Projects

Looking back on 2020, the Clean Energy Council describes an industry that refused to let a global pandemic stand in its way. Despite the angst and associated economic turmoil of a global pandemic, 2020 turned out to be a surprisingly good…

Already a high achiever in the utility-scale solar sector, the Spanish renewables firm is scanning the local market for locations to deliver a total 300MW of storage. Despite what some say about the hardships of chasing the sun, Carlos…

The arid, disconnected nature of the region suits concentrated solar thermal, says Australian technology developer Vast Solar. Regardless of a tendency to tower over sandy barren plains, forms of generation that rely on storing the sun’s…

The project pipeline for wind farms around Australia is filling faster than ever before, writes Jeremy Chunn. Whether these future facilities will power the NEM or hydrogen exports, it’s clear that investors back the technology. But will…

In a connected energy system where dispatchable sources are being replaced by flighty renewables, incumbents and backers of new technology are poring over a new source of market intelligence – because data is knowledge. Attendees at energy…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…