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Valent Energy commenced construction on the 300 MW Blairgowrie battery in Victoria. AEMO forecasts Australian data centre energy demand to reach 34 TWh by 2034. The AER approved the Jemena electricity pricing plan for the 2026 to 2031 period.
Reflecting on the tenth anniversary of South Australia’s 2016 system black, analysis confirms that tornado-induced transmission failures and restrictive wind farm voltage ride-through settings triggered the statewide outage.
Valent Energy has commenced construction on the 300MW/600MWh Blairgowrie battery, while Akaysha Energy has begun commissioning its 250MW/500MWh Orana BESS, adding a combined 550MW of storage capacity to the Victorian grid.
The Australian Energy Market Commission has proposed a rule change allowing distribution networks to fund and operate up to 14,000 kerbside and regional EV chargers where private investment is lacking. Under the draft determination, networks must first offer these sites to commercial operators before deploying regulated assets to address charging blackspots.
Renewables reached a 50% generation share in the NEM by late 2024, peaking at 80% in October, while supplying 45% of total demand across the 2025-26 financial year. Despite infrastructure delays, the sector is successfully replacing aging 1960s-80s thermal assets with low-cost wind and solar, positioning South Australia to target 100% net renewable generation by late 2025.
Singapore-based asset manager Equis has acquired Australian developer Solarig, securing a portfolio that includes four grid-scale battery storage projects currently under development across the country.
AGL has referred a 500 MW / 1,450 MWh battery project at the Tomago smelter site for federal environmental approval under the EPBC Act. Separately, the gentailer is investigating the feasibility of a 1,000 MW / 4,000 MWh four-hour duration storage facility near Bathurst, New South Wales.
Origin Energy has proposed a 500 MW gas and diesel peaking power station at Mortlake, Victoria, to provide firming capacity for the National Electricity Market. The project would sit alongside the company's existing 566 MW gas plant and its planned 300 MW/650 MWh battery storage facility.
AEMO forecasts Australian data centre energy demand will surge from 5TWh in FY2026 to 34TWh by 2034, potentially consuming 13% of national supply. To mitigate grid stability risks, NTT Research is developing photonic processors and nanoscale optical interconnects designed to reduce AI server power consumption by 90%.
ERM analysts warn NEM corporate buyers of a looming 2030 supply shortfall driven by expiring legacy contracts, rising data centre demand, and coal retirements. This convergence of delivery risks and increased competition suggests a tightening window for securing renewable energy procurement before the end of the decade.
Australian researchers and industry partners are collaborating to establish a commercially viable framework for repurposing degraded electric vehicle batteries into stationary energy storage systems. The initiative aims to create a standardized pathway for utilizing end-of-life automotive cells to provide essential support to the power grid.
Plans to build a 1,561 km gas pipeline from the NT Beetaloo Basin to south-east Queensland could cost as much as $9.74 billion, a new report has found, adding huge costs to a heavily polluting project.
Dan Tehan's attempt to win the climate wars carried a whiff of napalm - dropped on the Opposition itself, and of course the industry.
State government says it has no plans to water down or pause a regulated phaseout of gas from homes and businesses, despite the bidding of one of Australia's largest gas infrastructure corporations.
Original Power is leading a push to protect people using prepaid meters from being disconnected when temperatures rise above 40ºC.
Swedish floating wind innovator may build a 20 MW demonstration project in Australia using its unique vertical-axis turbines.
Nvidia has qualified three battery energy storage systems for its new AI facility reference design programme. The initiative aims to standardise power infrastructure for data centres by certifying storage hardware that meets specific technical requirements for high-performance computing environments.
Renewable energy fund manager Taaleri Energia’s SolarWind III Fund has announced an investment in the 192MW/420MWh Raudsepa battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Estonia.
Greenvolt Power has commenced construction on the 2.4GWh Siedlce battery storage facility in Poland utilizing BYD technology. Concurrently, Gore Street, Taaleri Energia, and DS1 have progressed an additional 900MWh of storage projects into the construction phase across Poland, Estonia, and Lithuania.
The Maamba solar energy project, developed by a subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Nava Limited, holds a 20-year power purchase agreement with Zambia's state utility at a tariff of $0.078/kWh.
