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Australia’s biggest battery storage tender poised for take-off as authorities wrestle with hybrid issue
Australia’s next storage tender – the country’s biggest – will have key design changes, but still will not include VPPs or demand response.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 22, 2024

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Storage

“Small company doing big things:” Gigawatt-hour battery plan signs up Swiss giant, Energy Vault
Australian energy storage developer Enervest signs up Swiss giant Energy Vault to its plans to build a big battery with one gigawatt-hour of energy storage capacity in north-western New South Wales.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 22, 2024

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Storage

Fortescue presses go on “challenging” five-hour battery project, biggest yet in the Pilbara
Fortescue Metals places order for what will be the biggest battery in Western Australia’s Pilbara mining region, with five hours of storage capacity.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 22, 2024

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Storage

Construction underway on first 300MWh battery in massive solar and storage hub
Construction underway on 150 megawatt, two-hour big battery in first stage of $2 billion series of solar and storage projects being built in the region by Amp Energy.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 21, 2024

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Storage

NSW sets new long duration storage target as it readies for grid after coal
NSW won’t reduce the 8-hour definition for long duration energy storage and is setting both a new target and regulations to make this field more attractive to developers.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 18, 2024

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Battery

Another four hour battery project gets development approval in W.A.
WA approves new four hour 100 MW Wellesley battery in industrial zone.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 16, 2024

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Storage

Plans advanced for Australia’s largest battery, with eight times more storage than current biggest
The size of big battery projects in Australia is rapidly increasing, with the latest proposal around eight times bigger than the current biggest operating battery in the country.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 14, 2024

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Storage

Big batteries have already put an end to minimum demand shocks in Australia’s most vulnerable grid
The growth of rooftop solar is creating new headaches for the market operator in terms of minimum demand. But the first big battery in the country’s most vulnerable state may have already fixed the problem.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 11, 2024

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Storage

Australia’s big battery fleet now making more money from arbitrage than frequency control
Australia’s growing fleet of big battery projects are rapidly shifting their main revenue source from frequency control to arbitrage. Here’s why.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 9, 2024

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Battery

Stanwell snaps up final share of giant Brisbane battery, firming up plans for life after coal
Queensland coal giant seeks 15-year deal for the final stage of the massive Supernode battery energy storage system as it moves beyond baseload to firmed renewables.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 7, 2024

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Battery

Perth company successfully switches on solid state battery using table salt
Perth-based Altech Batteries switches on prototype sodium-chloride solid state battery in Germany.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 2, 2024

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Storage

Battery hopeful licks its wounds after missing out on capacity credits as grid shortfall erased
Aspiring renewables and storage company to be chaired by former WA premier says it “shocked and surprised” to miss out on a lucrative state capacity contract, but intends to have another go with federal scheme.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 2, 2024

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