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Record battery discharge is flattening the NEM's duck curve and displacing gas, but the resulting price suppression is now squeezing storage operators' own profit margins.
New National Electricity Market data indicates solar-charged batteries are discharging at record volumes, driving down wholesale power prices and displacing high-cost gas generation during peak demand periods.
Increased deployment of utility-scale and residential storage across the National Electricity Market has successfully mitigated the solar duck curve, leading to lower wholesale electricity prices. However, this price suppression is simultaneously reducing the arbitrage profit margins previously available to large-scale battery operators.
OX2 has commenced construction on the 119MW Muswellbrook Solar Farm and 156MW/312MWh battery storage facility at a former coal mine site. This project represents the first major generation and storage asset to begin physical works for connection to the Hunter Renewable Energy Zone in New South Wales.
Australian farmers are increasingly adopting on-site wind and solar infrastructure to produce their own fertiliser and fuel. This shift aims to mitigate the impact of doubled input costs for diesel and nutrients while fostering greater regional acceptance of renewable energy technologies.
Battery energy storage degradation guarantees need to evolve as the surrounding market does, writes Faisal Mohd at Envision Energy Australia.
Perdaman and Asahi Kasei are advancing electrolysis projects in Australia and Japan, while JCB's Hydromax vehicle established a new hydrogen-powered speed record. Additionally, Egyptian researchers have created novel catalysts to generate hydrogen from plastic waste, and Sunfire progressed its electrolysis initiatives in Germany.
Bureau of Meteorology research head Karl Braganza outlines the implications of the approaching El Niño weather pattern for the Australian energy landscape. The briefing also covers emerging renewable projects in the New England region and current developments regarding national transmission infrastructure.
The Australian government's First Nations Clean Energy Strategy pilot program will provide financial support to help two remote renewable energy projects reach financial close. This initiative aims to overcome investment barriers for Indigenous-led developments while delivering both local power generation and economic returns.
Kia is launching its 2026 EV4 electric sedan in Australia, featuring a 612km driving range and a starting price of $59,190. The new model enters the local market as a high-range competitor in the growing electric passenger vehicle segment.
ACEN Australia is nearing completion of a 50MW/100MWh battery energy storage system located adjacent to the 720MW New England Solar Farm in New South Wales. The project reaches this milestone as grid-level curtailment for solar generation begins to decline across the region.
Construction has started on a two-hour big battery that is being coupled with an existing solar farm and will share its connection to the grid in northern Victoria.
New Zealand enjoyed a record year for solar additions in 2025, buoyed by the commissioning of seven utility-scale plants. An additional 930 MW of solar is due to come online over the next three years.
Our ez2view alerts notified me that Tamar Valley CCGT in Tasmania finally came offline on Thursday morning 20th August 2026 (after an operational period of more than 30 days).
Tougher rules to protect Australia's environment have been welcomed by developers, but conservation groups say they fall short of the changes needed.
By mixing different air layers, wind turbines can make surface air temperatures slightly warmer at night but they don't cause long term soil drying.
Wood Mackenzie forecasts that India's battery energy storage supply chain will face a decade-long delay in achieving cell self-sufficiency. Despite government ambitions, a significant gap persists between national policy goals and actual operational manufacturing capacity.
Austria intends to restructure its solar subsidies starting in 2027, pivoting financial support from standard photovoltaic installations toward battery storage and energy management. The government is targeting 8 GW of market-oriented storage capacity by 2030 to enhance grid stability and system integration.
Jiangsu Province in eastern China has surpassed 100 GW of installed solar PV capacity, becoming the country’s first provincial-level region to reach the milestone, with distributed solar accounting for nearly 70% of capacity.
Chinese solar wafer prices have risen sharply due to robust international demand and increased downstream purchasing, while the polysilicon market exhibits early signs of price stabilization. These upstream shifts in the Chinese supply chain indicate a potential end to recent price declines for global solar component procurement.
The Saudi Power Procurement Company, also known as the Principal Buyer, has signed four storage service agreements for the first group of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects.
Entergy Arkansas has started construction on the Ironwood Power Station, a 446MW natural gas facility located at the Lake Catherine site.
An international research team developed a porous silicon dioxide coating for PV cover glass that combines anti-reflection with passive radiative cooling, increasing solar transmittance while enhancing mid-infrared emissivity.
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has released a proposal for the next phase of its Garden State Energy Storage Programme (GSESP) consisting of approximately 150MW of energy storage capacity in the US state.
Websol Energy System is upgrading a 600 MW PERC cell line to 750 MW TOPCon, raising its total cell capacity to around 1.35 GW by March 2027.
Why should people take ESS Inc and its pivot to sodium-ion BESS seriously, having failed to deliver on its iron flow battery promises since going public in 2021? We catch up with new CEO Drew Buckley about how he hopes to turn the ship around.
Providing e-scooter and e-bike riders more convenient parking options could make more of a difference than cutting the price of a ride.
Hindustan Power has completed financial closure for a 435MW-peak (MWp)/300MW solar power project located in the Lalitpur district of Uttar Pradesh (UP), India.
This week Women in Solar+ Europe gives voice to Janine Wirth, Founder and Managing Director of Germany's Ilanco GmbH.
Kostal’s Plenticore BI 25 is a 25 kW AC-coupled battery inverter for commercial and high-end residential systems, with three-phase backup power up to 25 kVA and peak efficiency of 98.3%.
Allegro Energy has entered a strategic partnership with Jena Batteries and its parent company Suqian Time Energy Technology.
Safety experts ping makers of one of Australia's first electric ute models for having fewer airbags than advertised.
The installation of all 23 caissons for the Princess Elisabeth Energy Island has been completed 45km off the Belgian coast in the North Sea.
Chinese company unveils a 350-tonne electric truck the company says is the largest-tonnage battery electric mining truck in China - and so likely the world.
EcoFlow starts the rollout of its new Stream series with the Stream 5000 launching in the UK.
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