Latest Storage
New big battery kicks off commercial operations next to outage-prone Queensland coal plant
Queensland coal generator celebrates the commercial start of its first big battery, which will provide essential firming capacity and reliability “within fractions of a second.”
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First stage of Australia’s second-biggest battery starts commercial operations in the Sunshine State
The first stage of one of the biggest batteries under development in Australia has started commercial operations, on track to becoming a 780 megawatt, more than 3 gigawatt-hour behemoth.
New five-hour battery reaches financial close, next to existing gas generator in renewable hotspot
Another five-hour battery reaches financial close, this one to piggy back over an existing gas connection in Australia’s most advanced renewable state.
Battery
World’s largest solar-battery hybrid project powers up in the Philippines
First phase of integrated solar and battery project is synchronised and energised, on the way to becoming the world’s largest project of its kind.
New big battery kicks off commercial operations next to outage-prone Queensland coal plant
Queensland coal generator celebrates the commercial start of its first big battery, which will provide essential firming capacity and reliability “within fractions of a second.”
Pumped Hydro
Pumped hydro is vital to the future grid. So why does gas exploration get all the tax benefits?
When gas companies drill a dry hole, the tax system shares the loss; when pumped hydro companies drill a dry hole, they carry the cost alone.
We need more hydro, Turnbull says: But would many smaller projects have been better than Snowy 2.0?
Malcolm Turnbull says more “simpler” pumped hydro needed as solar outpaces wind, and insists that Snowy 2.0 will deliver value despite delays and cost blowouts.
Solar Thermal
Australian concentrated solar thermal hopeful put into voluntary administration, buyers sought
Plans for a huge concentrated solar thermal project near Port Augusta dealt new blow, this time with new of an Australian company put into administration.
