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Origin Energy eyes data centres for its Eraring site as soaring wind farm costs and plunging spot prices expose the economic fractures in Australia's energy transition.
Origin Energy is exploring co-locating data centres at its Eraring power station site to leverage existing battery infrastructure ahead of the coal plant's April 2029 closure. While battery projects remain on schedule, CEO Frank Calabria noted that 50% increases in wind construction costs since 2020 are complicating the financial close of the 1.5GW Yanco Delta wind farm.
The McKell Institute proposes establishing 'Sovereign Power,' a federal entity to build and own renewable assets that would supply heavy industry with electricity at cost. By leveraging a 3% government discount rate versus the private sector's 7%, the model aims to reduce power purchase agreement prices by $26/MWh to prevent further industrial bailouts.
Plans to build a massive new big battery with up to four hours of storage has secured development approval from state government authorities.
Renewable energy output reached record monthly levels across three Australian states during October, supported by increased battery storage integration. Utility-scale batteries are increasingly mitigating price volatility as wind and solar contributions expand despite prevailing drought conditions.
Snowy Hydro has commissioned a report emphasizing the strategic importance of the Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project to the national grid, signaling an anticipated further increase in the scheme's total construction costs. The government-owned utility is expected to provide a formal update on the project's budget and delivery timeline following recent project delays.
Taiwanese developer Recharge Power and Australia’s Energy Decarb have formed a joint venture to deliver a 292MWh battery storage pipeline. The strategic partnership targets the domestic solar and energy storage sectors through a collaborative development framework.
An unnamed artificial intelligence firm has selected South Australia to host the nation's largest data centre, leveraging the state's status as the first Australian jurisdiction to reach 100 percent net renewable energy. The facility is expected to significantly alter local consumption patterns and potentially mitigate instances of negative demand across the regional grid.
Demand for diesel utes and SUVs have plunged sharply, led by market leaders Toyota Hilux and Ford Ranger. Will the 70,000 lost customers ever return?
Renewable energy developers and agricultural stakeholders in western Victoria are launching initiatives to foster collaboration and demonstrate how solar and wind projects can coexist with traditional farming to enhance regional productivity.
State commits nearly $18 million to the establishment of collection, transport and processing pathways for end-of-life solar panels and batteries.
Electric vehicle adoption in Australia is accelerating rapidly, significantly reducing the market share of internal combustion engine vehicles as the transport sector shifts away from oil dependency.
Construction of the LTESA-winning battery is set to start this year after the federal government gave the project the environmental green light.
Tesla Energy’s Asia Pacific director Josef Tadich outlines the company's outlook on Australian solar expansion, the deployment of utility-scale and residential storage, and the anticipated introduction of vehicle-to-grid technology.
Australians are buying a full battery electric car every two minutes, while in the national capital the electric share has hit a record 36.5 per cent.
US solar manufacturer T1 Energy has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire vertically integrated battery energy storage system (BESS) company KORE Power.
Report from the American Clean Power Association finds told clean power capacity in the U.S. hit 370 GW in Q1, enough to power 80 million homes, while the pipeline for new projects grew 6% over the previous year.
Developers OX2, R.Power, BRUC, and Aukera have secured financing for four battery energy storage projects across Poland, Spain, and Belgium. The portfolio represents 2.2GWh of capacity and is scheduled for commercial operation in 2027.
Brazil's Ministry of Mines and Energy and the regulator Aneel have approved a new regulatory framework to facilitate the nation's inaugural energy storage auctions scheduled for 2024. These competitive tenders represent the first formal procurement process for utility-scale storage capacity within the Brazilian power market.
The European Commission says its new strategic roadmap for digitalization and AI in energy will address cybersecurity concerns by undertaking a risk assessment of solar and wind installations in the EU and reviewing the energy security of supply fram…
GE Vernova has secured a contract to provide 28 onshore wind turbines, each rated at 3.8MW, for Powerica’s 100MW Botad Wind Farm development in Gujarat, India.
Prysmian Group has completed its cable installation contract for RWE’s 1.4GW Sofia offshore wind farm on Dogger Bank in the North Sea.
TransAlta has signed a purchase and sale agreement to acquire two natural gas-fired power plants near Denver, Colorado, with a combined capacity of 318MW, for $1bn.
The International Solar Alliance has launched tenders for 220 MW of solar-plus-storage capacity in Mauritius through its new E-Marketplace platform. This initiative aims to enhance project bankability and streamline financing access for renewable energy developments within small island developing states.
Latest government data records 2,026,000 installations totaling 22.3 GW of capacity. Total installed capacity grew by 11.2% over the 12 months to the end of April 2026.
Fidra Energy has acquired the Enderby battery storage project in Leicestershire from Innova for an undisclosed amount.
ConFlow Power Group is integrating Nvidia chips into its iLamp solar streetlights to establish virtual power plants intended to offset rising energy consumption from data centers. This decentralized infrastructure approach aims to mitigate grid strain by leveraging distributed AI-managed lighting assets.
A hybrid power pilot project combining solar, batteries and hydrogen fuel cells is under development at a scientific base on King George Island to explore reducing diesel consumption in isolated research operations.
GlobalData forecasts Malaysia's solar capacity will hit 29.7 GW by 2035, with the nation expected to exceed its 2040 renewable energy objectives nine years early in 2031.
While growing cybersecurity concerns have prompted the EU to consider restrictions on funding for PV projects using inverters supplied by high-risk vendors like China, experts say India may need a more calibrated approach that strengthens security ov…
Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with Arnab Pal, executive director at nonprofit Deploy Action, about the company’s recent California polling results.
A 2.1GWh, data centre-paired vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) project in Switzerland will be among the first of its scale that represents a specific use case for the technology, the president of design partner Invinity Energy Systems told Energy-St…
The European Commission must “acknowledge the clear role of long-duration energy storage,” organisations including Energy Storage Europe and the LDES Council have urged.
The move follows a recommendation from India's Directorate General of Trade Remedies, which found that removing the duty would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of subsidized imports and material injury to domestic manufacturers.
Researchers in India built two agrivoltaics insect net houses, one with a covered roof and one without, with peppers growing underneath. The team says the arrays generated more energy than standard agrivoltaics.