50 MWh Tesla Battery Commissioned At Australian Solar Power Plant
A 25MW/50MWh storage battery supplied by Tesla has been installed in record time as part of the Gannawarra solar power plant in Victoria, Australia.
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EnergyAustralia To Sign PPAs Worth $1.5 Billion For 500 Megawatts Of New Wind & Solar
One of Australia’s leading energy companies, EnergyAustralia, announced this week it intends to sign agreements worth AUD$1.5 billion to buy around 500 MW of power from new wind and solar around the country.
No Long-Term Future For Large Centralized Electricity Generators & Retailers, Says CEO
Originally published on RenewEconomy. The head of one of Australia’s biggest electricity networks says he sees no long-term future for large, centralised electricity generators, nor for big electricity retailers. Rob Stobbe, the CEO of SA Power Networks, says both business models will be made redundant – the generators by the … [continued]
The Real Cause Of Overcapacity: Dud Investments
Originally published on RenewEconomy One of the main arguments proffered by the owners of Australia’s fossil fuel generation fleet against the renewable energy target has been the massive over-capacity on the country’s main National Electricity Market. Last year, AGL Energy estimated this overcapacity to be around 9,000MW. The arguments put … [continued]
Renewable Energy Modeling Wars
RenewEconomy The debate over the future of Australia’s renewable energy target should properly be fought out in the public arena, among politicians, and in the mainstream media. Both seem disinterested, so the real fight is happening behind close doors, in the in-camera sessions of the RET Review panel and within … [continued]
Consumers To Take Control Of Solar Energy Supply, Usage, Storage, & Costs
Originally published on RenewEconomy. Last week we wrote that some utilities in Australia – particularly those in regional areas – accepted that the future would bring big changes to the way energy was produced and delivered, and that communities would use local renewable energy sources and storage to look after their own needs. But what … [continued]
Falling Energy Demand Impacts One Of Australia’s Biggest Utilities
Originally published on RenewEconomy. EnergyAustralia, one of the big three utilities in the country, has slumped to a loss of $350 million for calendar 2013 after slashing the value of its Yallourn brown coal generator, as well as some of its gas-fired generation assets. The write-down came as the company, … [continued]
Cutting Renewables Could Increase Electricity Bills
Originally published on RenewEconomy A new report from global research house Bloomberg New Energy Finance has punctured the rhetoric from incumbent fossil fuel generators, saying that cutting the renewable energy target would lead to an increase in electricity bills for consumers, not a reduction. Two of the biggest utilities in … [continued]
