Synergy and Western Power’s battery storage trial, PowerBank, has been extended for a third round, which will be the...
Battery storage
Creating a more resilient grid: virtual power plants explained
Journalist, , Battery storage, Communications, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Renewables, Software, 0by Eliza Booth, Journalist The way we generate, use and store energy is changing. As the world moves towards...
Energy deal facilitates Melbourne community battery network
Imogen Hartmann, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Yarra Energy Foundation and Victorian electricity distributor, CitiPower, have signed an agreement to pursue community-scale battery storage for...
Queensland’s new solar and battery powered ‘burbs
Imogen Hartmann, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, 0Two of Queensland’s newest residential developments, Carseldine and Oxley, will be 100 per cent powered by solar and battery,...
Suppliers announced for AGL’s grid-scale battery projects
Imogen Hartmann, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Spotlight, 0AGL has selected two energy storage technology companies to supply up to 1,000MW of grid-scale battery storage under non-exclusive...
Plans progress for Australia’s largest battery
Imogen Hartmann, , Battery storage, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, News, Projects, 0Plans are progressing for Origin Energy’s potential 700MW battery at Eraring Power Station in NSW, the largest battery project...
Massive hydro and energy announcements made for Tasmania
Imogen Hartmann, , Battery storage, Company news, Electricity, News, Powerlines, Projects, Renewables, Water, 0Hydro Tasmania has selected Lake Cethana as the preferred pumped hydro site for Tasmania, with the project now set...
Australia’s first grid-scale flow battery headed for SA
Imogen Hartmann, , Battery storage, Company news, Electricity, News, Projects, 0Australia’s first ever utility-scale vanadium flow battery is on the way for regional South Australia, with the Australian Renewable...
South Australia’s new grid-scale battery on the way
Imogen Hartmann, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, 0AGL is set to build a new grid-scale battery in South Australia to increase energy storage across the National...
Keep it clean: how renewables can lead the recovery from COVID-19
Charlotte Pordage, , Battery storage, Electricity, Features, Renewables, Solar, Wind farms, 0As federal and state governments look to restart the economy in the aftermath of the COVID-19 health emergency, there...
Victoria’s plan to build the biggest battery in the Southern Hemisphere
Imogen Hartmann, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Spotlight, 0Victoria has announced its plan to construct the biggest battery in the Southern Hemisphere, with Neoen to build the...
SA drives renewable opportunities
Imogen Hartmann, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Solar, 0The South Australian Government has unlocked a suite of renewable opportunities with the signing of a ten-year energy supply...
Procurement process begins for NT big battery
Imogen Hartmann, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Spotlight, 0Territory Generation has begun conducting a two-part procurement process for a new $30 million 35MW Battery Energy Storage System...
New big battery for New South Wales
Imogen Hartmann, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Projects, 0TransGrid is set to build a 50MW/75MWh large-scale, grid-connected battery at its Wallgrove substation in Western Sydney following an...
More renewable generation shown in WA’s Whole of System Plan
Journalist, , Asset management, Battery storage, Electricity, News, Policy, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind farms, 0Western Australia’s recently published Whole of System Plan (WOSP) has provided a 20-year forecast on the future of the...
WA announces big battery project
Imogen Hartmann, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Sustainability, 0The Western Australian Government is exploring the opportunity for the development of a big battery to strengthen Western Australia’s...
AGL set to expand Virtual Power Plant
Imogen Hartmann, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Solar, 0AGL’s Virtual Power Plant (VPP) is set for an expansion, as the company launches solar battery sales and installations...
Residential batteries trialled in ACT
Imogen Hartmann, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Sustainability, 0Up to 75 ACT homes will be provided with subsidised residential batteries as part of Stage 1A of Evoenergy’s...
Social housing tenants join Australia’s largest virtual power plant
Journalist, , Asset management, Battery storage, Construction, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, News, Projects, Smart grid, Smart Utilities, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Social housing tenants in South Australia will soon benefit from lower energy bills and a more resilient grid with...
AGL invests in grid-scale batteries
Imogen Hartmann, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Projects, 0AGL has submitted a scoping report for a new battery system at the Liddell Power Station site to the...
ARENA funds Alice Springs Future Grid Project
Imogen Hartmann, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Smart grid, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will provide $2.17 million in funding for the Alice Springs Future Grid Project....
Rule change proposal to support more solar connections
Kim Ho, , Battery storage, Company news, Electricity, News, Policy, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Several organisations, including SA Power Networks, the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), the Total Environment Centre (TEC) and...
Community battery trial innovates in Margaret River
Imogen Hartmann, , Battery storage, Community engagement, Electricity, News, Projects, 0Western Australia’s Shire of Augusta-Margaret River has officially launched an innovative community battery storage trial in Margaret River, which...
Renewables jobs could almost double by 2025
Kim Ho, , Asset management, Battery storage, Electricity, Maintenance, News, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wind farms, 0A new study has found that Australia’s renewables sector currently employs over 25,000 people – a number which could...
Renewables for renters
Charlotte Pordage, , Battery storage, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Renewables, Smart grid, Solar, 0While renewable energy solutions are gaining traction in Australia, only homeowners have been able to access the benefits of...
Endeavour offers SAPS for customers in remote properties
Kim Ho, , Battery storage, Company news, Disaster Management, Electricity, News, Professional services, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, 0Endeavour Energy has installed an off-grid standalone power system (SAPS) to a property in Kangaroo Valley, NSW – a...
Renewables plan to rebuild Tasmania’s economy
Kim Ho, , Battery storage, COVID-19, Dams, Disaster Management, Electricity, Hydrology, News, Policy, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, Water, Wind farms, 0Renewable energy, including the Battery of the Nation and Marinus Link, will form a key part of the Tasmanian...
ARENA awards almost $500,000 for system strength study
Kim Ho, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Renewables, Spotlight, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has awarded $490,629 to a transmission network operator to undertake a study in...
Dalrymple BESS: the groundbreaking energy storage initiative
Charlotte Pordage, , Battery storage, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Renewables, Smart grid, 0South Australia’s principal electricity Transmission Network Service Provider (TNSP), ElectraNet, recently won Energy Networks Australia’s 2019 Industry Innovation Award...
Hydropower may help Tasmania’s recovery from COVID-19
Kim Ho, , Battery storage, COVID-19, Disaster Management, Electricity, Engineering, Hydrology, News, Pipelines, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Water, 0Hydro Tasmania has released new research detailing how the Battery of the Nation project could play a crucial role...
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