Storage

A final investment decision will not be made until a feasibility study is complete in mid-2024, and will be subject to those findings. Still, Wyloo and IGO say they are already advancing discussions with an unnamed global battery chemical…

Global oil giant Shell is to build its first big battery project anywhere in the world after committing to a massive new facility to be built on the south-eastern outskirts of Melbourne as the switch to renewables accelerates. Shell Energy,…

Total 0 Shares A 2.5MW wind farm using five refurbished Enercon wind turbines will form part of an “Australian-first” hybrid renewables and battery storage microgrid that will power a garnet mine in Port Gregory, Western Australia. In a…

Total 0 Shares The cost of wind, solar and battery storage projects has jumped by between 20 and 60 per cent over the last two years, and show little prospect of any immediate reduction. That is the assessment of Neoen, the French…

Total 0 Shares The bid to kick fossil gas out of Australian homes, electrify everything and power it with solar is off and running in New South Wales, with the launch of an $8 million pilot to decarbonise three local communities across…

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 15 Shares Italian energy giant Enel Green Power says it has received connection approval for what it is describing as the “very first” solar and battery hybrid project in Australia. The approval was granted for an unidentified…

Total 1 Shares This year has seen a seismic shift in the pace of the energy transition. The accelerating momentum of 2022 now leaves Australia well capitalised to embrace the huge opportunities of decarbonisation, be that more energy…

Total 102 Shares South Australia has just chalked up what is undoubtedly a world first – a run of more than 10 consecutive days over which the average production of wind and solar accounted for 100 per cent of local demand. No other…

Total 2 Shares Australian solar thermal technology developer Vast Solar says it has put in an order for 13,500 sodium-ion batteries to form part of its proposed solar and storage facility at the Queensland mining centre of Mt Isa. The…