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CitiPower ponders community battery rollout for Melbourne
The network is moving to pre-empt solar-related constraints with a plan that could see hundreds of storage assets connected by 2030. Torrents of solar energy exports around noon are forcing some networks to take action unless they want to…
Hero in waiting … the clean catalyst that can knock out coal
A clean source of heat has the potential to extend the lifetimes of the thermal plants that deliver stability in the grid. A quick look at the National Electricity Market will tell you Australia is deeply commited to coal. Over the…
CEP.Energy plans world’s largest grid-scale battery in NSW
Clean energy fund CEP.Energy wants to build the world’s biggest battery at Kurri Kurri in NSW, where it plans 1.2GW of storage to connect to the Hunter Economic Zone under a 30-year lease agreement with the Hunter Investment Corporation.…
Networks gear up to manage EV demand on the grid
As electric vehicles slowly inch their way onto our roads, the poles-and-wires networks that will carry the electricity to charge their batteries are preparing for change. Not much is known about how EV-owners will choose to fill up their…
Forces align against solar in the sunshine state
Solar is making a marked effect on spot prices in Queensland, writes Lumi Adisa. Has PV backed itself into a corner? To understand the potential for solar in the NEM, one should look no further than Queensland, the sunshine state. In just…
LONGi steadies customers amid silicon price volatility
Supply of silicon materials has become volatile as a direct result of challenging conditions in the upstream segment of the photovoltaic industry. Rising prices are likley to impact installations in the second half of the year and into…
Queensland ticks three renewable energy zones for economic recovery plan
The Clean Energy Council welcomes the commitment of the Palaszczuk Government to unlock three renewable energy zones across North, Central and south-west Queensland as part of the state’s economic recovery plan. “Grid congestion is the…
Big-end solar installers bend with the times as sun sets on Todae
Are there fortunes to be made in solar? It depends if you are making the gear or installing it. Even then it’s hard to tell. The market values of the manufacturers of the hardware – panels, inverters, batteries – can be measured on the…
Salvo’s to trial Allume shared solar solution with ARENA backing
Renters have long been left out of the residential solar revolution as property owners struggle with the idea of paying for a PV system when lower power bills will benefit someone else. The problem is more pronounced in blocks of flats with…
Hope, hype and hydrogen
Announcements of huge clean energy projects linked to the production of hydrogen for export are becoming commonplace as Australia steadies itself for a global withdrawal from coal, writes Jeremy Chunn. Is it a dream that can be realized?…