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Commentary

Gold-plating is out, network resilience is in – and it’s urgently required
Building climate resilience and strengthening the electricity distribution network are now inseparable priorities that recent extreme weather events have brought sharply into focus.
Yogendra Vashishtha

Jul 2, 2025

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Pumped Hydro

Works begin on Kidston link, as landmark pumped hydro project targets 2024 start
Works begin on a 186km new transmission line to connect the ground-breaking Kidston Clean Energy Hub to the grid in north Queensland.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 23, 2022

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Renewables

“World first” network innovation promises more wind and solar, less curtailment
Victorian network company Powercor finds way to squeeze more wind and solar onto its grid without expensive new infrastructure or hefty curtailment.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 2, 2022

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Storage

MPower to add batteries across network of 5MW solar farms after success of trial
MPower says success of network battery trial with Endeavour Energy paves way to add “grid-forming” batteries across portfolio of small solar farms.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 7, 2021

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Renewables

AEMO charts “transmission roadmap” to guide Victoria to 50pct renewables
AEMO to help establish new renewable energy zones in Victoria, as part of $3.5bn of network projects to help smooth transition to 50% renewables by 2030.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 12, 2020

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Renewables

Why should renewables be billed for grid costs, when coal gets free ride on emissions?
Vestas senior vice president “outraged” by claims that renewables developers should foot the bill for grid upgrade costs as more wind and solar comes online.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 15, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

Rooftop solar throws massive curve ball to world’s most isolated grid
The growth of rooftop solar in W.A. means the world’s biggest isolated grid could be a blueprint for the planning of a distributed energy system.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 25, 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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Renewables

Victoria announces planning rule change to smooth way for renewables boom
Victoria government changes state planning rules for grid connections for large-scale solar and wind energy development.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 5, 2019

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Is this the day that solar and wind changed the W.A. grid forever?
AEMO issues market direction for back-up power for first time in W.A. grid and wants quick adoption of technology and market solutions to deal with increased volatility.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 22, 2019

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Electric Vehicles

Could hidden network costs derail ultra-fast EV charging?
Plans for network of ultra-fast EV chargers could be on hold as proponents discover potential threat from hidden network cost.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 10, 2018

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Markets

Victorian networks blow a fuse in heatwave – Coalition blows its mind on Twitter
Victoria’s blackouts on Sunday had nothing to do with any crisis of energy supply – coal, renewable or otherwise. But why let the truth get in the way of a good smear campaign?
Sophie Vorrath

Jan 29, 2018

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