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Western Australia greenlights a massive 4.8 GWh battery, leading a national surge in long-duration storage projects as developers race to firm the grid.
Western Australian authorities approved an 800 MW / 4,800 MWh battery storage facility, while a separate proposal for an eight-hour duration project has entered the development pipeline. These developments target long-duration storage capacity within the state's isolated grid infrastructure.
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has committed an additional $95.4 million in funding to the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP), securing Australia’s global leadership in solar PV research and innovation.
New Zealand’s Transpower has received final regulatory approval to proceed with NZ$1.1bn upgrade of its HVDC inter-island electricity link.
The Australian government is providing nearly $53 million to retrofit a coal-fired cement kiln to utilize wood waste and discarded tyres as fuel sources. Critics argue the investment represents poor environmental and economic policy despite its aim to reduce reliance on traditional fossil fuels in manufacturing.
BLT Energy has secured development approval for its Red Gully battery project in Western Australia, a 800MW facility with 4,800MWh of storage capacity.
Australian Energy Market Commission Chair Anna Collyer is reviewing network tariff structures and the guaranteed revenue mechanisms for monopoly providers. The evaluation addresses how pricing models impact consumer costs and the integration of distributed energy resources across the national grid.
Eku Energy has referred two 300MW/1,200MWh battery storage facilities for federal environmental assessment under the EPBC Act. These four-hour duration projects represent a significant expansion of the developer's Australian storage pipeline.
Energy Estate has proposed the 1,000 MW Lake Dalrymple Wind Farm in North Queensland, marking the developer's second gigawatt-scale renewable energy submission within a single week.
Local governments are advocating for a national climate compensation fund financed by a levy on coal, oil, and gas companies. The proposed pool would offset escalating expenses related to disaster response and infrastructure adaptation across Australian municipalities.
RenewEconomy argues that sluggish execution of the renewable transition, rather than the shift itself, is the primary driver of rising Australian electricity costs. The analysis suggests that accelerating clean energy deployment is essential to mitigating consumer price increases and ensuring economic stability.
Gina Rinehart and her political protege Pauline Hanson launch new attack on wind and solar, and take swipes at Andrew Forrest, but investment choices can trump ideology.
In a new weekly update for pv magazine , Solcast, a DNV company, reports that a developing El Niño is expected to strengthen through 2026, shifting global solar irradiance patterns with regional gains in India, eastern Australia, and parts of Africa…
Australia loves a ute, but could an electric van actually make more sense? We review the Kia PV5, a purpose-built electric van built on Kia’s E-GMP.S dedicated EV platform.
Attorney-general report highlights board and management failings in the blown out Snowy 2.0 project, and points to yet more delays.
I can see the Model Y L being a very popular car in Australia, helping the Model Y to stay on top of the EV charts for the foreseeable future.
Polysilicon prices in China have dropped for three straight weeks as manufacturers lower costs to clear excess inventory. This downward trend follows increased production output in June, which has heightened supply expectations across the global solar supply chain.
Search4Solar CEO Bart Wansink reports that the European solar module market is shifting away from two years of extreme oversupply toward leaner inventories and disciplined production. This transition marks the end of continuous price declines, requiring procurement strategies to prioritise supply security and timing over expectations of further cost reductions.
A new IEA report shows that demand for hydrogen worldwide surpassed 100 million tonnes in 2025, while production of low-emissions hydrogen grew by 20% to almost 1 million tonnes.
Pattern Energy has commenced full operations at its SunZia renewable energy development, which features a 3,650MW wind generation facility located in the United States.
Permanent Power Company, part of CIM Group, has closed an approximately $600m construction financing facility to advance its Grape solar and energy storage project in California.
BBNR Capital Management argues that battery storage assets are evolving into hardware-backed trading platforms, where investors must utilize artificial intelligence and real-options frameworks to navigate increasing market volatility and optimize financial returns.
Skyborn Renewables and Amazon have reached an agreement on a 600MW power purchase agreement (PPA) for electricity from the Gennaker offshore wind farm, located in the German Baltic Sea.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU says its energy storage systems in production (ESiP) analyzer can enable the use of close to half of electricity generated on-site.
FlexGen and Eos Energy Enterprises, two US energy storage sector companies with different specialisations, have entered the European market.
Eurelectric reports that long-duration energy storage technologies are gaining commercial viability as a critical flexibility solution for the European power grid. The industry body suggests these systems are increasingly capable of supporting network stability as the continent transitions its energy mix.
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In a new weekly update for pv magazine , OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.
This week, Women in Solar+ Europe (WiSEu) reflects on one of the most pressing challenges facing the energy transition: leadership.
The company’s new FusionSolar9.0 solution boosts yield and reduces LCOE for the full lifecycle of large-scale power plants, according to Zhang Xingzhong, President of Utility, Commercial & Industrial Solar Business, Huawei Digital Power.
The result was validated by China’s Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Manufactured in New York, the materials aim to speed up component assembly and reduce costs by enabling laser welding for housing enclosures.
We get behind the wheel of the Kia PV5 to find out whether lower running costs, secure cargo space and V2L can tempt buyers away from the established diesel workhorses.
Tesla launches latest FSD Supervised software as owners of eligible cars are excited to see what it delivers.