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Independent running against Dutton wants bipartisan focus on home batteries after cyclone outages

With most Dickson homes using solar but few affording batteries, Independent candidate Ellie Smith has called for rebates and loans to boost resilience and cut costs.

Vast Energy secures $180m grant for first-of-a-kind solar thermal hub at Port Augusta

Vast’s latest ARENA grant will underwrite at least half of what it needs to build the concentrated solar project.

Rachel Williamson

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Huge eight-hour battery project, one of biggest in Australia, locks in supplier

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Huge eight-hour battery project, one of biggest in Australia, locks in supplier

One of the biggest batteries under development in Australia – and one of the first eight-hour batteries to be underwritten by NSW government – has locked in a supplier.

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Researchers say energy in water could power future battery breakthroughs

Creating an electrical charge using water could be the secret to delivering safer fuels and boosting batteries following an Australian lab discovery.

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

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AGL adds pumped hydro project based around old coal mine to EPBC pipeline

AGL advances its first pumped hydro project – planned for an old coal mine just up the road from its NSW coal generators.

Battery

Solar battery deal for giant smelter is a stunning game-changer for Australian energy

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Solar battery deal for giant smelter is a stunning game-changer for Australian energy

Choice of wind, solar and battery storage to power giant smelters means the biggest consumers of energy are moving beyond fossil fuels and “baseload”. Here’s why.

Giles Parkinson

Rio Tinto signs massive solar and battery deal to help secure future of smelters and refineries

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Rio Tinto signs massive solar and battery deal to help secure future of smelters and refineries

Rio Tinto signs massive solar and battery storage deal to help secure future of its smelter and refineries that are among Australia’s biggest energy consumers.

Giles Parkinson

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Huge eight-hour battery project, one of biggest in Australia, locks in supplier

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Huge eight-hour battery project, one of biggest in Australia, locks in supplier

One of the biggest batteries under development in Australia – and one of the first eight-hour batteries to be underwritten by NSW government – has locked in a supplier.

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Researchers say energy in water could power future battery breakthroughs

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Researchers say energy in water could power future battery breakthroughs

Creating an electrical charge using water could be the secret to delivering safer fuels and boosting batteries following an Australian lab discovery.

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

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Pumped Hydro

AGL adds pumped hydro project based around old coal mine to EPBC pipeline

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AGL adds pumped hydro project based around old coal mine to EPBC pipeline

AGL advances its first pumped hydro project – planned for an old coal mine just up the road from its NSW coal generators.

Prices fall as first pumped hydro and two eight hour battery projects win landmark storage tender

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Prices fall as first pumped hydro and two eight hour battery projects win landmark storage tender

First pumped hydro project win for a long duration storage tender in Australia, along with another two eight-hour batteries in landmark result that sees falling prices.

Giles Parkinson

Trickle recharging using a combination of pumped hydro and battery storage can get rid of gas

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Trickle recharging using a combination of pumped hydro and battery storage can get rid of gas

A hybrid system that uses trickle-recharging between big batteries and pumped hydro provides very cheap energy storage and cheap storage power. Gas cannot compete.

NSW green bank to target batteries, pumped hydro and VPPs to fill gaps in transition from coal

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NSW green bank to target batteries, pumped hydro and VPPs to fill gaps in transition from coal

NSW announces interim CEO and investment mandate for newly formed “green bank”, with the focus on big and community batteries, pumped hydro and VPPs.

Giles Parkinson

Solar Thermal

Vast Energy secures $180m grant for first-of-a-kind solar thermal hub at Port Augusta

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Vast Energy secures $180m grant for first-of-a-kind solar thermal hub at Port Augusta

Vast’s latest ARENA grant will underwrite at least half of what it needs to build the concentrated solar project.

Rachel Williamson

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Reborn solar thermal and battery project seeks deal to plug in to transmission line to BHP mines

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Reborn solar thermal and battery project seeks deal to plug in to transmission line to BHP mines

Vast and 14D are seeking to plug their planned big battery, solar thermal and solar heat projects into a transmission line currently serving two large BHP mines.

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World’s biggest CSP plant, with tallest solar power tower, inaugurated in Dubai

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World’s biggest CSP plant, with tallest solar power tower, inaugurated in Dubai

COP28 host inaugurates world’s largest concentrated solar power project, featuring the world’s tallest solar tower, at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park.

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RayGen opens world-leading solar and thermal storage project, lands more federal funds

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RayGen opens world-leading solar and thermal storage project, lands more federal funds

ARENA tips more money into RayGen’s groundbreaking solar and storage technology as it eyes its first large scale projects.

Giles Parkinson

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