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Plus Power Breaks Open Market for Massive Batteries in New England
Battery plants have established themselves in the sunny Southwest, but this week was the first time they won big in New England.San Francisco-based developer Plus Power won two bids in the latest capacity auction held by the New England…
UPC/AC land debt finance for 400MW solar project and big battery in NSW
The UPC/AC Renewables Australia joint venture says it has secured debt finance for a 400MW solar farm in northern NSW, the first stage of what is planned to be a massive 720MW solar project and a 400MWh big battery, among the biggest in the…
World’s biggest solar and battery project lands planning deal with NT government
The $22 billion Sun Cable project that is aiming to export Australian solar power to Singapore from a massive 10GW solar farm in the Northern Territory has signed a key planning agreement with the Northern Territory government.The Project…
Australian company reveals ‘positive’ results for zero carbon lithium production
ASX-listed Vulcan Energy Resources will look to pursue the production zero emissions lithium in Europe after publishing the results of a “positive” pre-feasibility that found a proposed geothermal powered facility would be highly…
Household battery storage still best fix for solar duck curve problem
The continued rapid growth of PV rooftop solar in Australia and elsewhere in displacing fossil fuel generation of electricity is becoming a significant issue.
The energy imbalance from increasing rooftop solar is causing a reduction of…
LG Chem Recalls Certain Home Batteries Over Fire Concerns
Battery manufacturer LG Chem has launched a recall of some of its Resu 10H residential battery products in the interest of fire safety.The recall affects certain battery systems containing cells from specific lots produced in 2017 and 2018,…
Battery storage is challenging the very structure of Australia’s energy market
One thing we can expect as the energy world transitions away from a centralised and largely fossil fuelled grid to a renewable and distributed market is that it will look very different from what we have now.
But what exactly will it look…
“Profound shift”: Tesla shares surge on stunning “internet-of-cars” valuation
The Driven
Shares in electric vehicle and energy storage giant Tesla surged again this week after analysts at Morgan Stanley lifted their price target by a stunning 50 per cent, after including the value of the company’s software…
South Australia boosts Home Battery Scheme, seeking bigger bang for buck
One Step Off The Grid
South Australia’s Liberal government has thrown another nearly $20 million at its Home Battery Scheme, boosting its overall target from 280MWh of installed capacity to 440MWh, and paving the way for consumers to…
Transgrid to build Australia’s first Tesla Megapack big battery in western Sydney
Transmission company Transgrid is to build the first big battery in Australia using Tesla’s recently introduced Megapack battery technology, and what is likely to the first of more than 10 big batteries to be built across NSW as it…