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Storage

Coal giant seeks green tick for another very large, four-hour battery to the north of a very small town
New battery project is competing for a sweet spot on the Queensland grid, between an “accommodation village,” a substation, and two other battery proposals.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 29, 2026

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Renewables

Plans unveiled for gigawatt-scale data centre, powered by 6.7 GW of wind and solar, in remote Kimberley
Gingerah Energy seeks approval for a plan to build a 1 GW data centre, powered by more than 6.7 GW of wind and solar, with gas and battery backup, in Kimberley.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 22, 2026

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Storage

Huge four-hour battery secures final approval to become one of biggest in state
The Octopus Investments battery has approval for up to 2 GWh, making it one of the biggest in the state and the third seeking to plug into former coal plant site.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 13, 2026

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Storage

Australia’s biggest coal generator set to be replaced by the world’s biggest battery
Origin Energy seeks approval for new addition to its Eraring battery that would take the total size to 1200 MW and 8600 MWh, easily the biggest in the country.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 5, 2026

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Renewables

Rare wind, solar and battery hybrid seeks environmental approvals in new renewables hotspot
New wind, solar and battery hybrid project seeks environmental approval near a wheatbelt town emerging as the latest hotspot for renewable energy projects.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 22, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Local utility gets green light to replace remote town’s diesel and gas power with a solar-battery hybrid
EPBC waves through one of a series of renewable energy projects being built to wean remote WA towns off diesel fuel generation and power them with solar and battery storage.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 21, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Large solar and eight-hour battery hybrid seeks green tick, but local mayor says it will be an eyesore
The very large solar and eight hour battery has 116 near neighbours to contend with in an area dotted with other wind and solar projects and local quarries.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 11, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Australia’s biggest data centre to require 4 substations, 2 power lines, some batteries and 4 days of diesel backup
The massive 800 MW data centre will need city-scale electrical infrastructure, and will install enough diesel generator capacity, and fuel, to last four days if needed.
Rachel Williamson

Aug 24, 2026

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Renewables

Local utility seeks green light to replace remote town’s diesel and gas power with a solar-battery hybrid
Project to add solar and storage to an off-grid power system is the latest in a series that will see remote towns switch to mainly renewable energy.
Rachel Williamson

Aug 6, 2026

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Battery

Business as usual for former Zen Energy partner as it files plans for new big battery project
Joint venture partner with the former Zen Energy is still putting its projects through their planning paces, with an EPBC referral for a Queensland BESS.
Rachel Williamson

Aug 6, 2026

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Renewables

Quinbrook seeks approval for large solar farms to help power Australia’s push into making silicon for PV
Quinbrook begins planning journey for the first of two solar projects worth up to 500 MW, which will be key to power Australia’s big push into the global PV supply chain.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 27, 2026

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Wind

Andrew Forrest’s Squadron Energy unveils another big wind project near crowded renewable zone
Squadron’s latest wind project located just outside of crowded renewable zone, and will seek to plug into existing network.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 13, 2026

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