Pumped Hydro

Storage

ARENA backs study to unlock value stacks of grid-scale energy storage
Monash University will conduct a study into how energy markets can better support and reward the roll-out of large-scale storage technologies.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 25, 2022

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Storage

Atlassian billionaire leads takeover bid for solar and storage developer Genex
Atlassian billionaire Scott Farquhar – business partner of Mike Cannon-Brookes – land his wife aunch bid for listed solar and storage developer Genex Power.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 24, 2022

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Why Australia does not need so much storage in a wind and solar grid
CSIRO says a grid dominated by wind and solar will only require one fifth or one third of the storage needs commonly suggested.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 11, 2022

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“Unreliable and dirty:” CEC urges storage target over capacity mechanism
Clean Energy Council joins growing chorus rejecting capacity mechanism in favour of an energy storage target.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 28, 2022

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Queensland starts search for new pumped hydro, seeks 7GW of storage
Queensland starts search for new pumped hydro site as part of plans to seek 7GW of capacity in the state to support switch to renewables.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 10, 2022

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Storage

Why Australia needs to create a renewable storage target
New report argues that Labor should focus less on poles and wires and more on putting together a national storage target to support the renewables transition.
Giles Parkinson

May 31, 2022

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AGL dismisses Cannon-Brookes, signs partner for $5bn renewables fund
AGL to plough on with demerger plan, announces partner for new fund to invest up to $5 billion in wind and storage assets.
Giles Parkinson

May 3, 2022

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“Let’s get cracking and build it:” Turnbull slams global lack of pumped hydro
Former PM says lack of planning and construction of pumped hydro energy storage is “the ignored crisis within the energy crisis.”
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 8, 2022

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Pumped Hydro

Pumped hydro project promises money and jobs for NSW coal communities
Study finds pumped hydro energy storage project would generate hundreds of jobs and tip tens of millions of dollars into dwindling NSW coal economies.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 31, 2022

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Renewables

Bob Brown Foundation slams Marinus Link as ISP “white elephant”
Australian Greens heavyweights tell AEMO that its assessment of the Marinus Link is “fundamentally flawed” and could hold back development of the NEM.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 17, 2022

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Storage

Big battery plans for Pilbara ignore massive pumped-hydro potential
Fortescue plans to build a 9GWh battery in the Pilbara to store energy from a 5.4GW solar and wind project, but there is a cheaper alternative.
Andrew Blakers

Feb 14, 2022

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Coal

EnergyAustralia to seek funds for battery, pumped hydro and hydrogen plans
EnergyAustralia admits it will need to come to market to help fund investments in battery storage, pumped hydro and green hydrogen, as it looks to a future beyond coal.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 9, 2022

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