The government, through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), is providing $100 million in grants for large-scale battery energy storage projects of 70MW or larger to provide essential system stability services to the electricity grid.
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Renewable Energy Sector Board to boost local manufacturing and jobs
In a press statement by the NSW government, local jobs and manufacturing opportunities in the renewable energy industry are set to boom following the launch of the NSW’s first Renewable Energy Sector
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Toxic water ‘cleaned’ by electricity
University of Sydney engineers have used electricity to clean up heavily polluted industrial wastewater. They hope the findings will help wineries, pharmaceutical manufacturers and other industries that
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Two operating units at Muja Power Station to be retired
The Western Australian government has announced that two of four operating units at Synergy’s Muja Power Station will be retired from October 2022, a move which it says will protect against higher
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Gannawarra battery now operating in North Western Victoria
Australia’s largest integrated battery and solar farm is now storing clean energy from the Gannawarra Solar Farm and providing power to the Victoria’s energy grid.
The Andrews Labor Government
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ANU scientists demonstrate electricity-generating potential of ultra-thin 2D materials
Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have, for the first time, demonstrated the maximum potential of ultra-thin 2D materials to generate electricity using sunlight.
According to the
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New grid-scale battery powering South Australia
A new grid-scale battery is now up and running at the Dalrymple substation on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula.
Construction of the 30 MW / 8 MWh grid-scale battery was completed in April 2018. The
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Renewables to have 33 per cent share of Australia’s electricity market by 2020
Renewable energy is on track to supply more than a third of the power in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) by 2020 thanks to a combination of large-scale renewable projects and Australia’s
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Melbourne manufacturer receives milestone energy grant
Victorian manufacturer Planex has become the 50th business to benefit from the state’s Energy Assessment Grant, aimed at reducing energy costs and waste.
The Melbourne-based furniture manufacturer has
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Five-minute settlement for electricity spot prices – with a catch
The Australian Energy Market Commission today made a final rule to change the settlement period for the electricity spot price from 30 minutes to five minutes. The only catch is that it won’t come into
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