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Lithium: Australia needs to recycle and lease to be part of the boom
Australia has an opportunity to capitalise on the increasing global demand for lithium batteries by developing recycling systems and creating models for leasing the resource.
Damien Giurco and Ben McLellan

Mar 22, 2016

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15 MWh of batteries deployed for frequency regulation in Korea
Kokam has supplied two large battery storage systems for frequency regulation to Korean utility KEPCO.
Jonathan Gifford

Mar 8, 2016

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Using old car batteries for power storage
VDE has released a comprehensive study on the “second life” of car batteries for grid-attached power storage. The potential is tremendous and affordable.
Craig Morris

Feb 19, 2016

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CleanTech Bites

Redflow says will compete with lithium, lead batteries on cost
Redflow says zinc bromine flow batteries will be cost-competitive with lithium-ion and lead acid rivals, with more cost reductions to come.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 16, 2016

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Commentary

Redflow’s Hackett: Why batteries will not cause mass defection from grid
While cutting the power cord sounds good in theory, in practice consumers gain many more advantages from staying connected to the grid.
Simon Hackett

Feb 15, 2016

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What’s the value of a Tesla Powerwall? $50/month, bets Green Mountain Power
A Vermont utility is using Tesla’s Powerwall to trade customer bill credits for access to the grid benefits of behind-the-meter battery storage.
Jeff St John

Dec 10, 2015

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Fast-acting flexibility at a premium for a green-powered Western Grid
A new report finds 15-minute resources like energy storage and demand response are crucial for balancing wind and solar.
Jeff St John

Oct 30, 2015

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Battery storage and the challenge for networks and regulators
Should networks be allowed to own behind-the-meter battery storage in households? There are arguments for and against.
Bruce Mountain

Oct 29, 2015

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Other Good Stuff

Value of battery-backed solar in California: 25¢/kWh
Storage advocates use net-metering models to calculate a potential tariff for solar-plus-storage.
Jeff St John

Sep 9, 2015

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8 potential battery storage technology breakthroughs
Lab innovations in battery storage technologies have come to light almost weekly in the last quarter.
Jason Deign

Aug 20, 2015

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The infrastructure Australia needs to make electric cars viable
Tesla is looking to upgrade its EV batteries, so they travel twice the distance they currently do. So what will be the implications for Australia?
Craig Froome

Jun 22, 2015

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Musk: ‘I’m not a fan of disruption; just a fan of things being better’
Elon Musk wants the people to know that he’s not quite the rebel some have made him out to be.
Julia Pyper

Jun 11, 2015

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