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Battery

US housing complex to put Sonnen batteries inside all 600 apartments
All-electric, solar housing complex in Utah to feature a Sonnen battery inside all 600 apartments, in deliberate design “statement” unlikely to be replicated in Australia any time soon.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 12, 2020

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Policy & Planning

Bushfire crisis: The answer to future energy security lies on our rooftops
Australia’s bushfire crisis underscores urgent need to decentralise Australia’s electricity grid. Building up networks of solar batteries is the quickest, easiest, cheapest answer.
Alex Georgiou

Jan 24, 2020

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Storage

Solar and battery offered as “standard” in Victoria new-build housing project
CEFC-backed scheme to offer solar and battery storage as standard features in some off-the-plan townhouses being built by property developer Mirvac.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 7, 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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CleanTech Bites

Grid reform “urgent” in race to catch up with solar, batteries and EVs
AEMC unveils blueprint for “future energy grid” embracing rooftop solar, household batteries and electric vehicles, although its call for urgency rankles with those that see the rule-maker as a stumbling block in the past.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 26, 2019

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Solar

Plans floated for $1.2bn, 550MW Gippsland solar and battery “energy park”
Victoria’s Gippsland region earmarked for massive $1.2 billion “renewable energy park,” that would combine up to 550MW of solar and 550MWh of battery storage.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 10, 2019

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Markets

Coal and gas on notice, as US big solar and battery deal stuns market
Los Angeles deal for 400MW solar + 400MW/800MWh battery plant set to lock in prices of under 2c/kWh for PV, $1.3c/kWh for stored power.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 3, 2019

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Storage

Colonial backs solar and battery roll-out in major shopping centres
Colonial First State backs commercial solar plan to roll out up to 9MW of PV panels and 12MWh of battery storage across 15 major shopping centres.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 11, 2019

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PV peakers: How solar and batteries are killing new gas projects in US
New analysis shows solar and storage projects are beating out gas projects with prices in the low $US30s/MWh, and are easily beating fossil fuels in Hawaii.
Michael Mazengarb

May 16, 2019

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Storage

Greens unveil $2.2bn battery scheme, to bring home storage in line with solar
Greens battery policy would offer incentives of up to $7000 per battery, and up to double that for low-income households.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 15, 2019

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Solar

Genex finalises NSW solar purchase, as progress continues on Kidston hydro
Genex Power completes acquisition of 50MW Jemalong project in NSW, in bid to diversify, boost earnings, as flagship Kidston solar and pumped hydro storage project progresses.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 12, 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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