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Australian flow battery pioneer put into administration after failing to find backers
Australian flow battery pioneer Redflow placed in administration after failing to find backers for its first megawatt-hour scale storage.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 23, 2024

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Renewables

Sun Cable: Plibersek approves first stage of world’s biggest solar and battery project
Updated: Federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek gives approval for first stage of Sun Cable, with enough solar and battery storage to provide 4 GW of continuous power to Darwin.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 21, 2024

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Renewables

Origin cancels two solar projects due to rising costs and “unfavourable conditions”
Just months after landing government support to keep its Eraring coal fired generator open, Origin cancels two solar projects due to “rising costs” and “unfavourable conditions”.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 20, 2024

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Renewables

BNEF says $2.4 trillion needed for Australia’s net zero target, but window to safe climate closing fast
BNEF says Australia needs to spend $2.4 trillion out to 2050 to achieve net zero. But the spending is not that much different from business as usual.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 19, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Australia lays ground for reaching 100 pct renewables with new engineering roadmap
AEMO updates roadmap to solve engineering challenges to allow it the grid to run for periods on renewables only, with no burning of fossil fuels.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 16, 2024

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Coal

AGL hails performance of first big battery, says waiting for nuclear would put it out of business
Australia’s biggest coal generator celebrates success of its first big battery, and says waiting for nuclear to replace its coal assets will put it out of business.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 14, 2024

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Renewables

One of Australia’s oldest wind farms could nearly double capacity by “repowering” with bigger turbines
Plans to “repower” an ageing wind are seeking the all-clear from the federal environment minister, in what would be a significant first for Australia’s wind industry.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 12, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Networks make pitch to soak up solar, share PV, plug in more EVs and lower cost of renewable shift
Distributed networks call for regulatory and tariff changes to allow them to plug in more EVs, share solar and play bigger role in renewable transition.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 8, 2024

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Storage

The windfall contract that will underpin the cost of building Australia’s biggest battery project
AEMO reveals windfall contract details that will underpin the cost of building the biggest battery project in Australia.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 7, 2024

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Coal

NSW confirms Eraring closure delay driven by fear of pre-election price shocks
NSW government confirms pre-election price spike fears behind decision to extend Eraring. But the modelling it relied upon has already been mugged by reality.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 6, 2024

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Solar

Back on the solar-coaster: Rooftop PV market rebounds from June lull to record July
Australia’s rooftop solar market is again the focus of attention with “worsening lows and improving highs” harking back to the industry’s bumpy formative years.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 2, 2024

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Wind

Sluggish, slow and anaemic: BloombergNEF’s sad take on Australia’s green energy transition
BloombergNEF says most aspects of Australia’s green energy transition are happening too slow, and it has mixed forecasts on storage, solar and wind.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 1, 2024

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