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Batteries clip the peaks as renewables meet nearly half of all demand in January, despite record heatwaves

Despite the record heatwaves, renewables provided nearly 50 pct of grid demand in January, and big batteries kept the pricing down in the evening peaks.
Giles Parkinson
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World’s largest compressed air energy storage facility goes online in China salt caverns

The world’s largest compressed air energy storage facility has reached full operation in underground salt caverns in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu.
Joshua S Hill
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Snowy 2.0 sets new tunnel boring machine to work, completes 46 underground concrete pours
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Snowy 2.0 sets new tunnel boring machine to work, completes 46 underground concrete pours

Snowy 2.0 launches tunnel boring machine Monica, which it hopes will succeed where Florence has failed and get the huge pumped hydro project back on track.
Sophie Vorrath
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Neoen's Collie battery.
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Battery prices plunge 60 pct in two years, changing face of grid and the nature of contracts

Battery storage major says costs have fallen 60 pct in two years, helping redefine the grid and customer needs, and along with solar is cheapest and easiest to build.
Giles Parkinson
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Origin taps into revenues from the first stages of the two biggest battery projects in Australia

Origin starts tapping into revenues from the first stages of the two biggest battery storage projects currently being built in Australia.
Giles Parkinson
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Batteries clip the peaks as renewables meet nearly half of all demand in January, despite record heatwaves
Beyond Zero Emissions

Batteries clip the peaks as renewables meet nearly half of all demand in January, despite record heatwaves

Despite the record heatwaves, renewables provided nearly 50 pct of grid demand in January, and big batteries kept the pricing down in the evening peaks.
Giles Parkinson
2
Hybrid solar and eight-hour battery facility with “EV servo” gets federal green light
Renewables

Hybrid solar and eight-hour battery facility with “EV servo” gets federal green light

Plans to develop a hybrid solar and battery facility with up to eight hours of storage duration and 10 electric vehicle charging bays given federal green light.
Sophie Vorrath
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Battery prices plunge 60 pct in two years, changing face of grid and the nature of contracts
Storage

Battery prices plunge 60 pct in two years, changing face of grid and the nature of contracts

Battery storage major says costs have fallen 60 pct in two years, helping redefine the grid and customer needs, and along with solar is cheapest and easiest to build.
Giles Parkinson
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Will Australia reach its renewable targets on time? It will need a lot more wind and solar
Renewables

Will Australia reach its renewable targets on time? It will need a lot more wind and solar

BNEF says a more needs to be done, and quickly, for Australia to meet its renewable targets. Storage looks good, but wind and solar comes up short. Bowen is batting on.
Giles Parkinson
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Snowy 2.0 sets new tunnel boring machine to work, completes 46 underground concrete pours
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Snowy 2.0 sets new tunnel boring machine to work, completes 46 underground concrete pours

Snowy 2.0 launches tunnel boring machine Monica, which it hopes will succeed where Florence has failed and get the huge pumped hydro project back on track.
Sophie Vorrath
2
Hydro Tasmania’s first pumped hydro project back in the EPBC after expansion
Pumped Hydro

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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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
Storage

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
Storage

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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