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Tesla Megapack containers on fire at site of Australia’s biggest battery
Updated: Fire erupts in two Tesla Megapack battery containers at the Victoria Big Battery in Geelong.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 30, 2021

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Featured

Battery storage faces two year wait for new rules that optimise its use
Battery storage industry happy with new rules that recognise some of their multiple tools, but not pleased with another two-year wait.
Giles Parkinson and Michael Mazengarb

Jul 20, 2021

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Bulgana big battery switches on, but its biggest customer has collapsed
The third big battery in Victoria starts production, but the project’s major corporate customer has collapsed, ending plans for a very green greenhouse.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 19, 2021

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Battery

Tesla Megapacks lifted into place at Australia’s biggest battery project
Neoen confirms that Australia’s biggest battery project is midway through construction near Geelong as Tesla Megapacks are lifted into place.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 8, 2021

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Featured

Lumea plans huge “first of its kind” big battery in Melbourne
Lumea proposes a “first of its kind” funding proposition without government support for what could be the biggest battery in Australia.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 5, 2021

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No need for synchronous assets in zero emissions grid, says Tesla
Tesla says synchronous generation not needed in a renewable energy grid because battery storage can deliver the services and much of the storage required.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 29, 2021

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Victoria, Tesla and Enphase line up against proposed solar export tax
Solar tax criticised by Tesla and Enphase, the makers of battery technologies the proposal is supposed to support, while networks baulk at removing zero export limits.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 9, 2021

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South Australia to install free Tesla batteries in homes without rooftop solar
South Australia to extend its virtual power plant scheme to state housing homes that do not have rooftop solar in effort to create a big solar sponge.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 1, 2021

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“Virtual machine”: Hornsdale battery steps in to protect grid after Callide explosion
Expanded Tesla big battery at Hornsdale stepped into market after Callide coal explosion with successful real-world test of its “virtual machine mode.”
Giles Parkinson

May 27, 2021

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Storage

Would a big battery have kept the lights on in Queensland?
The Coalition argued that the coal plant explosion at Callide is a justification for more coal. A big battery might just have prevented the blackouts.
Giles Parkinson

May 26, 2021

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Battery

Tesla cuts price of Powerwall home battery in Australia
Following two recent price hikes, Tesla has cut the Australian retail price of a Powerwall 2 home battery system.
Sophie Vorrath

May 24, 2021

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Battery

Neoen unable to repeat Hornsdale battery bonanza in first quarter revenue
The “exceptional” January 2020 performance of Australia’s original Tesla big battery continues to set an unattainable benchmark for French renewables giant Neoen.
Sophie Vorrath

May 12, 2021

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