Battery

AER sues Hornsdale battery: Fair cop or regulatory over-reach?
Analysis: AER’ owns guidelines say court actions should be focused on blatant, ongoing or serious disregard for the law. Is that Hornsdale?
Giles Parkinson

Sep 23, 2021

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Featured

Regulator takes Tesla big battery to court for failing to properly back up broken coal plant
Regulator takes Tesla big battery at Hornsdale to court over its alleged failure to deliver promised FCAS services when the country’s biggest coal unit tripped.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 22, 2021

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Energy Transformed Podcast: Can batteries take charge of the grid?
In the first of our Energy Transformed podcasts series we take a deep dive into the different roles battery storage can play in the energy market.
Ashurst

Sep 21, 2021

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Coal

Better ways to manage coal closures: Six ideas for state energy ministers
Angus Taylor’s Coalkeeper subsidy is dead in the water. Or at least it should be. Here are six better ideas that state energy ministers should consider.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 21, 2021

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Renewables

Lord Howe enjoys five days and nights with solar and Tesla battery only
A solar and Telsa battery powered microgrid on Lord Howe Island turns six-months old, dramatically reducing the island’s diesel use.
Joshua S Hill

Sep 20, 2021

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Renewables

Rio Tinto to triple solar capacity of Weipa mine, and add battery storage
Rio Tinto to treble size of Weipa solar farm – once the largest solar facility at an off-grid Australian mine site – and add battery storage.
Joshua S Hill

Sep 20, 2021

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Former energy boss and union settle defamation case over Alice Springs blackouts
Former boss of Territory Generation and electrical union settle defamation case arising from Alice Springs blackouts and simmering tension in NT grid.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 17, 2021

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Storage

Who should pay the network costs of neighbourhood batteries?
Regulatory agencies differ on whether small batteries should pay network charges when they withdraw electricity from the grid.
Bruce Mountain and Kelly Burns

Sep 17, 2021

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Storage

Battery storage will force us to rethink network tariffs and structures
Last mile networks are much more valuable than our biggest generators. We need to rethink pricing and regulations to get the best out of distributed energy.
David Leitch

Sep 16, 2021

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Taylor tightens rules for rooftop solar industry, hands sheriff’s badge to CER
Australia’s rooftop solar industry is bracing for a major regulatory overhaul, including on how companies and equipment qualify for the national rebate scheme.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 16, 2021

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EnergyAustralia calls for partners for what could be country’s biggest battery
EnergyAustralia seeks a partner for the massive Wooreen big battery in Victoria, part of its plans to replace the Yallourn brown coal generator.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 16, 2021

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Renewables

New renewables player launches in Australia with 1.3GW solar, wind and battery pipeline
New renewables developer emerges in Australia with ready made portfolio of 10 wind, solar and battery storage projects.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 15, 2021

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