South Australian Government Archives - Page 51 of 53 - Renew Economy

Storage

AGL invests in world’s largest battery storage virtual power plant
AGL Energy to install 1,000 centrally controlled battery storage systems in South Australian homes and businesses with a total capacity of 7MWh – equivalent to a 5MW solar peaking plant. A foretaste of what many expect to be the energy system of the future.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 5, 2016

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Renewables

BNEF says broken gas market main offender in SA energy “crisis”
BNEF report says poorly functioning gas market main cause of SA power price spike, blaming renewables “erroneous and simplistic.”
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 3, 2016

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Featured

South Australia takes on networks over soaring grid charges
South Australian government to take on networks over grid charges, meaning it is now challenging the market dominance of generators, retailers and network providers as it defends its support of wind, solar and battery storage.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 2, 2016

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Mythbusting: Electricity prices in South Australia
New report reveals that electricity price spikes in South Australia have reduced as renewable energy grows.
Andrew Stock

Aug 1, 2016

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Today Tonight’s misleading report on renewables in South Australia
Seven’s Today Tonight report into renewable energy included some shocking errors, and it didn’t mention that one of its quoted critics is actually a big supporter of solar energy.
Sophie Vorrath & Giles Parkinson

Jul 29, 2016

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Storage

South Australia targets battery storage in new renewables auction
South Australia says 25% of its energy needs will come from “dispatchable” renewables, such as solar with battery storage and biomass.
Sophie Vorrath & Giles Parkinson

Jul 27, 2016

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South Australia’s electricity price woes are more due to gas than wind
South Australia’s wind farms have been blamed for price spikes, but without them the volatility would be even worse.
Hugh Saddler

Jul 26, 2016

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Featured

Why fossil fuel industry needs South Australia “experiment” to fail
The sharp spike in SA electricity prices this month certainly put the wind up renewable energy critics. But the really scary thing for the fossil fuel industry is that the price spikes don’t happen often enough. The media appears to have forgotten they used to occur every second day.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 25, 2016

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Storage

ZEN Energy wins $1m battery storage tender for SA govt buildings
Adelaide company ZEN Energy wins contract to install more than 500kWh of li-ion battery storage at three government-owned buildings in Adelaide.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 25, 2016

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Renewables

Failed gas unit caused biggest spike in electricity price, regulator says
Biggest spike in electricity prices in South Australia in last week of June caused by failure of gas generation unit, regulator says.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 25, 2016

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Electric Vehicles

SA govt to boost its low-emissions vehicle numbers to 2000 by 2020
South Australian government says a mix of electric, hydrogen and hybrid vehicles will make up 30% of its fleet by 2020.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 22, 2016

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Renewables

Coalition “fed” dodgy numbers on wind energy to Murdoch media
South Australia’s conservative opposition said to be source of dodgy numbers behind The Australian’s erroneous front page story on wind energy in the state.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 22, 2016

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