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NEM prices crater 40% as project funding questions loom. The sharp weekly price drop highlights the grid's rapid change, while ARENA's budget cuts cast a shadow over the battery development pipeline.
The energy transition is well underway, and it’s on a better trajectory than it was a couple of years ago. Households and grid battery developers are doing a lot of heavy lifting, and a burst of projects hit full output in the June quarter.
ARENA is evaluating remaining applications for the terminated $500 million Battery Breakthrough Initiative following a $358 million federal budget cut. While only $49 million has been allocated to date—including a recent $45 million grant to Sicona—the agency continues due diligence on existing submissions to determine eligibility for the residual funds.
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced up to $45 million in funding to support Sicona Battery Technologies (Sicona) to demonstrate manufacturing of its advanced silicon-carbon battery anode material, SiCx®.
OptiGrid analysis of South Australia’s June 21 price cap event highlights how algorithm performance and state-of-charge management caused varied financial outcomes for battery operators during the $20,300/MWh peak. The report emphasizes that real-time bidding complexities, rather than hindsight, determined which storage assets successfully captured extreme volatility.
A UNSW pilot will test the ability of an artificial intelligence-powered energy system to help expand access to rooftop solar and battery storage for those living in apartments.
The Australian Energy Market Operator indicates that limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require the domestic grid to cease all coal-fired generation by 2034. This transition necessitates a significant acceleration in the deployment of solar capacity and energy storage systems across the nation.
RES Australia has secured Victorian planning approval for the Watta Wella Renewable Energy Hub, featuring a 315MW wind farm and a 400MW/800MWh battery. The developer modified the original proposal by removing a 625MW solar farm component to address environmental concerns and site constraints.
Australian utility AGL Energy has submitted a 100MWh BESS in New South Wales for federal environmental assessment under the EPBC Act.
This week marks the launch of federal Labor's Solar Sharer Offer. Here's how it will work, and why not all households should take up the offer of three hours of free power.
Equinor plans to exit the Japanese offshore wind sector and shutter its Tokyo operations by late 2026. This strategic withdrawal marks the end of the Norwegian energy major's direct involvement in Japan's renewable energy development pipeline.
Envision has signed a 660MWh BESS supply agreement with SOLA Group and construction company WBHO in South Africa's Free State.
The Mexican government's new electricity expansion strategy targets 32 GW of additional capacity by 2030, with renewables comprising 22 GW of that total. This infrastructure build-out is expected to require $42 billion in investment.
The German government is evaluating regulatory constraints on Chinese-made inverters to mitigate potential cybersecurity threats to its energy infrastructure. Potential actions include implementing European Union-wide standards and intensifying investment screening to reduce reliance on foreign technology in critical power systems.
The sixth round of calls for EU cross-border renewable energy projects looking to obtain priority status is open until October 6.
A 103 MW solar farm, currently the largest in Italy, has commenced operations and is expected to deliver electricity to the national market through power purchase agreements.
The European Union (EU) has announced a tripartite agreement to accelerate energy storage deployments in the next two years.
Two recent microgrid projects highlight the expanding role of flow batteries, with Quino Energy deploying organic flow batteries in the Maldives and the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians integrating zinc hybrid cathode storage in Northern California.
Brazilian grid operator ONS anticipates a 20% reduction in electricity demand during a FIFA World Cup match, prompting operational reinforcements to maintain stability. Industry body ABSolar is utilizing the event to advocate for enhanced system flexibility to better integrate the nation's growing renewable energy capacity.
EDF has signed an agreement with private equity firm KKR that gives KKR an irrevocable right to acquire EDF Power Solutions’ operations and assets in the US and Canada.
With its new OASIS 3.0 home energy management system (HEMS), unveiled at Intersolar 2026 in Munich last week, EcoFlow targets the rapidly expanding European residential energy market.
Skyborn Renewables has acquired all shares in the 111MW Nordergründe offshore wind farm in Germany, taking full ownership of the project.
Ofgem has provisionally selected 16 long-duration electricity storage (LDES) projects to move forward under its cap and floor support scheme.
Kyocera has begun testing perovskite solar modules developed by Sekisui Chemical across six of its facilities in Japan.
Researchers developed a daylight electroluminescence imaging method that enables detection of low-energy glass cracks in PV modules using motion-enhanced SWIR drone imaging.
Panasonic has launched a residential CO₂ (R744) air-to-water heat pump range designed for efficient hot water production, even in low ambient temperatures, using natural carbon dioxide refrigerant.
Sunoyster Systems has presented the PVbondi lightweight glass-glass module, designed for low-load-bearing roofs.