Australia is one of the world leaders when it comes to adoption of rooftop solar. Australia has done so well that nearly 1 in 3 homes in Australia covered in solar panels! As Zach covered in a recent article, rooftop solar panels combine for approximately 20 gigawatts (GW) of power … [continued]
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has announced $176 million in conditional funding for 8 grid-scale battery projects across Australia. Recent technological advancements and price reductions in the battery storage sector mean that large utility-scale projects are now more viable. We hope to see more GW/GWh scale energy storage projects taking … [continued]
An abandoned gold mine in far north Queensland is set to become the world’s first co-located solar and pumped storage hydropower plant. The 250 MW Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro Project, 270 km northwest of Townsville, is the first pumped hydro power station to be built in Australia in almost 40 … [continued]
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has committed AU$9 million to 11 large-scale wind and solar projects which will trial providing their own short-term generation forecasting, which in turn is intended to enable further capability development.
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency announced this week that it will invest in the country’s first Business Renewables Centre which will aim to help businesses and local governments procure 1 gigawatt (GW) of renewable energy by 2022 and 5 GW by 2030.
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has this week launched a $7 million funding initiative that is designed to test and prove how renewable energy technologies can better provide grid stability and security services.
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency announced Thursday that it was launching a new AUD$12.5 million funding initiative for pilot projects and studies that focus on integrating distributed energy resources into the electricity system.
The Australian Government is moving forward with plans to investigate the possibility of constructing a second Basslink interconnector between Tasmania and the mainland in a move which could bring to reality dreams of turning the country’s southern-most state into the “battery of Australia.”
Once EV batteries reach the end of their life, and struggle to provide the driving range and acceleration required of motor transport, there is still 80 per cent of their storage capability. Australian company Relectrify aims to make use of these batteries for homes.
Gullen Range is one of a number of co-located wind and solar projects that are being built in order to share infrastructure such as roads, power lines and telecommunications, and so lower costs, and also because of the way their output can complement the other.
