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Policy & Planning

Renewables superpower or climate coward? Albanese needs to make a choice before election
Latest Superpower Institute report outlines a near trillion-dollar green export opportunity, but it needs ambition and it is not clear Albanese will provide it.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 18, 2024

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Renewables

The mega battery projects jockeying for position in renewable zones that might be too small
The scale of project proposals – particularly in battery storage – is dwarfing those already on the grid. But is there enough room in the allocated renewable zones?
Giles Parkinson & Rachel Williamson

Nov 14, 2024

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Renewables

Australian wind and solar project sized at remarkable 70 gigawatts – as big as the country’s main grid
A proposed wind and solar green hydrogen hub in Western Australia will match the country’s entire main grid in terms of capacity. Will it get environmental approvals?
Giles Parkinson

Nov 11, 2024

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Renewables

“Terrific news:” Battery boom and rebound in wind projects put renewables target back on track
A doubling in battery storage projects and a rebound in wind energy puts Australia back on track to meet its renewable energy target – if it can be sustained.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 11, 2024

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Storage

Land deal signed for deep storage to create Broken Hill mini grid, but network rules still stand in the way
Land deal signed for long duration compressed air storage facility at Broken Hill that the government says will avoid future outages. But it still needs some rule changes to get going.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 8, 2024

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Policy & Planning

NSW biggest winner, wind gets priority over solar as Bowen lands renewable tender deals
NSW gets the lion’s share of new generation capacity in new CIS tender guidelines, wind gets priority over solar in Victoria, and new storage tender to open next week.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 7, 2024

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Renewables

“Not always a great quality:” Leading wind developer may switch from western to Chinese turbines
One of Australia’s leading wind farm developers may switch to Chinese made turbines, saying it is not happy with quality, service and prices of western suppliers.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 6, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Broken Hill fiasco shows why we need to rethink the grid, and turn it upside down
Broken Hill is back on the grid, ahead of schedule. It wasn’t quite Mad Max, but the outages and lack of resilience are highlighting calls for a complete rethink of the grid – starting with consumer.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 1, 2024

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Death spiral: Network blows up renewable gas claims, wants to hit consumers for cost of stranded assets
Network operators want consumers to pay more for gas pipeline access, because they fear accelerated switch to all electric homes will leave their assets stranded.
Ben Potter

Oct 31, 2024

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Renewables

Big batteries lead renewable charge as record 45 gigawatts of new capacity seeks grid connection
AEMO reports significant increase in the capacity of new wind, solar and storage projects seeking a grid connection, with the total now exceeding 45 gigawatts for the first time.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 30, 2024

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Battery

Energy regulator to investigate Broken Hill blackouts to see if any rules were broken
Updated: AER to investigate cause of extended blackouts in Broken Hill and why the grid was not more resilient. Will it shed light on whether the regulatory and grid management processes are fit for purpose?
Giles Parkinson

Oct 28, 2024

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Storage

Broken Hill has a wind farm, a solar farm and a big battery. So, why are the lights out?
Updated: Broken Hill should have all it needs to keep the lights on, including a big battery that is clearly not doing what it says on the box. It highlights potential problems in the grid management process.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 25, 2024

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