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Huge new battery will be able to power South Pacific island for three hours a day, and pave way for more solar

France is building one of its biggest batteries on its territory in New Caledonia, where it will help wean the nickel mining island off coal and oil.
Joshua S Hill
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Huge Queensland pumped hydro project gets federal green tick to begin stage one works

One of Australia’s biggest proposed pumped hydro projects has been given a federal green tick to undertake exploratory works in Queensland’s Gympie region.
Sophie Vorrath
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Australia’s most powerful battery put on standby to prevent blackouts with four big coal units offline
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Australia’s most powerful battery put on standby to prevent blackouts with four big coal units offline

Market operator turns to country’s most powerful battery to guarantee supplies with one third of the NSW coal fleet offline in the middle of a heatwave.
Giles Parkinson
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Ulinda Park battery.
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One of Australia’s biggest battery storage developers completes its first project

Akaysha completes its first big battery project, one of two supplied by a US company that has since sought bankruptcy protection.
Giles Parkinson
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Two new big batteries energised on grid, underlining speed and scale of storage rollout

Two new big battery projects have been energised on Australia’s main grid in the past few days, underlining the speed and scale of the storage rollout in Australia.
Giles Parkinson & Sophie Vorrath
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Wind, solar and batteries smash output records in midst of pre-Christmas heatwave
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Wind, solar and batteries smash output records in midst of pre-Christmas heatwave

Near-record demand creates important window into how much renewable capacity is available across the system when load is high.
Geoff Eldridge
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Huge new battery will be able to power South Pacific island for three hours a day, and pave way for more solar
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Huge new battery will be able to power South Pacific island for three hours a day, and pave way for more solar

France is building one of its biggest batteries on its territory in New Caledonia, where it will help wean the nickel mining island off coal and oil.
Joshua S Hill
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Australia’s most powerful battery put on standby to prevent blackouts with four big coal units offline
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Australia’s most powerful battery put on standby to prevent blackouts with four big coal units offline

Market operator turns to country’s most powerful battery to guarantee supplies with one third of the NSW coal fleet offline in the middle of a heatwave.
Giles Parkinson
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Cheaper Home Batteries scheme faced $14 billion bill before rebate changes cut it in half
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Cheaper Home Batteries scheme faced $14 billion bill before rebate changes cut it in half

Labor sheds light on just how hot the Cheaper Home Batteries rebate has been running, and just how much money can be saved by pushing smaller systems.
Sophie Vorrath
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Huge Queensland pumped hydro project gets federal green tick to begin stage one works
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Huge Queensland pumped hydro project gets federal green tick to begin stage one works

One of Australia’s biggest proposed pumped hydro projects has been given a federal green tick to undertake exploratory works in Queensland’s Gympie region.
Sophie Vorrath
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Tomago and beyond: Why Australia will celebrate Snowy 2.0 – someday
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Tomago and beyond: Why Australia will celebrate Snowy 2.0 – someday

Snowy 2.0 is a century-scale asset in a world built on short cycles. It will continue operating long after today’s battery farms have been replaced many times
Rick McElhinney
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Kidston becomes first pumped hydro project to be registered in Australia’s main grid in 40 years
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Kidston becomes first pumped hydro project to be registered in Australia’s main grid in 40 years

Kidston pumped hydro plant enters AEMO management system, becoming the first pumped hydro plant to join Australia’s grid in more than 40 years.
Giles Parkinson
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Australia’s second biggest battery shows signs of life, turning coal centre into massive battery bank
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Australia’s second biggest battery shows signs of life, turning coal centre into massive battery bank

The second two gigawatt-hour battery to be built in the old coal town of Collie has started operations – part of an extraordinary transformation of the town into a massive storage bank.
Giles Parkinson
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Australian concentrated solar thermal hopeful put into voluntary administration, buyers sought
Renewables

Australian concentrated solar thermal hopeful put into voluntary administration, buyers sought

Plans for a huge concentrated solar thermal project near Port Augusta dealt new blow, this time with new of an Australian company put into administration.
Giles Parkinson
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Coal giant snaps up solar thermal project in landmark deal for long duration storage technology
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Coal giant snaps up solar thermal project in landmark deal for long duration storage technology

AGL snaps up a newly approved concentrated solar thermal project as it considers long duration storage options in first grid to reach 100 pct net renewables.
Giles Parkinson
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Australian researchers to trial flat-packed, lower-cost concentrated solar technology
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Australian researchers to trial flat-packed, lower-cost concentrated solar technology

Australian researchers say deployment of lower cost, flat-packed concentrated solar tech will “transform” the industrial heat sector.
Matthew Biss
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RayGen raises $127m as local solar thermal hopeful prepares for global stage
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RayGen raises $127m as local solar thermal hopeful prepares for global stage

Local and international energy giants back major fundraising round for Australian solar and thermal energy storage hopeful, RayGen.
Sophie Vorrath
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