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Storage

Not enough droughts and hefty network charges: The big barriers to grid storage
Two new studies identify major potholes for storage along the road towards a 100 per cent renewable energy grid.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 12, 2024

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Policy & Planning

How new wind, solar and batteries would keep lights on in NSW heatwave, even without Eraring
Would the NSW grid have fallen short if last week’s record demand occurred after Eraring closure? New analysis says no, if current wind, solar and battery projects delivered on time.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 8, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Nuclear slow and expensive, renewables fast and cheap: Bowen slaps down Coalition “fantasy”
Bowen says nuclear is “utterly uneconomic” and just the latest iteration of the Coalition culture war on energy and climate.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 7, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Australia’s third offshore wind zone shrinks dramatically to avoid rock lobsters
New offshore wind zone in western Victoria shrinks to one fifth of original size as it avoids rock lobsters and South Australia.
Sophie Vorrath & Rachel Williamson

Mar 6, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Peter Dutton’s climate denial is morphing into a madcap nuclear fantasy. The ban should stay
Alan Kohler says nuclear ban should be lifted, because the “market” will decide. He’s wrong. The market has not decided on nuclear for decades. The Coalition should know this.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 5, 2024

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Renewables

AGL plans huge 2GW, 2,000 MWh wind, solar and battery hub in NSW
AGL – still the country’s biggest coal generator and polluter – unveils plans for a new joint venture in south-west NSW that would include 1.5 GW of wind and solar and a giant four hour battery.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 4, 2024

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Renewables

Australia to seek 10 GW of wind and solar this year in biggest ever tenders
Australia will seek 10 gigawatts of new wind and solar capacity this year, along with 3 GW of dispatchable capacity, as it races to meet its ambitious renewables target.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 1, 2024

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Storage

Australia’s biggest battery developer plans to maintain lead despite fall in storage earnings, project delay
Neoen reveals fall in battery earnings, and an ongoing project delay, as well as falling costs for battery technologies and solar modules, which will lead to lower prices.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 29, 2024

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Renewables

South Australia fast-tracks 100 pct renewables target to 2027
South Australia fast tracks its target of “net 100 pct” renewables to 2027 – rather than 2030 – as a result of the state’s new wind and solar developments and ambitious hydrogen plans.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 27, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Andrew Forrest attacks Coalition’s nuclear “bulldust” and betraying the bush
Andrew Forrest says Coalition needs to stop the “bull dust” about nuclear energy being the “fairy godmother” to the energy transition.
Rachel Williamson

Feb 26, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Massive NSW wind and battery project gets federal approval to replace coal, drought-proof farms
The biggest wind farm in New South Wales and one of the biggest on the NEM has the green light from the federal government to go ahead.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 23, 2024

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Renewables

Rio signs Australia’s biggest wind energy deal to help power giant smelter and refineries
Global mining giant Rio Tinto says it has signed the biggest renewable energy power purchase agreement (PPA) in Australia to help supply its huge smelting and refining operations in Gladstone.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 21, 2024

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