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Korean company secures grid connection approval for its first big battery in Australia
A two-hour, 100 megawatt battery energy storage system has received approval to connect to the south-east Queensland grid and help stabilise it.Offshore wind turbines create all-you-can-eat havens where some fish can double in size
New study shows offshore wind turbines create different marine environments that accommodate more groups and more complexity in the oceanic food chain.
First solar-battery hybrid on Australia’s main grid is energised, and ready to send PV into evening peaks
The first large scale solar battery hybrid project to join Australia’s main grid has been energised, and is getting ready to feed stored solar into evening peaks.
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Renewables
Offshore wind turbines create all-you-can-eat havens where some fish can double in size
New study shows offshore wind turbines create different marine environments that accommodate more groups and more complexity in the oceanic food chain.
Commentary
Australia wants to add 1.8 billion tonnes of thermal coal in face of declining market conditions
Australia’s thermal coal pipeline seems dangerously misaligned with market and climate realities in a landscape of shrinking demand, growing competition, escalating costs, climate risks and labour shortages.
The gas death spiral is here: Why “user pays” could create a zombie network
The death spiral for gas networks is inevitable. Chaos is optional.
Policy & Planning
Gas power faces rapid decline in world’s biggest isolated grid, even after exit of coal, as batteries hold court
The world’s biggest isolated grid, in Western Australia, is currently the most gas dependent in the country, but this share will decline rapidly even after the exit of coal.
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