Utilities

Total 56 Shares Queensland government owned generator CS Energy is to build a 200MW/400MWh big battery at the Greenbank sub-station on the south-side of Brisbane as part of the state’s “battery blitz” announced following the explosion…

As Australia surpasses three million rooftop solar installations, households looking to buy a battery storage system or electric vehicle can be part of a new kind of power plant bringing about faster, cheaper decarbonisation.In the future,…

The wolf is always at the door for rooftop solar. This time, FPL aims to crush solar choice and solar jobs once and for all. Originally published on cleanenergy.org.By George Cavros The monopoly utilities are at it again. Florida Power and…

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…

Clean energy producer Tag Energy is to build two new 50MW battery storage projects in the United Kingdom, both of which will use Tesla Megapack lithium-ion batteries. Tag Energy acquired a 60% stake in the two 50MW, two hour battery…

Genex Power says will purchase 40 Tesla Megapack battery units for its 50MW/100MWh Bouldercombe big battery in Queensland, which will become one of the largest standalone battery storage projects in Australia.Genex will use the latest…

I recently wrote an article about the threat to rooftop solar net metering — and thus rooftop solar power growth — in California. Then, a few days later, one of our editors found and published “347 Organizations Sign Letter to Protect…

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…

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…

Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists.By Joseph Daniel, Senior energy analyst When I came to UCS three years ago, coal self-commitment—the practice of coal plants running when cheaper (and cleaner) resources are available on…