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Greensmith Energy, a part of the technology group Wärtsilä, has successfully completed two grid-scale energy storage systems in partnership with E.ON Climate & Renewables in Texas.

Younicos has signed an agreement with TerraForm Power to install and commission a 10 MW battery-based energy storage system upgrade at the site of the Kaheawa wind farm on the island of Maui, Hawaii.

Horizon Power is conducting a body of research over the next three years with the aim of increasing distributed photovoltaic system penetration throughout its remote networks.

Rooftop solar has been installed by over 1.6 million households and is the most reliable source of steadily growing generation in the NEM.

Snowy 2.0 report confirms that $8 billion project would likely boost coal and lift emissions. Worse, it takes an "us and them" approach to battery storage, and uses some pretty silly battery costings to justify its case.

One of our main immediate criticisms of Snowy Hydro's latest paper is its assumption that Snowy 2.0 is the only pumped hydro project capable of being developed in Australia.

Big news for Australian EV market, as Nissan confirms delivery of next-gen LEAF will happen in the "next fiscal year."

Australian company AMOG wins EU grant to test its “floating pendulum” wave power technology at a marine energy testing site in Cornwall, UK.

Following a generally stable end to 2017, forecasts suggesting the LRET will be met by 2020 have drawn a mixed reaction in the LGC market across January.

In first of three articles on electricity network tariff reform, we look at Tariff Structure Statements, and why you should care about them.

Incident in January shows how Tesla big battery is already breaking the stranglehold of the gas cartel in South Australia's electricity market. And for the first time, a wind farm bid in FCAS to keep prices down.

Tasmania's Liberal government flags plan to quit NEM, as bipartisan Parliamentary report concludes electricity market is broken, needs rebuilding.

Analysis shows renewable energy generation supplied more of Europe's electricity than coal in 2017 for the first time ever.

Bond price jump may hit renewable energy projects; state Labor governments under threat; and debate shifts to dispatchable renewable energy.

Tindo Solar to win big after mandate for Tesla virtual power plant calls for half of the 250MW solar capacity to be sourced from Australia.

Hyundai Motor Company Australia has become a founding member of new automotive industry body Hydrogen Mobility Australia (HMA).

South Australia unveils plans to build 250MW "virtual power plant", linking household rooftop solar and battery storage, in what it says will be world's biggest. It will involve 50,000 homes, each with 5kW rooftop solar and a Tesla Powerwall 2.

Australian Greens call on federal Labor to take a stance on ownership of the nation’s electricity grid, after unveiling a policy proposal that would seek to return it to public hands.

A new housing development in the ACT will trial a gas-free residential precinct initially incorporating 350 homes.

About 800MW of utility-scale renewable projects confirmed in the past six weeks. That's a pretty hot run-rate. And while the excitement has largely been about PV, the growth of wind is quite significant.