Storage

Potash Australia CEO Matt Shackleton said several alternative configurations for the microgrid were presented and assessed, and the configuration chosen will help deliver the “greenest” sulphate of potash (SOP) projects in Australia.More…

Australian energy companies and new technology providers have lined up overwhelmingly against a new proposal by the Australian Energy Market Operator that they say could effectively kill the market for “virtual power plants”.VPPs aggregate…

Australian renewable energy and now battery storage developer Syncline Energy has unveiled plans for a 600MW four hour battery storage facility in Victoria, upping the ante over what might be the biggest battery project in the state, or…

Australian energy storage company Redflow has raised just under $15 million in its latest fundraising round, launched last month to leverage increasing customer interest in its zinc bromine flow battery technology and fund a push into the…

Fast responding big batteries and wind and solar projects are set to be financially rewarded for helping to avoid blackouts under new reforms signed off by the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) on Thursday.The AEMC has also…

Global electric vehicle and battery storage giant Tesla says there is no need for synchronous assets such as coal and gas generators in a zero emissions grid, it slams some of the proposed market reforms in Australia that appear…

Solar developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures has announced plans to build a 5 megawatt solar-storage hybrid power plant near Dalby in southern Queensland, the first time it has built such a facility.The Dalby Hybrid Power Plant will include…

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 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…