Governments

Oil and gas giant Woodside has kicked off the new year by firming up plans to develop a massive solar and battery project in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, to supply renewable electricity to local industrial customers, including its…

The ACT government has issued an open call for expressions of interest for proposals for its 250MW Big Canberra Battery Project.The ACT’s coordinator-general for climate action, Sam Engele, wrote to stakeholders on Wednesday advising that…

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…

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…

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 business case for battery storage in Australia has been given a major boost with proposed new rules that would reward the technology for its ultra fast response to disturbances on the grid and the key role it can play in keeping the…

The energy storage hopeful behind plans to build Australia’s first gigawatt-scale lithium-ion battery factory has joined forces with the CSIRO to develop a home gown, “defence grade” battery management system, or BMS.Energy Renaissance,…

The South Australia government has given planning approval for the massive $3 billion Goyder South wind, solar and battery storage project that will help propel the state towards and beyond the state Liberal government’s target of “net” 100…

French renewable energy and battery storage developer Neoen has landed $160 million in finance from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to built what will be – at least for a short while – the biggest lithium ion battery in Australia.The…

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…