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The rise of battery storage, and why the grid is rapidly passing gas!
Although batteries still account for a modest share of total capacity, they are exerting a disproportionate influence in Australia’s main grids.
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Home battery installations will match the scale of Snowy Hydro scheme – in a single year
Household battery numbers continue to defy all predictions, and they now look set to match the scale of the entire Snowy Mountains scheme in a single year.
Australia’s climate hit regions will need fit-for-future science and modelling
It won’t come as much consolation to Victorian communities picking through the burnt rubble from last week’s bushfires to know the damage could have been a lot worse.Â
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The rise of battery storage, and why the grid is rapidly passing gas!
Although batteries still account for a modest share of total capacity, they are exerting a disproportionate influence in Australia’s main grids.
Home battery installations will match the scale of Snowy Hydro scheme – in a single year
Household battery numbers continue to defy all predictions, and they now look set to match the scale of the entire Snowy Mountains scheme in a single year.Australia’s climate hit regions will need fit-for-future science and modelling
It won’t come as much consolation to Victorian communities picking through the burnt rubble from last week’s bushfires to know the damage could have been a lot worse.Â
One ship loaded with solar PV is now worth more to the grid than 120 coal-carriers
Technology gains mean that one ship load of solar PV panels is now worth more to the grid than 120 coal carriers, or 57 LNG tankers.
Five million households are paying way too much on their electricity bill
Three quarters of the 6.8 million residential electricity customers in the National Energy Market are not on their retailer’s cheapest plan. It’s time to change!
Networks are losing volume to rooftop PV and home batteries, and we now have a tariff problem
Electricity networks face a structural challenge – their regulated revenue model is being challenged by rooftop PV, and this trend will accelerate with home batteries.
Coal power drops in China and India for first time in 52 years after wind and solar records
China and India have both recorded falls in coal generation before, but never simultaneously like happen in 2025, and it’s all down to renewables.
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