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Origin to double size of Eraring battery to soak up solar next to country’s biggest coal generator
Origin to double size of Eraring battery, adding a more than four-hour second stage to help soak up solar at the site of Australia’s largest coal generator.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 25, 2024

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Renewables

Electricity prices soar thanks to costly gas, coal outages and market manipulation
Surge in wholesale electricity prices in June quarter highlights the problem of digging in with ageing coal plants and fossil gas generation.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 24, 2024

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Coal

Dutton and crew get close to planned nuclear power plant site, and repeat same old nonsense
Peter Dutton and some of the LNP’s best and brightest gathered atop a small hill on Monday, where they had a panoramic view of one of their chosen nuclear power plant sites, and could repeat their energy nonsense.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 23, 2024

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Featured

Bowen signs deal to treble large scale wind and solar capacity, and double storage in the West
Funding deal between federal and state governments will take share of renewables in W.A. to around 70 per cent – the most of any isolated grid of its size with no hydro.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 21, 2024

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Five things we learned this week from Ted’s Talk and people who actually know stuff
Clean energy industry gets its first Ted Talk and rather wishes it hadn’t.Plus: Chris Bowen’s power play, regulators pan nuclear, Forrest drops hydrogen hype, and some awards.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 19, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Bowen hints at even larger auctions after huge response to Australia’s biggest wind and solar tender
Chris Bowen hints at increasing the size of some of the auctions for wind and solar capacity because of the huge response to the initial tenders.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 17, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Nuclear too slow to replace coal, and baseload “simply can’t compete” with wind and solar, AEMO boss says
AEMO boss says nuclear too slow to replace coal, and confirms that “notion of baseload” will not compete with grid powered by cheaper renewables.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 16, 2024

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Battery

Huge finance deal and off-take landed for one of Australia’s biggest four-hour battery projects
Funding deal means Akaysha can start building huge four-hour battery, which will be one of the biggest in Australia.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 15, 2024

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Renewables

South Australia’s renewable triumph is stunning proof that Dutton’s nuclear plans are a folly
Few people are aware of South Australia’s charge towards 100 per cent net renewables, but it is the perfect riposte to the Coalition’s nuclear folly and scare campaign.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 12, 2024

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Renewables

South Australia locks in federal funds to become first grid in world to reach 100 per cent net wind and solar
South Australia locks in funding deal with Canberra to ensure it can become first grid in world to reach 100 per cent net renewables via wind, solar and storage.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 10, 2024

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Renewables

No room for nuclear: AGL says flexibility is key as it plans to dump coal for renewables in a decade
AGL outlines plans for renewables, storage and industry at its Hunter Hub targeted by Coalition for nuclear, and says flexible generation is the key.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 9, 2024

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CleanTech Bites

Fate of contested Hills of Gold wind project delayed again as developer fights for more turbines
One of Australia’s most hotly contested wind projects takes interesting turn, as developer fights for more turbines, and planning authorities grapple with cost assessments and phantom dwellings.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 5, 2024

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