micro-grids

micro-grids

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.
Sophie Vorrath

May 18, 2020

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W.A. paves way for more stand-alone power systems, and distributed batteries
Western Australia government paves way for more renewable-based stand-alone power systems and distributed storage – and for competition in the networks.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 3, 2020

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Wave

Carnegie looks to boost CETO 6 wave power efficiency, reliability and smarts
A sparsely-worded half-year results statement says Carnegie is continuing to progress its CETO 6 wave energy technology, with “innovation opportunities” and smart controls.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 2, 2020

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Smart Energy

Another 100 stand-alone solar and battery systems to be installed by Western Power
Western Power to install another 100 solar and battery-based stand alone power systems on grid in state’s Mid-West, Goldfields, eastern Wheatbelt and Great Southern regions.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 26, 2020

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Smart Energy

Western Australia “uniquely” placed to be microgrid superpower, says report
W.A. parliamentary inquiry finds state uniquely placed to become global leader in renewable microgrid development and export, but only with the right policy and regulatory settings.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 21, 2020

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Mike Cannon-Brookes

Cannon-Brookes teams with Tesla, 5B to fund solar and batteries for fire victims
Cannon-Brookes teams up with Tesla and “rapid” solar company 5B to install solar and battery stand alone systems for bushfire victims.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 19, 2020

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Solar

Offshore floating solar array set to power Abu Dhabi island resort
Having run out of space on land, a solar array has been floated on the open sea of the Arabian Gulf to help power the Abu Dhabi resort island of Nurai.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 14, 2020

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Markets

Know your NEM: Soft demand keeps prices low, Coalition’s bad gas play
Soft demand is keeping gas prices low, the Coalition’s bad choice on gas generation, and why community storage makes more sense than household storage.
David Leitch

Jan 29, 2020

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Governments

Networks push innovation as EVs, solar and batteries “tip system on its head”
New report reminds us that new technologies are creating fundamental changes in the way the grid is and will operate, and the way people should think about electricity.
Giles Parkinson

Jan 28, 2020

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Solar

Melbourne apartment block shares rooftop PV, battery storage – smashes solar ceiling
A 70kW solar 54kWh battery system installed on Melbourne apartment block uses Allume Energy technology to share cheap clean power between 52 low-income tenants.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 19, 2019

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