Grattan says 100 per cent renewably-powered electricity grid is difficult because of a two-week period in winter, but solutions may be found.
Battery
Faster, cheaper, cleaner: Big batteries the new king of peaking services
New Clean Energy Council report declares big batteries the new king of peaking services, cheaper and faster than traditional gas generators.
Aurora project could start life as big battery, as 1414 rethinks business case
From solar tower project, to TESS demonstration, to big battery? 1414 Degrees says new Aurora modelling shows starting with a bigger battery and no solar makes better sense.
“Massless” battery breakthrough promises to help electric planes take off
Electric cars and aircraft among technologies in line to benefit from Swedish structural battery breakthrough using ultra lightweight carbon fibre materials.
California to install 1.7GW of battery storage in 2021 to boost grid supply
Batteries are a lot faster to permit and build than gas, have dramatically less impact on the environment, and provide a range of other grid services.
For hydrogen to dominate the low-carbon world, batteries must fail
Hydrogen could help bring more than half of the world’s emissions down to zero, but to reach that potential it needs batteries to fail, new analysis finds.
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.
Federal Labor promises to slash taxes for electric vehicles, build community batteries
Federal Labor promises to slash EV taxes and fund community battery roll-out, in some of its first energy policies announced since the 2019 election.
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.
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.
