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Ausgrid seeks thousands of NSW homes to join expanded virtual power plant
After a successful phase one, Ausgrid launches second phase of household battery-based virtual power plant, with two new "aggregator" partners – ShineHub and Evergen.
AEMC Australian Federal Government Governments Institutions micro-grids Renewables Smart Energy
Networks can now replace costly poles and wires with solar and storage micro-grids
AEMC sets new rules to open up the option of stand alone power systems to remote and fringe-of-grid communities as network alternative.
Australian Federal Government Battery CleanTech Bites Climate Governments Mike Cannon-Brookes Renewables Smart Energy Solar Storage Wind
Sun Cable’s solar and battery mega-project may be first of many
Sun Cable says the $20 billion solar and storage project planned for the Northern Territory likely to be just the first of many.
Climate Governments News & Commentary Renewables Smart Energy Solar Storage
EU unveils “green” Covid recovery plan, leaves Australia wallowing in coal dust
Europe unveils $A1.2 trillion Covid-19 recovery plan that has renewables and climate as the centrepiece, casting Australia even more starkly as a backwards-looking global laggard.
Battery Climate micro-grids Smart Energy Solar Storage
Risen joins bid to deliver solar and battery storage for bushfire victims
Risen Energy joins 5B, Tesla, Enphase, and software billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes in bid to power bushfire-affected communities with stand-alone solar and storage.
Governments News & Commentary Queensland Government Renewables Smart Energy
Copperstring 2.0 renewables project fast-tracked in Queensland post-Covid plan
One of Australia's critical renewables mega-projects, the Coppertring transmission line in north Queensland, could begin construction next year after winning $14.8m state funding.
Battery Community Power micro-grids Smart Energy Solar Storage Wind
Solar-wind-battery microgrid completed and powering remote W.A. gold mine
Ground-breaking 56MW hybrid renewable microgrid completed in remote Western Australia – the first in Australia to use wind to power a mine.
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Building all-electric homes – and why ditching gas isn’t as easy as it should be
By creating a labyrinth of legal frameworks, regulators have made it all too hard for developers to think beyond installing the simplest possible hot water solutions.
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Tesla Megapacks tapped for California big battery project
100MW/400MWh big battery designed to replace a natural gas plant in California set to become world’s first Tesla Megapack energy storage system, after contract awarded.
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Stimulus Summit website launched, energy ministers summit planned for August
Missed the Stimulus Summit? SEC has you covered with new website and links to recordings of all of the day's presentations.
