micro-grids

Utilities

Western Australia’s first big battery joins Kalbarri solar and wind microgrid
A 5MW/2MWh battery dispatched to Western Power’s Kalbarri microgrid, to help deliver cheap reliable renewable power to the W.A. resort town.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 18, 2019

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Renewables

Solar powered mines now commercially viable without need for subsidies
Zenith Energy says success of 5.5MW solar plant at remote WA mine site shows the technology can be deployed at mines without government support.
Michael Mazengarb

Dec 18, 2019

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micro-grids

Huge turbine parts complete 630km truck journey to W.A. wind, solar microgrid
Australia’s first mining sector project to combine wind, solar and batteries in one microgid is starting to take shape in Western Australia’s northern goldfields region.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 5, 2019

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Solar and battery microgrid achieves 90% renewables for W.A. gas hub
Horizon Power says its newly commissioned solar and battery microgrid in the Pilbara town of Onslow is already helping to deliver up to 90% renewables, and more reliable power.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 28, 2019

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NSW tenders $3.5 billion supply contract in firm test for wind and solar
NSW seeks new 1.8 terawatt hour electricity supply contract, with focus on “fast start” dispatchable capacity, suggesting mix of renewables and gas or batteries.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 24, 2019

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First stage of unique solar-wind-battery hybrid project opens at Agnew gold mine
EDL launches first stage of hybrid micro-grid project that will integrate solar, wind and battery storage to power remote gold mine in WA.
Michael Mazengarb

Nov 20, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

Cheaper, cleaner, smarter – how wind, solar and batteries are changing Australia’s grid
New reports from market operator and market regulator show that – despite the politics – Australia’s grid is getting cleaner, cheaper and smarter.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 18, 2019

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Policy & Planning

Bushfires should make us think about energy resilience, and micro-grids
One solution to the risk of bushfires is to rely more on each other for our energy supply.
Mark Byrne

Nov 15, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

AEMO provides glimpse of future grid: Not much fossil fuel, even less “base-load”
AEMO offers glimpse of new energy system, one dominated by wind and solar, with storage, batteries and EVs playing a key role, and fossil fuels barely to be seen.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 17, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

Why network operators will take thousands of customers off the grid
Western Power unveils network of the future, where thousands of regional customers are taken off grid and given renewables and storage, saving money and boosting reliability.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 16, 2019

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