Utilities

Total 0 Shares EnergyAustralia has released the details of its proposed first pumped hydro project – most of which will now be hidden from view – as it seeks to fast-track its big battery plans and lock in its first giant battery in…

Total 0 Shares The federal Labor government has effectively abandoned the long standing renewable energy target and will take a hands-on policy approach through a series of auctions to secure 32GW of new wind, solar and storage capacity…

Total 0 Shares I recently wrote an article for the Financial Review (The “Community” Battery Ponzi Scheme) that’s deeply critical of so called “community” batteries, which in reality should be called power network monopoly batteries. I…

Total 0 Shares The global electric car and storage monolith Tesla is getting ready to take on Australia’s legacy utilities in what would be a landmark move for the local grid and for consumers, and potentially disruptive for the…

Mining giant BHP says it plans to build around 550MW of wind, solar and battery storage in the Pilbara as part of a $4 billion plan to electrify and decarbonise its global mining operations, and save money while doing so. The plans were…

Total 0 Shares A second very large battery began operations for the first time on Australia’s main grid this week as the country’s transition from fossil fuel based generation to wind, solar and storage made new milestones. The 150MW,…

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 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 3 Shares Major Australian gentailer AGL Energy has closed the chapter on a year of “significant challenges,” including a significant dint to underlying profits, with a view to focus growth and spending on big batteries and…

Total 18 Shares The first CATL batteries have been installed on what will be the biggest utility scale battery storage project in Western Australia’s main grid, the most isolated grid of its size in the world. The 100MW/200MWh Kwinana…