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Storage

Tesla spells out why markets are failing battery storage, big and small
Tesla urges energy market rule maker to catch up with speed and versatility of battery storage, both big and small.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 14, 2018

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla EV charged with diesel generator still cleaner than conventional car
Critics argue EVs charged with fossil fuelled electricity are as dirty, if not dirtier than conventional ICE cars. We put that to the test.
Robert Dean

Feb 13, 2018

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GOP congressman powers his off-grid solar home with Tesla battery
Republican Congressman, a libertarian and a climate denier, lives off-grid with solar and storage, and even owns a Tesla Model S electric vehicle.
Joe Romm

Feb 9, 2018

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Storage

Musk says storage orders surge on success of Tesla big battery
Elon Musk says the Tesla big battery in South Australia has exceeded performance targets “significantly,” a success that has put a rocket under sales of the company’s commercial-scale Powerpacks.
Sophie Vorrath & Giles Parkinson

Feb 8, 2018

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Electric Vehicles

Elon Musk sends Tesla Roadster into orbit, and changes space travel
ICYMI, there’s a red Tesla Roadster flying through space, on a billion-year elliptic Mars orbit. Why? Well that’s just how Elon Musk rolls.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 7, 2018

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Solar

Tindo Solar, small retailers, to win big from Tesla virtual power plant
Tindo Solar to win big after mandate for Tesla virtual power plant calls for half of the 250MW solar capacity to be sourced from Australia.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 5, 2018

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Storage

Tesla to build 250MW “virtual power plant” in South Australia
South Australia unveils plans to build 250MW “virtual power plant”, linking household rooftop solar and battery storage, in what it says will be world’s biggest. It will involve 50,000 homes, each with 5kW rooftop solar and a Tesla Powerwall 2.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 4, 2018

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A month in, Tesla’s SA battery is surpassing expectations
A month into operation, the Tesla lithium-ion battery at Neoen wind farm in Hornsdale, South Australia is already providing essential grid services.
Dylan McConnell

Jan 16, 2018

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Storage

Northern Territory launches tender for up to 45MW grid-scale battery storage
NT calls for expressions of interest to develop battery storage system of 25-45MW to support grid in Darwin and Katherine.
Sophie Vorrath

Jan 15, 2018

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Storage

Speed of Tesla big battery leaves rule-makers struggling to catch up
Tesla big battery’s dramatic intervention after Loy Yang trip, and a separate 0-100MW injection in just 140 milliseconds, illustrates yawning gap between technologies and market rules. The future is here, but market rule makers are not ready for it.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 21, 2017

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Coal

Tesla, Trump, Turnbull and the troglodytes: The best stories of 2017
The death spiral for cars; Tesla’s Big Battery – and electric truck; the two faces of Malcolm Turnbull; and all the other stories that caught our readers’ attention this year.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 21, 2017

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Storage

Tesla big battery outsmarts lumbering coal units after Loy Yang trips
Tesla big battery steps in after big Loy Yang coal unit trips, and arrests and reverses a dramatic fall in frequency – before the contracted coal unit had time to respond.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 19, 2017

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