1+ hour, 7+ min ago   (760+ words) At the 55th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders’ Meeting in Palau, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese allocated $1.89 million (USD 1.3 million) funding package to create a Pacific Renewable Energy Commissioner in support the region’s path to 100% renewables. Federal Minister for Climate Change…...

22+ hour, 24+ min ago   (242+ words) The tolling agreement grants Amazon access to energy stored in the under development 50 MW / 200 MWh Bairnsdale battery energy storage system (BESS) in Victoria, and rights to control charging and discharging and utilise grid arbitrage, without the responsiblity of building or…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (212+ words) The Western Australia (WA) government is funding three WA businesses to support five projects that progress development and manufacture of a range of battery technologies and components for residential, commercial, industrial, and defence applications. The Round 1 allocation from the WA…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (187+ words) The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) said rooftop solar met 99.9% of South Australia’s total electricity demand at 1.30pm on 31 August, reducing electricity demand from grid-scale generation to just 2 MW – a new winter record. The market operator said the high rooftop solar…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (375+ words) “We are fully funded, fully contracted and ready to build,” Frontier Executive Chairman Jamie Cullen said. “We have now secured the full suite of contracts required to deliver stage one at our Waroona Project and position the company as Western…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (222+ words) Territory Generation, which is responsible for the production and supply of electricity across the Northern Territory, is inviting expressions of interest to deliver a solar power plant of up to 15 MW to support system reliability and reduce reliance on thermal…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (455+ words) The Silver City project has now passed a critical regulatory requirement with Hydrostor announcing it has received grid connection approval from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) and NSW transmission company Transgrid. Hydrostor Country Lead Martin Becker said the approval…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (711+ words) For large-scale batteries, however, a record 4.3 GW of new capacity reached financial commitment. Australia is now the world’s third-largest utility-scale battery market. I think something interesting is going on here, and that this divergence tells a story that is less…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (272+ words) Genex Power, owned by Japanese electricity utility J-Power, announced it has signed an early contractor involvement (ECI) agreement with Canada-headquartered PCL Construction for the first phase of the Bulli Creek Clean Energy Park that has an overall approved capacity of…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (849+ words) What would happen if these trends continue? It’s tempting to picture a future where Australian homes and cities could power themselves using these two decentralised technologies. But while rooftop solar and batteries can take us a long way, they aren’t…...