Australian energy giant AGL has joined forces with Finland-based technology group Wärtsilä to build one of the world’s biggest big batteries at its ageing Torrens Island gas plant. The 250MW battery will be sized initially at one hour of storage but is likely to expand
A breakthrough in the development of organic solar cells, which hold the promise of being lightweight, flexible, and cheap to make, could deliver a much-needed boost in efficiency and boost the prospects for the technology’s commercialisation. Researchers from the University of Cambridge, in collaboration
Australia’s National Electricity Market achieved a new milestone on the road to renewables this week, when the combined output of small and large-scale solar exceeded that of brown and black coal generation on the grid for the first time. According to the OpenNEM data feed, solar
The patented solar glass technology of Australian clean energy innovator ClearVue Technologies has been selected for use in a greenhouse at a high-profile eco-tourism and “wellness” resort in Japan. Perth-based ClearVue said last week that it had received an order for 187 of its glazing
New South Wales transmission network operator, Transgrid, has announced it will go ahead with $180 million of upgrades to support new wind and solar projects on its grid, despite not yet having obtained regulatory investment approval. Transgrid said the fast-tracked upgrades to the transmission link
A new system that would warn ahead of too much rooftop solar in the grid – and of the need for some installations to be shut down – has been developed by the Australian Energy Market Operator. The early warning system is similar to the
Australia’s biggest wind and solar hybrid facility, the 317MW Port Augusta Renewable Energy Park (PAREP), has installed the last of its 50 wind turbines, completing construction of the massive project. The $500 million facility, which is being built by Spanish giant Iberdrola in conjunction with
US electric vehicle and battery giant, Tesla, has called on Australia’s federal government to set a 20 gigawatt energy storage target, as a mechanism to ensure the country meets its “dispatchable” power needs in the transition to a grid dominated by renewable energy generation. In
The New South Wales government is seeking to amend state planning rules to protect major regional centres from “encroaching solar and wind development,” as the state ramps up its shift to a renewable powered grid. The proposed State Environmental Planning Policy changes would limit the
More than one gigawatt of new large-scale wind, solar and energy storage projects has been registered on the National Electricity Market over the past three months, the Australian Energy Market Operator has confirmed, including two big batteries and part of Australia’s largest wind farm. AEMO