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“Not just a call centre:” Home battery contender doubles down on Australia-made strengths

In the mad rush to home battery storage, this Australian company is doubling down its focus on a high quality, locally-based installation and service team.

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Sungrow says advanced inverter trials show they can provide heart-beat of the grid in absence of coal

Chinese power company echoes findings of Tesla and Fluence, saying tests show grid forming inverters can provide the heartbeat of the grid normally provided by coal.

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Big battery seals lifetime service deal as it sizes up to meet market and regulatory demands

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Big battery seals lifetime service deal as it sizes up to meet market and regulatory demands

Big battery signs 20-year service deal to meet its market and regulatory obligations, including the requirements of federal Labor’s Capacity Investment Scheme.

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Miners, microgrids, EVs and other loads: New inverter technologies take battery storage to new markets

Chinese power giant Sungrow unveils a series of new storage and micro-grid technologies, including a scaled up battery product that can deliver 1 GWh in 12 days.

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Project Big Stone by Antora thermal battery maker

Cannon-Brookes bankrolls one of biggest batteries in the world, in huge bet on thermal storage

Grok Ventures investment allows US thermal storage company to go ahead with its first gigawatt-scale battery project.

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Australia’s biggest wind project and 8 battery hybrids among 19 winners of largest ever renewable auction

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Australia’s biggest wind project and 8 battery hybrids among 19 winners of largest ever renewable auction

Latest CIS tender dominated by wind projects and battery hybrids, with 7.8 GW of new renewable capacity. There are now 59 projects with CIS deals, how many will be built?

Giles Parkinson

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“Not just a call centre:” Home battery contender doubles down on Australia-made strengths

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“Not just a call centre:” Home battery contender doubles down on Australia-made strengths

In the mad rush to home battery storage, this Australian company is doubling down its focus on a high quality, locally-based installation and service team.

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Sungrow says advanced inverter trials show they can provide heart-beat of the grid in absence of coal

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Sungrow says advanced inverter trials show they can provide heart-beat of the grid in absence of coal

Chinese power company echoes findings of Tesla and Fluence, saying tests show grid forming inverters can provide the heartbeat of the grid normally provided by coal.

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Equis founders extend winning formula to new “highly focused” Australian renewables outfit

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Equis founders extend winning formula to new “highly focused” Australian renewables outfit

Renewable energy developer launches new, wholly owned subsidiary that will continue to progress its 2.5 gigawatt portfolio of big batteries and wind farms across Australia.

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State launches its biggest ever renewable tender “to keep lights on” and push down prices

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State launches its biggest ever renewable tender “to keep lights on” and push down prices

NSW formally launches its largest ever renewables tender, as well as long duration storage as it that it says is essential to replace coal, “keep the lights on”

Giles Parkinson

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Coal state’s biggest renewable tender to focus on power delivered when the sun don’t shine

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Coal state’s biggest renewable tender to focus on power delivered when the sun don’t shine

Biggest generation tender will favour technologies that can deliver power when the sun don’t shine – solar-battery hybrids and wind energy, as more storage also sought.

Giles Parkinson

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Start date for Australia’s first pumped hydro project in 40 years delayed again, wind farm may be dumped

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Start date for Australia’s first pumped hydro project in 40 years delayed again, wind farm may be dumped

The start date for the first pumped hydro project in four decades pushed out to 2027, as developer also says it is rethinking its already shrunken wind component.

Rachel Williamson

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Claims of huge new blow-outs to the Snowy 2.0 bill are just plain wrong

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Claims of huge new blow-outs to the Snowy 2.0 bill are just plain wrong

The latest, much-inflated price estimates Snowy 2.0 critics have come up with for the pumped hydro project are absurd. Here are some counterpoints to balance the ledger.

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“Proud moment:” Australian solar thermal pioneer powers up hybrid hydro system in Brazil

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“Proud moment:” Australian solar thermal pioneer powers up hybrid hydro system in Brazil

Australian solar innovator powers up a demonstration of its unique technology using concentrated solar to produce and store electricity and heat in a first international project.

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“Arguably a world first:” Historic solar thermal plant lines up for heritage listing

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“Arguably a world first:” Historic solar thermal plant lines up for heritage listing

Australia’s first commercially operated solar thermal power station and one of the first of its kind in the world is being considered for heritage listing.

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Australian concentrated solar thermal hopeful put into voluntary administration, buyers sought

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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.

Giles Parkinson

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Coal giant snaps up solar thermal project in landmark deal for long duration storage technology

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Coal giant snaps up solar thermal project in landmark deal for long duration storage technology

AGL snaps up a newly approved concentrated solar thermal project as it considers long duration storage options in first grid to reach 100 pct net renewables.

Giles Parkinson