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Battery boast: Australia dodges global gas price shock with help of storage and renewables
Australian electricity market’s success in dodging latest round of global price shocks using buffer of firmed renewables rates an honourable mention in latest report from International Energy Agency.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 23, 2026

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Renewables

Rinehart-backed miner achieves 90 pct renewables in June quarter, may take processing plant off grid
Mine backed by net zero opponent Gina Rinehart achieved 90 per cent renewable share in latest quarter, far greater than expected.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 22, 2026

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Renewables

Solar and battery to deliver 80 pct of remote off-grid gold mining town’s power supply
Transition of an off-grid gold mining town from diesel to mostly solar and battery to reduce costs of heavily subsidised power supply, and cut emissions.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 22, 2026

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Storage

China home battery brand that blitzed federal rebate unveils new product – and its next market target
After dominating sales in the first year of the federal Cheaper Home Batteries rebate, China battery upstart takes aim at new NSW subsidy with a new scalable C&I model.
Joshua S Hill

Jul 22, 2026

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Storage

Last of 1,038 Wärtsilä Quantum units installed at big battery next to gas plant in coal country
A four-hour big battery being built to help replace a retiring coal plant has hit a major milestone, with all of its more than 1,000 energy storage units now in place.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 22, 2026

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Policy & Planning

New solar-battery hybrid promising four hours of storage near Canberra seeks federal green light
The local renewables arm of electronics giant Samsung is seeking a green light from the federal government for a solar-battery hybrid project that would offer up to four hours of energy storage.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 21, 2026

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Storage

Who will supply historic gold mining centre’s grid-saving vanadium flow battery?
State government begins evaluating proposals for a 10-hour vanadium flow battery to support the grid around historic gold mining town.
Joshua S Hill

Jul 21, 2026

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Storage

The little big battery using local smarts and deeper storage to help fill gap in most renewable grid
Two local companies join forces to help deliver what the world-leading renewables state needs more of: smart and nimble battery systems with deeper storage.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 21, 2026

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Renewables

Developer of Australia’s first solar-battery hybrid lands finance and presses go on another bigger project
Spanish energy giant that built Australia’s first solar-battery hybrid project is now building its second, after locking in finance. But it is staying mum on who’s buying the output.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 21, 2026

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Renewables

“Important milestone:” Finance landed for AC-coupled big battery to turn operating solar farm into hybrid
Danish renewables developer will add a two-hour big battery to an existing solar farm after locking in a major new funding deal with a global investment giant.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 20, 2026

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Renewables

It needs to be more than big batteries: The triumphs and failures of Australia’s green energy transition
AEMO reports record number of newly commissioned projects in last fiscal year, but wind and solar still running well short of numbers required to quit coal quickly.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 20, 2026

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$New data centre demand over next four years will be just a fraction of new home battery capacity$

New data centre demand over next four years will be just a fraction of new home battery capacity
The increase in data centre demand is being overshadowed by the much larger increase in home battery storage capacity, which will ease pressure on the grid.
Joshua S Hill

Jul 19, 2026

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Battery

Battery boast: Australia dodges global gas price shock with help of storage and renewables

Rinehart-backed miner achieves 90 pct renewables in June quarter, may take processing plant off grid

Solar and battery to deliver 80 pct of remote off-grid gold mining town’s power supply

China home battery brand that blitzed federal rebate unveils new product – and its next market target

Last of 1,038 Wärtsilä Quantum units installed at big battery next to gas plant in coal country

New solar-battery hybrid promising four hours of storage near Canberra seeks federal green light

Who will supply historic gold mining centre’s grid-saving vanadium flow battery?

The little big battery using local smarts and deeper storage to help fill gap in most renewable grid

Developer of Australia’s first solar-battery hybrid lands finance and presses go on another bigger project

“Important milestone:” Finance landed for AC-coupled big battery to turn operating solar farm into hybrid

It needs to be more than big batteries: The triumphs and failures of Australia’s green energy transition

New data centre demand over next four years will be just a fraction of new home battery capacity

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