Latest Storage
Plunging cost of big batteries: Latest gigawatt scale project may set new price benchmark
The big mover in the CSIRO’s GenCost report was the plunging cost of battery storage. One major battery project may already be doing much better.
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Quinbrook adds huge 750 MW battery to polysilicon plant sent for federal approval
In an Australian first, Quinbrook proposes to add a giant battery to its proposed polysilicon plant in Queensland to “firm the grid as well as the manufacturing facility.”
Forrest’s Squadron Energy scraps “first of its kind” battery project because it is too small
A battery project hailed as a “first of its kind” when unveiled two years ago has been scrapped by iron ore billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Squadron Energy – because it is too small.
Battery
Plunging cost of big batteries: Latest gigawatt scale project may set new price benchmark
The big mover in the CSIRO’s GenCost report was the plunging cost of battery storage. One major battery project may already be doing much better.
South Australia delivers a “pigeon pair” of solar and battery milestones
South Australia set two significant records this week, showcasing how solar and battery storage are a “pigeon pair” of complementary technologies balancing the grid.
Pumped Hydro
Best option for ditched Queensland pumped hydro project less than half the cost claimed by premier
Despite the strange claims made by the new Queensland premier, the best option for the ditched Pioneer Burdekin project were half those cited.
Queensland premier says costs of dumped Pioneer pumped hydro project blew out to $37 billion
New Queensland government says it received confirmation that the pumped hydro project it scrapped within days of taking office had suffered a cost blowout to $37 billion.
Solar Thermal
Reborn solar thermal and battery project seeks deal to plug in to transmission line to BHP mines
Vast and 14D are seeking to plug their planned big battery, solar thermal and solar heat projects into a transmission line currently serving two large BHP mines.
World’s biggest CSP plant, with tallest solar power tower, inaugurated in Dubai
COP28 host inaugurates world’s largest concentrated solar power project, featuring the world’s tallest solar tower, at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park.
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