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Sophie is editor of Renew Economy and editor of its sister site, One Step Off The Grid . She is the co-host of the Solar Insiders Podcast. Sophie has been writing about clean energy for more than a decade.

Storage

AGL goes live with virtual power plant linking household battery storage
First phase of AGL Energy’s Adelaide 5MW solar and storage VPP trial goes live, linking 60 battery storage systems.
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Mar 16, 2017

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Storage

Batteries arrive for Horizon’s grid-scale “spinning reserve” trial
Two large-scale batteries will be trialled as back-up power at an islanded 170MW power station in Carnarvon WA.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 16, 2017

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Weatherill tears strips off Frydenberg for renewables “trash talk”
SA premier and federal energy minister go toe to toe at battery storage trial launch, in first meeting since Coalition started bagging state’s renewable plans.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 16, 2017

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CleanTech Bites

Alinta signs off-take for 42MW Collinsville Solar Farm
Alinta Energy – another of the retailer “naughty boys” on the RET – signs contract for output of Ratch Australia’s 42MW Collinsville Solar Farm.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 15, 2017

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla targets South Australia market, with new Adelaide store
Tesla says increased interest in EVs and a renewables-committed state government make SA its next Australian target market.
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Mar 15, 2017

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Storage

Victoria seeks 100MW energy storage in $20m tender
Victoria’s Andrews govt launches $20m tender for proposals to work with state’s networks to install up to 100MW of grid-scale energy storage by 2018.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 14, 2017

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Solar

Sydney Markets completes 640kW solar car park, nears 1MW of capacity
Sydney Markets unveils purpose-built 640kW solar car park, taking total installed capacity to 910kW, with more to come.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 14, 2017

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Renewables

WA election delivers win for Carnegie 20MW Albany Wave Project
Labor’s WA election win locks in a $19.5m commitment to Carnegie Clean Energy’s 20MW Albany Wave Energy Project.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 13, 2017

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Solar

CEFC tips another $70m into big solar, as market confidence soars
Clean Energy Finance Corporation backs three more big solar projects in Queensland and Victoria, as ERM finally unveils its first major renewable off take deal.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 13, 2017

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Smart Energy

CEFC backs 300 new solar powered low-income homes for Sydney
Another 300 solar powered, energy efficient low-income homes to be built in Sydney, backed by $130m from Clean Energy Finance Corporation.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 10, 2017

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Solar

Rooftop solar installs up 43% in 2017, on back of power market woes
Summer of record heat waves and unplanned electricity outages pushes rooftop solar installations up nearly 50% on this time last year.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 10, 2017

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Solar

SA rooftop solar installs surge after statewide blackout
New data suggests SA’s September blackout rekindled the state’s love affair with rooftop solar, spurring a more than 17% uptick in installations from October to December 2016.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 9, 2017

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