Update: Gupta’s GFG Alliance withdraws generation licence applications for South Australia’s biggest solar project and a big battery.
South Australian Government
ElectraNet approves landmark “freeway” for wind, solar and storage
ElectraNet gives approval for its part of new transmission link from South Australia to NSW, expected to unlock huge wind and solar projects.
South Australia’s key lessons in prioritising a renewables grid over fossil fuels
South Australia’s transition to a renewables-dominated grid delivers important lessons to other governments planning the same.
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.
Huge boost for wind, solar and storage as “transformational” new link approved
Transgrid gets regulator tick for $1.83 billion in “transformational” new transmission link after CEFC makes its largest ever investment.
Look, no gas! South Australia to build country’s first all-electric hospital
South Australia says new women’s and children’s hospital in Adelaide will not be connected to the gas network and won’t use fossil fuels.
Amp makes massive South Australia solar, battery, green hydrogen play
Toronto based Amp Energy unveils plans for $2 billion green hydrogen play, snapping up three big solar and battery projects in South Australia.
Final pitch made for new transmission link critical for major wind, solar projects
Networks make final pitch for new transmission link seen as crucial for South Australia to reach net 100 per cent renewables, and for NSW to exit coal.
Regulatory over-reach: South Australia’s solar switch-off is a warning to other states
The mechanism that allows rooftop solar to be switched off is a blunt, rushed and potentially costly regulation. We need to do better for consumer-owned assets.
Rooftop solar sends average South Australia daytime power prices below zero
South Australia has set a new benchmark in the electricity market, with its big share of rooftop solar sending the average daytime wholesale price of electricity to below zero in Q1.
