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Spain-based developer to add a big battery to an existing solar farm in Queensland marking its first hybrid solar and storage project in Australia. A second one will soon follow.

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Australia's next storage tender - the country's biggest - will have key design changes, but still will not include VPPs or demand response.

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Power is expected to be restored - for the second time - to outback towns in western NSW after a back-up system brought in to temporarily fix a major outage failed.

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Nuclear proponents are simply delaying the move towards clean and cheap energy as Australia's environment runs out of time, a climate leader says.

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Australian energy storage developer Enervest signs up Swiss giant Energy Vault to its plans to build a big battery with one gigawatt-hour of energy storage capacity in north-western New South Wales.

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Singapore grid gives conditional approval to import electricity as part of SunCable's massive Australia-Asia PowerLink project in major step forward to $30 billion project.

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Fortescue Metals places order for what will be the biggest battery in Western Australia's Pilbara mining region, with five hours of storage capacity.

The post Fortescue presses go on “challenging” five-hour battery project, biggest yet in the Pilbara appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia continues to set records in solar power, but it has dropped out of the top 10 countries in new installations as the rest of the world surges ahead.

The post Australia drops out of world’s top ten countries for new solar installs for first time in three decades appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia is being urged to follow other countries and encourage smarter air con systems that can deliver savings to homes and the overall grid.

The post Australia needs smarter air con systems to save money for homes and the grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A new solar and battery project has escaped Victoria's VCAT process, but will still have to negotiate its way through federal approvals. green tick queue.

The post New solar and battery project in central Victoria gets state planning approval, joins EPBC queue appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Solar power will grow four-fold by 2030, overtaking nuclear, hydro and gas, and then coal by 2033. By 2050, it will produce more than all these technologies combined.

The post Solar will leap four-fold by 2030, ending the rule of King coal and overtaking all other grid supplies appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Queensland could revert to coal central as calls grow for a power plan from the energised LNP, days out from voters heading to the polls in the Sunshine State.

The post Queensland’s energy future under a cloud as LNP sends mixed messages on coal, emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AEMO chief Daniel Westerman says the old paradigm of baseload power and peaking generation is no longer fit for the Australian grid, as renewables and storage eat away at markets once dominated by coal and gas.

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A groundbreaking community pilot hopes to identify the opportunities and challenges as household electrification is scaled up across the whole country.

The post SwitchedOn Podcast: World-first community pilot to help spark the electrification of everything appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The timeline for the massive Australian Renewable Energy Hub timeline has been pushed out to 2029 for first power and 2030s for green hydrogen and ammonia production.

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Construction underway on 150 megawatt, two-hour big battery in first stage of $2 billion series of solar and storage projects being built in the region by Amp Energy.

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Bowen boosts size of next CIS tenders to 10 GW of wind, solar and storage as Coalition digs in with plans to dismantle renewable zones and support more fossil fuels.

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Australia's main grid reached 75 per cent renewables for the first time on Sunday, propelled by rooftop solar which also sent coal power and grid demand down to record lows.

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Rooftop solar smashes its previous peak in Australia's most renewable state, setting a new record share of 112.9 per cent of state demand.

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Ric Brazzale from Green Energy Markets discusses what’s happening in key markets for renewables, emissions, efficiency and electrification. Plus, news of the week.

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