking nuclear, hydro and gas, and then coal by 2033. By 2050, it will produce more than all these technologies combined.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 21, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Queensland’s energy future under a cloud as LNP sends mixed messages on coal, emissions
Queensland could revert to coal central as calls grow for a power plan from the energised LNP, days out from voters heading to the polls in the Sunshine State.
Marion Rae

Oct 21, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Baseload coal and peaking gas paradigm “no longer fit” for modern grid, says AEMO chief
AEMO chief Daniel Westerman says the old paradigm of baseload power and peaking generation is no longer fit for the Australian grid, as renewables and storage eat away at markets once dominated by coal and gas.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 21, 2024

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Podcasts

SwitchedOn Podcast: World-first community pilot to help spark the electrification of everything
A groundbreaking community pilot hopes to identify the opportunities and challenges as household electrification is scaled up across the whole country.
Anne Delaney

Oct 21, 2024

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Renewables

Start date for Australia’s biggest renewable energy hub pushed out to end of decade
The timeline for the massive Australian Renewable Energy Hub has been pushed out to 2029 for first power and 2030s for green hydrogen and ammonia production.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 21, 2024

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Storage

Construction underway on first 300MWh battery in massive solar and storage hub
Construction underway on 150 megawatt, two-hour big battery in first stage of $2 billion series of solar and storage projects being built in the region by Amp Energy.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 21, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Bowen says next round of CIS tenders will seek 10 gigawatts of wind, solar and battery storage
Bowen boosts size of next CIS tenders to 10 GW of wind, solar and storage as Coalition digs in with plans to dismantle renewable zones and support more fossil fuels.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 21, 2024

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Chart of the day

Rooftop PV propels renewables to 75 pct share for first time, sends coal and grid demand to record lows
Updated: Australia’s main grid reached 75 per cent renewables for the first time on Sunday, propelled by rooftop solar which also sent coal power and grid demand down to record lows.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 20, 2024

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Chart of the day

Rooftop solar reaches stunning new record of 112.9 per cent of state demand
Rooftop solar smashes its previous peak in Australia’s most renewable state, setting a new record share of 112.9 per cent of state demand.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 19, 2024

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Podcasts

Energy Insiders Podcast: The trouble with markets
Ric Brazzale from Green Energy Markets discusses what’s happening in key markets for renewables, emissions, efficiency and electrification. Plus, news of the week.
Giles Parkinson & David Leitch

Oct 18, 2024

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Renewables

Gold giant orders biggest off grid solar farm yet as it combines renewables to slash remote mine diesel costs
Australian off-grid power specialist to deliver its biggest solar farm yet, as part of plans to power a remote Western Australia gold mine with more than 70% renewables.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 18, 2024

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Storage

New venture promises to slash power costs using solar, battery storage and “radical transparency”
A new company offering solar and battery storage “as a service” for commercial and industrial customers has launched under the leadership of former SwitchDin CEO Andrew Mears.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 18, 2024

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Commentary

Federal Labor has great energy policy achievements, but it can’t sell them
Labor has a whole list of great energy policy achievements, but it doesn’t appear capable of selling them. We look at what they have done, and what they should do.
David Leitch

Oct 18, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Rapacious utilities send power prices soaring as they seize on coal and network faults, and low wind output
Big generation companies seize on unplanned baseload and network outages to cause a spike in wholesale electricity prices in September, and reverse the long-term downward trend in some states.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 18, 2024

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Renewables

Wind and solar developers warn of market crash as Tasmania chases windfall gains for old hydro assets
Wind and solar industry warns the market for renewable energy certificates could crash if Tasmania succeeds in its push for changes that could deliver windfall gains to its old hydro assets.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 18, 2024

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