Spain intends to distribute 11 GW of network capacity for renewable and storage installations through upcoming auctions. A specific tender for the Guardo and Velilla regions is currently drawing interest from pumped-hydro storage proponents.
Industrial energy users are navigating a trilemma of price volatility, grid reliability, and decarbonisation mandates. The sector is increasingly evaluating onsite generation and storage solutions to mitigate exposure to NEM price spikes and infrastructure constraints.
Brazilian independent power producers are advocating for the establishment of a formal battery energy storage regulatory framework and the nation's inaugural storage auction. The industry group is also seeking more transparent regulations regarding the curtailment of renewable energy generation.
Mortenson Construction reports that US utility-scale solar developers face increasing pressure to meet precise interconnection deadlines. The EPC firm identifies project scheduling and logistical adaptability as critical factors for ensuring large-scale assets successfully integrate into the grid on their contracted dates.
Germany is overhauling its electricity sector through the EEG-2027 reforms and the introduction of a new capacity market to manage rising demand. These policy shifts aim to restructure the nation's power framework and support long-term energy security.
Pacifico Energy has obtained a sea survey licence to advance the proposed Nam Trung Bo 3 offshore wind project in Lam Dong Province.
Websol Energy System has secured 21.9 hectares of land in West Bengal for a new solar manufacturing facility. The plant will have 4 GW each of solar cell and module production capacity, developed in two 2 GW phases.
German BESS developer Eco Stor has negotiated flexible connection agreements with regulators to secure grid fee compromises, aiming to stabilize the investment landscape for utility-scale storage. The developer's managing director, Georg Gallmetzer, indicates these arrangements are essential for the industry's long-term commercial viability and network integration.
The European Union is preparing to implement a Battery Passport system designed as a dynamic digital tool for tracking lifecycle data rather than a static compliance document. DigiProd Pass indicates the framework will evolve alongside technical standards to improve transparency and sustainability across the energy storage supply chain.
Rising domestic freight rates and structural material tariffs increased U.S. utility-scale and C&I solar costs in Q2 2024, despite falling module prices. Residential solar remains the only sector experiencing cost declines as hardware savings currently outweigh logistical and trade-related inflationary pressures.
Wood Mackenzie reports that the expansion of data centers is driving an improved outlook for the United States battery energy storage market across all industry segments.
That 1st of October date for go-live is now inside the ‘ST’ (short term) time horizon. As such, we are seeing the new NSW to SA interconnector included in ST-PASA results.
The CEO of the US EV manufacturer says the upcoming R3 will be priced “materially lower” than the R2 SUV, with the follow-up model to be priced even lower again.
Results are in for New York’s first solicitations for large-scale energy storage resources, with 950MW of bids selected by NYSERDA.
The challenge of rapidly scaling nuclear is huge, but it is not insurmountable and now new drivers are making nuclear transformation appear the best option.
Danske Commodities has entered into a long-term agreement to provide trading and optimisation services for the Hunterston BESS project.
South Korean researchers have developed a residential air-source heat pump concept that combines energy recovery ventilator exhaust air with direct evaporative cooling.
Chinese battery maker Pylontech has begun volume production of its own large-format lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells as it expands into utility-scale energy storage.
A fundamental challenge of the energy transition risks being overlooked: managing complexity. But this is where two decades of investment in quantum could start to pay off.
The most important imperative for Australia is to get rid of diesel. It is a no brainer for the economy, for national security and the environment. But there is no policy.
Contracts awarded for the biggest new wind project in Australia for more than two years, which is expecting to begin construction soon.
A study of millions of vehicles reveals that EVs are much less likely to fail compared to petrol equivalents, and will last a lot longer.
ESR has agreed to acquire the entire stake in Aquila Clean Energy APAC, a regional clean energy platform currently owned by Germany-based Aquila Group.
A reuse project in Kassel, Germany, has repurposed 300 used solar modules to create 150 balcony PV systems, with tiered pricing aimed at improving affordability.
The Japanese manufacturer has introduced a new generation of its Ururu Sarara X reversible air conditioners, featuring heating capacities from 2.2 kW to 8.0 kW and a new compressor designed to improve efficiency under low-load operation.
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