The South Australian Government and Enel X will invest $2 million to explore access to cheaper, more reliable electricity...
Battery storage
The future of energy: distributed and decentralised
Charlotte Pordage, , Battery storage, Electricity, Features, Projects, Solar, 0Distributed Energy Resources can revolutionise the way Australia produces and uses electricity, and many new projects are looking to...
Work starts on $120 million battery project
Charlotte Pordage, , Battery storage, Construction, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, 0Vena Energy Australia will soon begin construction of its Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), Queensland’s largest grid-scale battery near...
Lake Bonney battery nears completion
Charlotte Pordage, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, 0Infigen’s 25MWh/52MWh battery at Lake Bonney is in the final stages of testing and close to full commercial operation,...
Bohle’s battery ready to provide back-up power supply
Charlotte Pordage, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Solar, 0Queensland’s first community-scale battery storage facility at Bohle Plains is on track to power up in February with the...
Town of Onslow leading the renewable energy transformation
Charlotte Pordage, , Asset management, Battery storage, Community engagement, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Smart grid, Solar, Sustainability, 0The Pilbara town of Onslow is leading the renewable energy transformation in Western Australia with the successful commissioning of...
World’s largest battery set to get even bigger
Charlotte Pordage, , Asset management, Battery storage, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, News, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Smart grid, Spotlight, 0The world’s largest grid-scale battery is set to grow by 50 per cent, with a $71 million upgrade announced...
Joining forces for a clean energy future
Charlotte Pordage, , Asset management, Battery storage, Community engagement, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Smart Utilities, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Battery of the Nation initiative offers significant potential for Tasmania and Victoria to work together to achieve an...
Home Battery Scheme shining
Charlotte Pordage, , Asset management, Battery storage, Community engagement, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, News, Renewables, Smart Utilities, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Almost 4,000 South Australian households have taken up the South Australian Government’s subsidy of up to $6,000 per household...
Sealing the deal for large-scale batteries
Charlotte Pordage, , Asset management, Battery storage, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, News, 0AGL has announced that it has signed four innovative battery derivative agreements with Maoneng Group (Maoneng), which will provide...
Victoria expands solar batteries rebate
Charlotte Pordage, , Battery storage, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, News, Renewables, Smart grid, Solar, 0Solar Victoria has announced it has expanded its Solar Homes battery rebates to a further 104 postcodes, providing more...
Net-zero-energy homes to help homeowners save
Charlotte Pordage, , Battery storage, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Equipment, News, Projects, Smart Utilities, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $784,000 in funding to Mirvac to trial its ‘net-zero-energy’ housing estate...
Lord Howe Island finds renewable energy solution with solar and battery storage
Charlotte Pordage, , Battery storage, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, News, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Smart Utilities, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced that Lord Howe Island will soon be powered by a solar...
Battery storage sector’s new safety standards
Charlotte Pordage, , Battery storage, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Maintenance, News, Policy, Safety, Spotlight, Standards, Training, 0The battery storage sector has received new safety guidance, with the publication of AS/NZS 5139:2019, Electrical installations – Safety...
Startupbootcamp Australia scouting for 2020 EnergyAustralia Program
Charlotte Pordage, , Battery storage, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Events, News, Renewables, Smart grid, 0Startupbootcamp (SBC) is a world-leading accelerator that scouts innovative startups that are looking to disrupt the current industry status...
Tasmania one step closer to Battery of the Nation
Charlotte Pordage, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Pipelines, Projects, Renewables, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Battery of the Nation initiative is one step closer, with the completion of a major upgrade of Repulse...
New WA microgrid first of its kind for Australia
Journalist, , Battery storage, Construction, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, 0The Western Australian Government has announced a consortium led by Enwave Australia to develop Australia’s first ever industrial renewable...
ACT ensures renewable future with ‘reverse auction’
Journalist, , Battery storage, Construction, Electricity, News, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, Wind farms, 0Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability, Shane Rattenbury, has announced that the ACT will conduct a renewable electricity ‘reverse...
New Energy Tech consumer code proposed by ACCC
Journalist, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Renewables, Solar, 0The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has proposed to authorise a new consumer code for retailers of emerging...
Innovative technology sparks power to Western Australian garnet mine
Journalist, , Battery storage, Construction, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Wind farms, 0Advanced Energy Resources (AER) has commenced construction on a wind, solar and battery hybrid plant to power a remote...
Solar homes rolling out to even more Victorians
Journalist, , Battery storage, Billing, Electricity, News, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, 0The Victorian Government has announced that the next phase of rebates for solar panels, batteries and hot water systems...
Big batteries power up Gannawarra Solar Farm
Journalist, , Battery storage, Construction, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, News, Renewables, Solar, Spotlight, 0Australia’s largest integrated battery and solar farm has opened in North Western Victoria, able to store clean energy from...
Powercor program saves residents power and money
Journalist, , Battery storage, Billing, Electricity, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, 0A new program from Powercor has saved more than 1000 Surf Coast and Bellarine Peninsula residents a combined total...
AEMO a step closer to launching DER database
Journalist, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewables, Solar, 0The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) is a step closer to launching Australia’s first database of distributed energy resources...
Could this ingenious long-term storage method make batteries obsolete?
Charlotte Pordage, , Battery storage, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Events, Renewables, Sustainability, 0A new storage technology involving a modified construction crane and an electric motor putting 35 tonne bricks on top...
The top energy storage initiatives Down Under
Chris Bland, , Battery storage, Electricity, Features, Projects, Renewables, Smart grid, 0Energy storage has been a hot topic over recent years, with the technological developments in battery storage considered a...
Pumped hydro energy storage for SA
Lauren Butler, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Spotlight, 0AGL has secured the right to develop, own and operate a 250MW pumped hydro energy storage project in South...
Energy startups showcase innovative technologies
Charlotte Pordage, , Battery storage, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, IOT Internet of Things, News, Renewables, Smart grid, 0The Smart Energy program returned to Melbourne for its second year running, culminating in a Demo Day that took...
$135 million battery research facility for WA
Charlotte Pordage, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Solar, 0The Federal Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, Karen Andrews, has announced that the Curtin University-led national collaboration of...
Battery development to benefit from $25 million grant
Lauren Butler, , Battery storage, Electricity, News, Renewables, 0A $25 million grant from the Federal Government will go towards the development of an industry-led cooperative research centre...
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