Battery

Storage

Grid battery next to Australia’s biggest solar farm nears completion, as PV curtailment eases
Large battery being built next to the country biggest solar project near completion, as grid curtailment eases for PV production.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 21, 2026

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Renewables

Gas pipeline giant to build second large solar farm and big battery to boost remote mine’s power reliability
Australia’s largest gas pipeline company will build a new off-grid solar and battery project, to deliver more reliable and lower cost power to copper, gold, and silver mine.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 20, 2026

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Storage

“Significant shift:” Batteries are capping electricity prices and helping to bust the energy market cartel
A near tripling of installed battery capacity and increasingly diverse ownership of solar and wind generators is pushing down electricity prices and boosting market competition, a new report has found.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 20, 2026

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Storage

“We are still in early days:” Grid battery costs have fallen dramatically, and have more to go
The owner of Australia’s most successful big battery developer says costs have fallen dramatically and still have a long way to go.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 19, 2026

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Renewables

One of Australia’s biggest wind projects seeks green light to add solar and battery
The developers behind a mammoth proposed 1.4 gigawatt (GW) wind farm is seeking federal environmental approval to add a solar and battery project alongside it.
Joshua S Hill

Aug 18, 2026

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Commentary

What federal and state rebate changes mean for C&I solar and batteries – in 8 charts
Eight charts show how two big policy announcements in the space of a fortnight have transformed the economics for commercial solar and battery projects.
Chris Cooper

Aug 18, 2026

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Battery

“Fingerprints” of grid-forming inverters to be studied to assess their ability to replace spinning machines
UNSW is launching a study into an obscure technical part of the grid which could pave the way for a fully digital system with no reliance on spinning machines.
Rachel Williamson

Aug 18, 2026

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Policy & Planning

“We want more batteries:” State rebate to slash costs for businesses and apartments by up to 40 pct
New battery rebate will slash the upfront cost of solar battery systems of up to 30 MWh for apartment buildings and businesses in the state.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 18, 2026

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Renewables

No, Ray Hadley, the collapse of Zen does not mean renewables have failed, nor that more coal will be burned
Zen Energy’s failure has inspired the usual suspects to claim renewables don’t work. Curiously, planes still fly even after the collapse of Ansett, Compass, Rex and Bonza.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 17, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Victoria Coalition says it may keep old coal clunkers running, and will scrap plans to move away from gas
Victoria’s Coalition is not ruling out coal extensions and is “throwing open the door” to gas, and discovers that “batteries don’t generate power, they only store it.”
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 17, 2026

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Storage

Australia’s biggest battery project slashes footprint by 20 pct as it mulls multi-gigawatt hour extension
Rapidly improving battery densities, falling costs and changing market signals behind potential major expansion of Supernode battery to more than 5 GWh.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 16, 2026

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Storage

“It’s a commercial system. And it has a customer:” Sodium-ion battery sale hailed as a first for Australia
The sale of a 100 kilowatt and 200 kilowatt-hour sodium-ion battery system is being claimed as an Australian first – and may herald next generation of storage tech.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 14, 2026

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