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A wave of major battery projects comes online across the NEM, as a 72% weekly price spike underscores the urgent need for firming capacity.
A Victorian parliamentary inquiry has identified urgent energy policy failures affecting apartment residents, highlighting the potential for plug-in balcony solar and building-integrated PV to reduce costs. The report emphasizes that high-rise occupants currently face significant barriers to accessing renewable energy compared to detached housing.
The National Electricity Market's shift toward energy-limited battery storage and consumer demand participation is increasing the necessity for precise operational forecasting to prevent inefficient dispatch. Current inaccuracies cause batteries to miss peak price windows, potentially necessitating a larger storage fleet and reducing profitability for asset owners.
Clean Energy Finance Corporation CEO Ian Learmonth indicates that while the green transition for the Tomago Smelter is expected to facilitate major wind projects, specific funding arrangements for the required renewable capacity remain unresolved.
Clean Energy Finance Corporation CEO Ian Learmonth anticipates a recovery in large-scale wind project deliveries throughout 2024. The financier is also exploring support for the Tomago aluminium smelter's transition to 100% renewable energy amid reports of significant utility profit margins.
Ausgrid has commenced construction on its inaugural 10MW/20MWh grid-scale battery in Newcastle, New South Wales. The Steel River project marks the distribution network service provider's first entry into utility-scale energy storage to support local grid stability.
BW ESS has acquired the 250MW/1GWh Yanco battery energy storage project in the Riverina region of New South Wales from local developer ACEnergy. This four-hour duration storage asset represents a significant expansion of the firm's Australian portfolio.
New S-curve modelling indicates that renewable energy generation could entirely displace coal from Australia's power grid by 2032. While the data suggests a rapid technological transition is achievable, the analysis questions if this pace aligns with broader climate targets.
Australian developer Edify Energy has reached financial close on the Ganymirra and Majors Creek solar-plus-storage projects near Townsville in North Queensland, featuring 360MWp of solar generation and 300MW/1,200MWh of battery storage.
Origin Energy has launched commercial operations at its 300MW/650MWh Mortlake battery energy storage system located in south-west Victoria. The large-scale facility provides critical firming capacity to the National Electricity Market by storing excess renewable generation for peak demand periods.
Edify Energy has secured financial close for its Ganymirra and Majors Creek hybrid assets in North Queensland, which combine solar generation with battery storage technology.
The 100MW/200MWh Chinchilla Battery in Queensland has successfully finished its final commissioning stage ahead of its original timeline. Located adjacent to the Kogan Creek power station, the CS Energy-owned asset is now fully operational and capable of discharging at its maximum capacity into the National Electricity Market.
Casey Keller, founding partner at Caerus Commodities, shares critical lessons from optimising battery storage, ahead of the 2026 US Battery Asset Management Summit taking place in California on 15-16 September.
Squadron Energy has completed a refinancing of its Australian renewable energy portfolio, securing total debt commitments of more than AU$2.7 billion (US$1.76 billion).
The sale of a 100 kilowatt and 200 kilowatt-hour sodium-ion battery system is being claimed as an Australian first – and may herald next generation of storage tech.
Electrifying an apartment building can be complicated, but sometimes the biggest barrier is simply getting started.
In other news, the Schleswig-Holstein Ministry of Energy Transition reportedly confirmed the cancellation of the 2.1 GW HyScale 100 electrolyzer project at a German refinery, with a lack of planning certainty cited among the reasons.
Noon Energy and Sabanci Renewables have entered an agreement to deploy 1GW of multi-day energy storage technology specifically to support artificial intelligence infrastructure across the United States.
Solcast analysis of the August 12 solar eclipse reveals that irradiance losses in North America and Europe were driven by cloud cover and timing rather than just obscuration levels. Despite similar physical energy drops, the resulting electricity market price volatility varied significantly between regions, indicating that solar dimming alone does not dictate financial outcomes.
Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar, has secured $695m in project financing and tax equity to support the construction of its 330MW Cobalt Solar facility in Riverside County, California, US.
Photovoltaics rely on sunlight. Battery storage systems rely on absorbing and releasing energy precisely when the power grid needs it.
In other news, Tongwei advanced its planned acquisition of polysilicon maker Lihao Clean Energy to the final negotiation stage, while Trina Solar outlined plans for THBC mass production in H2 2026 and GW-scale perovskite tandem capacity by 2029.
KIT researchers have developed a hybrid system that combines photovoltaics and passive radiative cooling to simultaneously generate electricity, heat, and cooling from a single surface.
Software firm enSights has launched a battery economics calculator designed to help developers and operators evaluate BESS financial performance within the PJM Interconnection market. CEO Alon Maskovich emphasized that precise data accuracy is essential for navigating complex revenue streams and optimizing storage asset returns in this specific US jurisdiction.
Italian clean energy developer Limes Renewable Energy has reached the ready-to-build stage at its 200MW/1GWh Huañil project.
As power grid digitalisation grows, AI/ML-enabled predictive maintenance will boost operational efficiency, and system resilience.
This week, Women in Solar+ Europe (WiSEu) announces its first contribution to SolarPower Europe’s Solar Jobs Report 2026.
The solar coaster came to Ireland this week as EirGrid recorded an all-time high peak generation followed two days later by generation lows of 8 MW during the historic solar eclipse on August 12.
Heron Power has chosen Morgan Hill, California, as the location for its first large-scale factory, Heron Factory One, in the US.
Vikram Solar has inaugurated a 6 GW solar PV module manufacturing plant at Gangaikondan in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu.
This episode of Energy Technology considers how repurposed mines and salt caverns can provide long duration energy storage.
A research from Dubai Electricity and Water Authority have evaluated five autonomous PV cleaning robots under desert conditions.
The new tool works across geographies, manufacturer, and sites, and is design to make site planning both faster and comprehensive.
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