Battery

Commentary

Network tariffs: Imagine if the AEMC was in charge of selling milk
If the AEMC really thinks that we should pay for networks just like we pay for milk, then I’m hopeful that they’ve come to their senses on this fraught issue.
Tristan Edis

Jun 16, 2026

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Storage

Australia’s biggest isolated grid to soak up suburban solar with 18 new community batteries
Federal and state governments back rollout of 18 community batteries on parts of the grid with particularly high rooftop solar uptake.
Joshua S Hill

Jun 16, 2026

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Storage

State green bank backs four new big batteries in first investment to fill gaps from coal exit
State green back invests in four new big battery projects to be built in quick time by an offshoot of the local network company, in time for anticipated coal closures.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 16, 2026

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Storage

GM bets the house on new sodium-ion battery technology in major push into grid-scale storage
GM follows other car makers into grid scale storage, but it has chosen to focus on sodium-ion technology, which it argues is lower cost and safer.
Joshua S Hill

Jun 15, 2026

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Renewables

Plans for Australia’s biggest wind farm scaled back, with solar and big battery added to create huge hybrid
Plans that started as an up to 5 GW wind farm have morphed into a 1.35 GW hybrid heavyweight combining wind, solar and battery storage next to a major new transmission line.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 15, 2026

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Commentary

The quiet battery: What household batteries reveal about flexibility before full orchestration
The passive battery is not a new phenomenon. What is new is that its value is becoming harder for the formal market conversation to ignore.
Geoff Eldridge

Jun 12, 2026

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Storage

State utility eyes 8-12 hour energy storage investment after “standout” success of four-hour big battery
State-owned utility says it is in discussions to invest in non-lithium technologies with up to 12 hours storage duration, following the “standout” success of its first ever investment, a very big up to 4-hour battery.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 12, 2026

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Storage

Depleted batteries and very expensive gas: How a two-day heatwave led to a near doubling of quarterly prices
Batteries have been protecting consumers from price spikes in most states over summer. But they ran out of puff in one state in January, and let gas rule the roost.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 12, 2026

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Storage

Home battery installations reach the 430,000 mark, but get smaller as new settings do their job
The number of home batteries installed through the federal rebate has now passed 430,000, as new rules start to rein in uptake and dial down average system size.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 11, 2026

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Storage

“The only one in Australia:” First of its kind eight-hour battery with rapid charging formally opened
First eight-hour battery, and the first to feature asymmetric registrations, is formally opened.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 11, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Hotly contested electricity pricing reform “not about protecting networks,” says AEMC chair
Ahead of final recommendations next week, AEMC chair says pricing reforms “not about protecting networks from disruption” and will respect interests of consumers with solar and battery storage.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 11, 2026

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Battery

Long-distance renewable opponents force solar and battery hybrid project to go to independent panel
Long distance objectors mostly opposed to renewable transition and concerned about land use force new solar and battery project referral to independent commission.
Joshua S Hill

Jun 11, 2026

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