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Inside the Tesla big battery: How it made money and cut prices
AEMO reports detail how Tesla big battery helped keep the lights on last summer, smashed prices in specialised markets, and made money for itself from price arbitrage.
Sophie Vorrath & Giles Parkinson

May 23, 2018

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Renewables

Leaf leads global sales surge, Australia EV uptake doubles
Nissan Leaf leads global sales in EVs, with Australia one of a number of countries, including China, to record a doubling of sales in the first quarter.
Bridie Schmidt

May 16, 2018

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Musk plays the vision thing, vents at myopic analysts, media
The market’s obsessions with financial details, rather than the big picture, is driving Musk to distraction. And that should be a cause for concern.
Giles Parkinson

May 3, 2018

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Storage

Tesla big battery is changing the way people think about the grid
Tesla big battery is causing a rethink about the way the grid is managed. It will already become a front-line defence in a new mechanism designed to prevent black-outs and load-shedding in the event of a major fault.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 9, 2018

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Storage

Faster, smarter, cheaper: Grid operator hails performance of Tesla big battery
Grid operator recognises that the Tesla big battery is faster and smarter than conventional turbines – and also reducing prices.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 5, 2018

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Elon Musk tweet suggests further delay for Tesla Model 3 in Australia
More heartache for Australian EV enthusiasts, after Tesla CEO Elon Musk hinted at further delays on arrival of “mass market” Model 3 electric vehicle.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 28, 2018

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How does Marshall battery plan stack up with Tesla-Weatherill plan?
How do the competing battery storage rollouts compare? Is the Marshall plan better than the Tesla proposal embraced by Weatherill?
Giles Parkinson

Mar 23, 2018

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Big batteries, massive pay day: Tesla shareholders approve $2.6bn Musk bonus plan
Tesla shareholder vote approves 10-year, $2.6bn compensation package for CEO Elon Musk – a record individual executive equity award, but Ts & Cs apply.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 22, 2018

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Storage

Marshall feels blow-back as Tesla battery comments hit raw nerve
New premier Steve Marshall is feeling the heat for placing the future of Tesla’s battery plans in doubt. Maybe now he will go the whole hog and target nearly 100,000 homes with storage.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 21, 2018

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Storage

Marshall’s first promise as SA premier: Kill Tesla battery plan
New SA Premier Steven Marshall vows to scrap Tesla’s plans for world’s biggest virtual power plant targeting low income households, in favour of a $100 million subsidy for those homes already with solar.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 19, 2018

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Tesla ‘virtual power plant’ second best to real people power
The SA Tesla VPP may not be the most cost-effective solution to our electricity system’s needs.
Hedda Ransan-Cooper Archie Chapman Paul Scott and Veryan Ana

Feb 20, 2018

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Commentary

Tesla battery + solar now “significantly cheaper” than grid power
Just 14 months ago, the writing was on the wall for grid-only electricity supply. Turns out the gap between grid only and PV+battery+grid is growing much more quickly than we imagined.
Bruce Mountain

Feb 20, 2018

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