Australian Federal Government

The federal Labor government has kicked in $1.7 million so Australia battery maker Li-S Energy can build the next stage of its Geelong factory, a lithium foil manufacturing division. Li-S Energy has built a 2 megawatt hour (MWh)…

Total 0 Shares The federal Labor government has effectively abandoned the long standing renewable energy target and will take a hands-on policy approach through a series of auctions to secure 32GW of new wind, solar and storage capacity…

Total 0 Shares The first stage of what will amount to Australia’s biggest storage tender has been formally kicked off, with registrations opening for 600MW and 2400 MWh of dispatchable capacity to be deployed in South Australia and…

Total 0 Shares Monopoly electricity network companies have won limited rights to own and operate community batteries after the Australian Energy Regulator granted a waiver to ring fencing rules. The AER says the class waiver will allow…

Total 0 Shares Edify Energy has landed a $6.6 million grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to help fund the installation of advanced inverter technology at a big battery next to its Darlington Point solar farm in…

Total 24 Shares The energy ministers’ meeting hosted on Wednesday by new federal minister Chris Bowen appears to have been held in a renewed spirit of co-operation, and a determination to fast-track the switch to green energy. That’s a…

A new $100 million funding round for next generation big battery storage installations, featuring advanced or “grid forming” inverters seen as crucial for the transition to 100 per cent renewable grids, will open next week.The funding round…

The nascent energy storage market in Australia is anxiously awaiting the next decision by the market rule-maker, with fears that the imposition of new network fees could effectively kill the market for big batteries and pumped hydro storage…

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 proposed 35MW Darwin big battery has received a major funding boost, with the federal government announcing it would provide $15 million of the estimated $30 million cost of the project, which is expected to significantly reduce gas…