Western Australian Government Archives - Page 31 of 34 - RenewEconomy

Storage

WA suburb to trial community battery ‘bank’ for rooftop solar deposits
A new Community Power Bank scheme led by WA utility Western Power will allow local solar homes to store their excess generation in a shared battery.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 12, 2018

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Storage

Carnegie to build W.A.’s largest micro-grid at Kalbarri
Carnegie wins WA contract to build state’s largest microgrid, ensuring renewables and batteries can lift reliability of supply for Kalbarri.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 12, 2018

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Storage

Carnegie proposes 100MW solar, 20MWh battery near Kalgoorlie
Carnegie Clean Energy proposes 100MW solar farm and 20MWh battery storage to supply mines in Kalgoorlie area, and possibly lithium processing plants as the storage market for electric vehicles and battery storage takes off.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 12, 2018

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Other Good Stuff

NAIF: Any port in a storm
NAIF’s first loan – to the oil and gas industry – is an effective subsidy to accelerate climate change.
David Barnden

Feb 1, 2018

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Storage

The first Australian utility to embrace era of “base-cost renewables”
West Australia’s regional utility Horizon Power has become the first major Australian utility to embrace the concept of “base-cost renewables”, recognising that the plunging cost of solar and wind is set to turn traditional theories of energy supply on their head.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 7, 2017

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Solar

Australia’s biggest merchant solar farm inks deal with Western Power
Sun Brilliance Power will sell the electricity from its 128MW “merchant” solar farm to the WA grid, after signing deals with Western Power.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 1, 2017

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Solar

Pilbara Solar eyes NAIF funding for plan to export WA solar to Asia
Pilbara Solar seeks federal government funding for plan to export WA generated solar power to Indonesia, via a sub-sea cable.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 16, 2017

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Storage

Horizon gets ARENA funding for micro-grid trials in W.A.
Horizon gets ARENA funding for renewable-based micro-grid trials that will reduce dependence on fossil fuels.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 15, 2017

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CleanTech Bites

WA wind, solar industry in turmoil as green fund cements govt monopoly
Synergy’s new “green fund” will cement its near monopoly powers, and put up to $1bn of wind and solar developments at risk, industry warns.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 14, 2017

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Governments

WA’s Synergy to bring in Dutch fund to bankroll wind and solar farms
WA government owned utility Synergy looking to bring in outside investors to bankroll investments in new wind and solar farms and meet RET obligations.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 8, 2017

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