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New rules to reward batteries for keeping the lights on, and make hybrids a reality
Fast responding big batteries and wind and solar projects are set to be financially rewarded for helping to avoid blackouts under new reforms signed off by the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) on Thursday.The AEMC has also…
No need for synchronous assets in zero emissions grid, says Tesla
Global electric vehicle and battery storage giant Tesla says there is no need for synchronous assets such as coal and gas generators in a zero emissions grid, it slams some of the proposed market reforms in Australia that appear…
Can California Move Fast Without Breaking Things?
California is the proving ground for every major change that President Biden wants to accelerate nationally: 100% carbon-free electricity, fossil fuel phaseouts, climate-resilient grid hardening. The state wants to make 100% of retail…
FRV to add its first battery in Australia with hybrid solar-storage power plant
Solar developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures has announced plans to build a 5 megawatt solar-storage hybrid power plant near Dalby in southern Queensland, the first time it has built such a facility.The Dalby Hybrid Power Plant will include…
How Cheap and Abundant Can Clean Power Get?
A decarbonized power sector will unlock massive opportunities across nearly every other sector, either via direct electrification or indirect electrification via the production of low-carbon fuels, like green hydrogen.But here’s the rub.…
NSW calls for 8,000MW of wind, solar and storage proposals for New England
Federal National Party MP for New England Barnaby Joyce might need a new shovel: the state Liberal government has just kicked off a tender for up to 8,000MW of new wind, solar and storage capacity in the New England region, in the largest…
Australia’s “father of PV” says your next rooftop solar system might be tens of kilowatts
The “father of PV,” UNSW Scientia Professor Martin Green has predicted that the average Australian solar household will soon be installing “tens of kilowatts” on their rooftops, probably coupled with battery storage, as panel costs…
Jigar Shah Has $40 Billion. What Will He Do With It?
The US Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office might be the most talked about -- and yet least understood -- part of the federal government’s efforts to support climate tech. It has already invested more than $35 billion in…
Coalition gas plant “reckless,” battery storage is much cheaper, says CEC
The Clean Energy Council, which represents the renewables industry, has slammed the federal government’s decision to go ahead with the new gas-fired power station in New South Wales as “reckless,” noting that battery storage is…
The Magnitude of 24/7 Zero-Carbon Energy
In 2017, Google became the first major company to reach 100% renewable energy through corporate renewables procurement.
But it was also the first major company to acknowledge that 100% renewable is not really 100% carbon-free.…