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Storage

“Extraordinary:” Battery storage prices plunge again, as wind and solar curtailment levels soar
Plunging cost of battery storage is occurring at just the right time in Australia, which is experiencing unprecedented levels of wind and solar curtailment on its main grids.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 8, 2025

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Storage

Australia’s biggest gas advocates are quietly swapping out peaking gas plans for big batteries
Big batteries are displacing plans for peaking gas generators, even those that are fully permitted, because they’re cheaper and faster to build.
Rachel Williamson

Aug 18, 2025

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Storage

ARENA hails grid-forming inverters as another big battery takes shape
ARENA hails another major grid forming battery for the grid as Origin gives notice to proceed for Mortlake project.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 28, 2024

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Battery

AGL breaks ground on Broken Hill big battery as AGM looms
AGL Energy kicks off construction of ARENA-backed Broken Hill battery, a 50MW/50MWh lithium-ion BESS in the far west of New South Wales.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 10, 2022

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Smart Energy

Fluence adds three NSW solar farms to auto-bidding stable
Fluence’s AI-enabled bidding platform to be used to optimise trading at another three solar farms in NSW.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 29, 2022

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Renewables

Fluence wins auto-bidding contracts with wind and solar farms feeding Telstra
Fluence automated trading platform to optimise performance at two wind and solar farms with long term contracts with Telstra.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 23, 2022

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Battery

World’s biggest battery sidelined after “overheating incident” in California
An “overheating incident” at California’s Moss Landing Battery Energy Storage facility has taken the 300MW/1200MWh first phase of the project out of service.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 14, 2021

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Coal

AGL picks Wärtsilä and Fluence to deliver on 1000MW big battery vision
AGL locks in key suppliers for its big battery ambitions and Tesla has missed out.
Michael Mazengarb

Jan 14, 2021

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CleanTech Bites

Giant twin batteries proposed to boost links between two biggest energy markets
Fluence proposes two big batteries – each of 250MW – to upgrade the capacity between the two biggest electricity markets in Australia, NSW and Victoria.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 2, 2020

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CleanTech Bites

Australia’s first unsubsidised big battery installed in South Australia
Lincoln Gap wind farm is now host to Australia’s first unsubsidised big battery system, in a major milestone for clean energy in Australia.
Michael Mazengarb

Jun 27, 2019

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Wind

Nexif hits go on final 86MW of Lincoln Gap Wind Farm, with close of CEFC debt deal
Nexif reaches financial close on stage two of 212MW Lincoln Gap Wind Farm, near Port August in SA. The renewables hub will host the state’s third big battery, and possibly solar, too.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 10, 2018

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Battery

Fluence to install big battery at Lincoln Gap wind farm in South Australia
Nexif Energy inks deal with Fluence to install a 10MW/10MWh battery storage system at its 212MW Lincoln Gap Wind Farm near Port Augusta.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 9, 2018

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