We, too, once supported the dogma that any export price would be bad to the bone. Two things changed our mind.
Solar
State governments find themselves at pointy end of solar export proposal
State governments will need to lift their game on the regulation of networks and the management of voltage issues under proposed solar export tax.
Can rooftop solar and household batteries keep grid stable when big generators fail?
The behaviour of rooftop solar and battery systems during periods of major grid disruptions will be the focus of a new UNSW study.
Genex locks in EPC contracts, other partners for flagship pumped hydro project
Genex locks in contractors for engineering and construction works for Kidston pumped hydro project.
Sun Cable submits plans for gigawatt-scale solar manufacturing plant in Darwin
Sun Cable lodges application for manufacturing and assembly plant for 5B’s Maverick solar array systems, that will eventually supply its own 14GW solar plans.
Rooftop solar export charge is more palatable than more solar curtailment
Blunt reality is that without the sort of export charges mooted by AEMC, we will end up with more zero export limits and more solar curtailment.
US government announces plan to cut cost of solar by another 60 pct by 2030
US Department of Energy aims to lower the average cost of unsubsidised solar to 2 US cents per kilowatt-hour by 2030.
Neoen’s ambitious $636m solar and battery project in NSW gets planning green light
Massive $636 million solar and big battery project overcomes council objections to get green light from NSW planning authorities.
AGL mulls floating solar farm at Loy Yang, and electrothermal solar storage pilot
AGL flags a potential floating solar plant at Loy Yang and an electrothermal solar storage pilot at Liddell.
CEP to build 150MW big battery at former Holden plant in South Australia
CEP reveals the second of four grid-scale energy storage projects, a 150MW big battery to be built on the outer Adelaide site of the former GMH manufacturing plant.
