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Renewables

New $1 billion mine looks to solar, wind, batteries for 80% of power needs
Australian mining company Oz Minerals plans to power its proposed West Musgrave copper nickel mine in central Australia with up to 80 per cent renewables.
Andrew Spence

Feb 13, 2020

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Huge turbine parts complete 630km truck journey to W.A. wind, solar microgrid
Australia’s first mining sector project to combine wind, solar and batteries in one microgid is starting to take shape in Western Australia’s northern goldfields region.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 5, 2019

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Renewables

Lord Howe Island to get solar and battery microgrid, no wind turbines
A microgrid comprising 1.2MW solar, 3.2MWh battery storage to go ahead soon on Lord Howe Island, two years after a controversial wind turbine ban brought the project to a halt.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 10, 2019

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Renewables

Did anti-wind ideology cause Coalition to ban Lord Howe Island turbines?
New documents reveal that then environment minister Josh Frydenberg went against department advice when he decided to block two wind turbines on Lord Howe Island.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 18, 2019

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Renewables

Wind, solar and battery microgrid at W.A. gold mine an “Australian first”
A remote Western Australia gold mine has won $13.5m in ARENA funding to add 18MW of wind power to a 23MW solar, battery and gas microgrid.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 20, 2019

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Solar

How Horizon Power is using solar to slash its fossil fuel subsidies
Solar plant at Meekatharra eases crippling cost burden of diesel generation, as “cloud predictive” technology allows W.A. gold town to go 80% solar at times without a battery.
Sophie Vorrath

May 31, 2019

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Daintree edges closer to Australia first renewable-only microgrid, with help from green hydrogen
Queensland’s Daintree region could soon host Australian-first solar to hydrogen microgrid, with federal funding tipped make the 100% renewable project shovel ready.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 5, 2019

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Coalition to replace poles and wires with “affordable, reliable” renewable microgrids
Replacing poles and wires with renewables and storage on parts of Australia’s grid could “save hundreds of millions of dollars,” deliver more reliable supply, says energy minister.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 28, 2019

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Senec to provide home batteries for W.A. solar + storage microgrid – Australia’s largest
German-based Senec chosen to supply home battery systems for Horizon Power’s solar and storage microgrid in coastal Pilbara town of Onslow.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 18, 2019

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Solar

Horizon Power swaps poles and wires for solar and storage
W.A. utility to decommission 54km of poles and wires and replace with 13 Micro Power Systems combining solar, battery storage and a back-up diesel generator.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 7, 2019

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Australia’s largest behind the meter battery system charges up at Monash
Victoria’s Monash Uni installs Australia’s largest commercial behind-the-meter battery storage system – a 1MWh hybrid system combining vanadium flow and lithium-ion.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 21, 2018

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Microgrid funding to help Yackandandah reach 100% renewables
Victorian government backs microgrid in Victoria’s north-east that will trial the use of solar, storage and smart controls at the grid edge.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 19, 2018

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