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Fortescue buys US battery tech to boost storage needs as it sets sail on eliminating fossil fuels in five years

Fortescue buys US battery controls company as it ramps up efforts to reach real zero in its massive mining operations and batteries play key role on grid and transport.
Giles Parkinson
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Queensland LNP flags “call-ins” for two giant battery storage projects, in latest attack on renewable transition

Queensland flags “call ins” for two giant battery projects in the heart of its coal region, including one winner of federal Labor’s Capacity Investment Scheme.
Giles Parkinson
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First stage of Australia’s biggest battery starts operations in shadow of biggest coal plant
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First stage of Australia’s biggest battery starts operations in shadow of biggest coal plant

The first stage of Australia’s biggest battery has commenced commercial operations, in the shadow of the country’s biggest coal generator.
Giles Parkinson
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Leading battery storage developer says Australia will likely reach its 82 pct renewables target … in 2034

One of Australia’s leading battery storage developers says Australia will likely not reach 82 per cent renewables until 2034.
Giles Parkinson
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World’s largest grid battery has been completed – in the oil capital of the world

The world’s biggest battery energy storage system – a 7.8 gigawatt-hour behemoth – has been completed in Saudi Arabia, and will now start the process of powering up.
Sophie Vorrath
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More than 120 giga-scale battery projects planned around world in 2026, as costs continue to fall
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More than 120 giga-scale battery projects planned around world in 2026, as costs continue to fall

The world’s first giga-scale battery project was installed in 2021. This year, there will be 120 of them.
Giles Parkinson
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Fire in solar panel and home battery warehouse in Adelaide under investigation
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Fire in solar panel and home battery warehouse in Adelaide under investigation

Firefighters investigate cause of blaze in Adelaide, which has caused major damage to energy company 1Komma5º’s solar panel and battery warehouse.
Rachel Williamson
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The rise of battery storage, and why the grid is rapidly passing gas!
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The rise of battery storage, and why the grid is rapidly passing gas!

Although batteries still account for a modest share of total capacity, they are exerting a disproportionate influence in Australia’s main grids.
Peter Newman and Ray Wills
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“Fewer people calling on coal:” Suburban hotspots revealed as home battery rebates top 200,000
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“Fewer people calling on coal:” Suburban hotspots revealed as home battery rebates top 200,000

Home battery rebates have already topped 200,000, and heading to two million by 2030, with Bowen hailing their impact on the grid by boost reliability and using less coal.
Giles Parkinson
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Hydro Tasmania’s first pumped hydro project back in the EPBC after expansion
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Hydro Tasmania’s first pumped hydro project back in the EPBC after expansion

The Cethana project has been on the drawing board as a Battery of the Nation project since 2019.
Rachel Williamson
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Huge Queensland pumped hydro project gets federal green tick to begin stage one works
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Huge Queensland pumped hydro project gets federal green tick to begin stage one works

One of Australia’s biggest proposed pumped hydro projects has been given a federal green tick to undertake exploratory works in Queensland’s Gympie region.
Sophie Vorrath
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Tomago and beyond: Why Australia will celebrate Snowy 2.0 – someday
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Tomago and beyond: Why Australia will celebrate Snowy 2.0 – someday

Snowy 2.0 is a century-scale asset in a world built on short cycles. It will continue operating long after today’s battery farms have been replaced many times
Rick McElhinney
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Kidston becomes first pumped hydro project to be registered in Australia’s main grid in 40 years
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Kidston becomes first pumped hydro project to be registered in Australia’s main grid in 40 years

Kidston pumped hydro plant enters AEMO management system, becoming the first pumped hydro plant to join Australia’s grid in more than 40 years.
Giles Parkinson
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Australian concentrated solar thermal hopeful put into voluntary administration, buyers sought
Renewables

Australian concentrated solar thermal hopeful put into voluntary administration, buyers sought

Plans for a huge concentrated solar thermal project near Port Augusta dealt new blow, this time with new of an Australian company put into administration.
Giles Parkinson
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Coal giant snaps up solar thermal project in landmark deal for long duration storage technology
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Coal giant snaps up solar thermal project in landmark deal for long duration storage technology

AGL snaps up a newly approved concentrated solar thermal project as it considers long duration storage options in first grid to reach 100 pct net renewables.
Giles Parkinson
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Australian researchers to trial flat-packed, lower-cost concentrated solar technology
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Australian researchers to trial flat-packed, lower-cost concentrated solar technology

Australian researchers say deployment of lower cost, flat-packed concentrated solar tech will “transform” the industrial heat sector.
Matthew Biss
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RayGen raises $127m as local solar thermal hopeful prepares for global stage
Renewables

RayGen raises $127m as local solar thermal hopeful prepares for global stage

Local and international energy giants back major fundraising round for Australian solar and thermal energy storage hopeful, RayGen.
Sophie Vorrath
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