Battery

Coal

Greens aim to end coal, and petrol cars, by 2030 in rush to 100% renewables
Greens pick up AEMO’s Integrated System Plan and accelerate it to reach 100% renewables by 2030, phase out fossil fuel cars, end thermal coal exports, and focus on solar hydrogen exports.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 28, 2019

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Coal

More stunning falls in solar and battery storage costs put fossil fuels on notice
BNEF says stunning cost falls mean clean technologies are beating coal and threatening to steal the grid balancing role from gas-fired plant operators.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 27, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

No new coal in Coalition generation shortlist, just an upgrade, gas and storage
No new coal plant made the Coalition’s shortlist for new generation, although Morrison has bowed to the far right and agreed to a feasibility study for Queensland coal plant.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 26, 2019

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Wind

Court rejects bid to block South Australia wind and ‘biggest’ battery project
Legal bid to block 180MW Twin Creek wind farm, with provisions for an energy storage facility more than twice the size of the Tesla big battery, has been rejected.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 25, 2019

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Battery

CEFC tips $10m into home solar and battery-focused green bond
CEFC invests $10m in latest green bond from FlexiGroup – a $90.9 million issuance, with a large portion of rooftop solar, and a smaller portion of small-scale battery storage.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 25, 2019

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Renewables

Sun Metals eyes wind, battery storage in shift to “most competitive electricity”
Sun Metals CEO says company looking to expand portfolio of renewable generation assets to further reduce its exposure to volatile grid electricity prices.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 20, 2019

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Sonnen looks at 10-fold increase in battery production after Shell purchase
Sonnen expects to see a rapid expansion of its market reach, and battery storage production in its new Adelaide factory, following its purchase by oil giant Royal Dutch Shell.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 20, 2019

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Senec to provide home batteries for W.A. solar + storage microgrid – Australia’s largest
German-based Senec chosen to supply home battery systems for Horizon Power’s solar and storage microgrid in coastal Pilbara town of Onslow.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 18, 2019

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Utilities

Oil giant Shell to take on Australian power utilities within a decade
Shell to take on Australian energy utilities within decade, trading power and servicing homes and businesses who will be “totally electric” for their power, heating and transport needs.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 18, 2019

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Solar

Frydenberg challenger Oliver Yates unveils “bold” rooftop solar plan
Oliver Yates to encourage councils to use Environmental Upgrade Agreements to encourage more people to use solar and storage.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 18, 2019

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Other Good Stuff

In US, utilities are investing in big batteries instead of building new power plants
If utilities spend billions on power plants it turns out they won’t need instead of investing in energy storage, their customers could pay more than they should to keep the lights on.
Jeremiah Johnson and Joseph F. DeCarolis

Mar 18, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

How the Tesla big battery kept the lights on in South Australia
AEMO report highlights value of Tesla big battery in major network failure, but the response from coal and gas generators was poor and did nothing to prevent widespread outages.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 18, 2019

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