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A 1.6 GWh compressed air project gets the green light in Broken Hill, as debates over transmission cost recovery and community battery rollouts define the storage landscape.
A 200 MW / 1,600 MWh compressed air energy storage facility in Broken Hill has received AEMO registration approval. Developed by Hydrostor, the Silver City Energy Storage Centre is designed to provide eight hours of backup capacity to stabilize the local grid and mitigate frequent power outages.
ARENA has reached a 100-unit milestone for its community battery program and allocated $23.2 million toward three additional projects under a second funding round. These initiatives aim to enhance local grid stability and support increased rooftop solar integration across Australian neighborhoods.
The New South Wales government is investigating electricity tariff reforms designed to incentivise large industrial gas consumers to transition toward thermal energy storage technologies. This policy initiative aims to lower decarbonisation costs for major businesses by leveraging off-peak power for industrial heat requirements.
Victoria’s former energy minister warns that cancelling the VNI-West transmission project and associated renewable infrastructure would lead to substantial spikes in consumer electricity costs. The project remains a critical component of the state's strategy to integrate new generation and maintain price stability.
The Australian Energy Regulator has rejected Transgrid’s proposal to revise its revenue determination to recover over $1 billion in cost overruns from Project EnergyConnect. While the regulator is currently dissatisfied with the recovery plan, it has not entirely excluded the possibility of the network operator recouping these expenses through alternative regulatory mechanisms.
Hydrostor has secured grid connection approval for its 200 MW/1,600 MWh Silver City compressed-air energy storage project in Broken Hill, New South Wales.
Major leadership transitions are underway across Australia's energy sector, with new Chief Executive Officers appointed at CS Energy, the Clean Energy Regulator, Ark Energy, and Western Power. Additional senior personnel changes and new hires have also been confirmed at the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, AEMO, the AEMC, Sunshine, and OptiGrid.
The New South Wales Coalition Opposition's energy and climate change spokesperson, has announced his retirement from politics just half a year out from the state election.
ARENA has reached a milestone with the installation of its 100th community battery and announced funding for three additional storage projects across Australia. These initiatives form part of the agency's broader Community Batteries Funding Initiative to enhance local grid stability and solar integration.
Element Zero has secured a $5 million ARENA grant to expand its Perth-based demonstration facility, which utilizes a low-temperature electrolysis process to convert iron ore into high-purity green iron. The funding supports the scale-up of a pilot plant capable of producing five tonnes of iron per day, aiming to decarbonize heavy industry by processing various ore grades.
Frontier Energy says it has secured all major contracts to start construction later this month on the first stage of what will be state's largest solar and battery hybrid.
An NRMA study indicates a shift in Australian consumer sentiment toward electric vehicles, with only 17% of respondents expressing no interest in the technology. Despite this growing demand, the motoring group notes that outdated perceptions and misinformation regarding ownership costs and infrastructure continue to hinder broader adoption rates.
Global web services giant signs its first ever standalone battery "tolling" agreement, globally, in a deal with a battery project in East Gippsland, Victoria.
Range Rover says its first fully electric model is also its most powerful, with a driving range and top price that nearly matches in terms of dollars and kilometres.
Earth is on track to exceed 1.5 degrees of warming within years, the United Nations has warned, exposing communities to more extreme weather.
The European Commission authorized Germany's €35.2 billion capacity mechanism to fund power generation, storage, and demand-side response through competitive tenders. New gas-fired facilities must be hydrogen-ready and achieve climate neutrality by 2045 to qualify for the state-backed support scheme.
The European Commission and EIB have approved a €2 billion fund to support grid interconnections, renewable energy, storage and electric mobility across Greece’s islands.
HyperStrong and power generator LEAG have commenced construction on a 400MW/1,600MWh battery energy storage system in Germany under a turnkey contract. Simultaneously, Sunotec has begun building a separate 441MWh storage facility within the German market.
Texas Instruments has launched the BQ79826Z-Q1, a 26-channel battery monitor featuring integrated electrochemical impedance spectroscopy to enhance LFP cell health diagnostics for grid-scale storage. The technology aims to improve BESS safety and reduce system costs, with commercial deployment expected by 2027.
Canadian Solar delivered 3.7GWh of battery energy storage systems in Q2 2026, representing a 73% annual increase in shipments. The manufacturer is currently testing a new sodium-ion battery product designed to exceed 15,000 cycles.
Solar cells, encapsulants, glass, backsheets, and virtually every PV module component have seen rapid changes and improvements over the past 10 years.
Fervo Energy has entered into a 396MW power purchase agreement (PPA) with Google to support the ongoing development of the Cape Station enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) GeoCluster in Beaver County, Utah, US.
Sungrow reported a 28.99% year-on-year revenue decline and a 32.01% drop in net profit for the first half of 2024, despite battery storage shipments reaching 25GWh and surpassing its solar business in total earnings.
ONE Nuclear Energy has executed a binding letter of intent to develop a 2.88GW natural gas plant and 700MW/2.88GWh energy storage system, co-located with a high-capacity data centre campus.
BW ESS has purchased two standalone utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Spain with a combined capacity of 126MW / up to 675MWh.
South Korean researchers have demonstrated a small-scale solar seasonal thermal storage system integrated with heat pumps for greenhouse heating over three years.
France is solidifying its reliance on nuclear power generation and accelerating energy storage deployment to bolster grid stability.
Infinity Power and Hassan Allam have entered into a PPA with the EETC for the development of a 1GW wind project in Red Sea Governorate.
Australia is experiencing a "structural shift" as Tesla electric vehicle sales surge again and the ABS notes the role of EVs in boosting economic growth.
The Italian government has granted national strategic interest status to an Energy Vault AI data centre project in Sardinia. The development integrates hybrid energy storage technologies to support the facility's power requirements.
Research by the International Renewable Energy Agency finds over 397,000 settlements across the four countries could be served by mini-grids with batteries.
Two VPP bills are awaiting California Governor Gavin Newsom’s signature, meanwhile, Octopus Energy US has completed its investment in Uplight.
Construction has commenced on the 347MWdc SunRoper Solar project in Wharton County, Texas, US, following a groundbreaking ceremony.
DRC access to historical geological records held in Belgium; can AI turn them into a resource for mineral exploration; DRC colonial records
Australia's carbon credit scheme is working, according to a review, but some of the nation's biggest polluters have become its biggest customers.
BESS owner-operator BW ESS has progressed large-scale projects in Italy and Spain, totalling almost 1.2GWh and set to come online in 2027/28.
What happens if a wildfire affects a ready-to-build (RTB) solar project? Can developers recover their financial guarantees if the project becomes unviable? Jochen Beckmann, a lawyer at Rödl Barcelona, analyzes the key legal and administrative implica…
if you ever needed proof the EV transition has hit the big time – a quick visit to your nearest hardware store will provide it.
The two African nations opened digital platforms for embedded generation applications this week. Eswatini’s covers applications up to 2 MW, while Namibia’s accepts applications up to 500 kW.
Researchers in India found that dust during robotic cleaning can dramatically accelerate the degradation of hydrophobic antisoiling coatings on PV modules.
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