Solar
Australian Federal Government Battery Governments Rooftop PV Solar Storage
Frydenberg challenger Oliver Yates unveils “bold” rooftop solar plan
Oliver Yates to encourage councils to use Environmental Upgrade Agreements to encourage more people to use solar and storage.
Australian Federal Government Markets Renewables Solar Wind
Wind and solar farms to forecast their own output, in ARENA-backed pilot
ARENA funds AEMO-backed pilot to test potential for wind and solar farms to provide their own forecasts of generation output, and boost accuracy of market operations.
Australia was the fourth biggest market for large-scale solar projects in the world in 2018.
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How the Tesla big battery kept the lights on in South Australia
AEMO report highlights value of Tesla big battery in major network failure, but the response from coal and gas generators was poor and did nothing to prevent widespread outages.
The solarisation of South Australia’s grid, and hunting down solar cowboys in Victoria.
Governments Queensland Government Solar
Oakey solar farm begins production, second new plant in a week in Queensland
Oakey becomes second new solar farm to join Queensland grid in past week, and last of the 12 ARENA-sponsored projects in its large scale solar round.
Battery Governments News & Commentary Northern Territory Government one step Solar Storage
NT councils offered grants to install solar, batteries, EV chargers
Northern Territory Labor government opens $2m grant scheme to help make councils more energy efficient and reduce costs to consumers and taxpayers.
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Shell’s big power plans point to rapid shift to electric, and scale of disruption
Shell intends to be biggest power company in the world in little more than a decade, as everything goes electric, including transport and heating, and electricity goes green.
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How renewables can help electrify Indonesia’s sprawling island nation
Indonesia, the world’s 4th most populous nation, wants to deliver electricity to all of its 260 million. Here's how it can do a lot of this through renewables.
