Ampyr inks $300 million long term agreement for Bulabul BESS
Ampyr Australia has signed a 15-year agreement for its Bulabul battery energy storage system near Wellington, New South Wales, in the Central West Orana renewable energy zone with Danish energy trading company InCommodoties.
Distributed energy resources test lab opens in Western Australia
Western Power has launched Western Australia’s first distributed energy resources text lab at it’s South Metro Depot to trial how rooftop solar, batteries, electric vehicles and smart appliances can connect, communicate and interact.
ChasingLight Technology launches indoor organic PV modules
The China-based organic photovoltaics manufacturer has launched a line of indoor PV modules suitable for integration into digital office products and electronic devices.
FRV seeks federal tick for NSW solar farm and beefed up battery
A redesigned hybrid solar and battery project now featuring 200 MW of PV generation and a beefed up 2.2 GWh of energy storage capacity planned for far northern New South Wales has joined the queue for federal environmental approval.
Engie breaks ground on South Australian battery
French-owned energy group Engie has commenced construction of a new large-scale battery that is says will deliver more capacity and flexibility to the South Australian electricity grid.
Misleading chart overstates clean energy challenge
Primary energy – which refers to the raw energy in fuels and natural resources – is often used to show how much energy we use but as a measure it is misleading and makes the clean energy switch seem much harder than it actually is.
WA plans 10-hour flow battery install to boost power reliability
The Western Australia government is looking to deploy a vanadium flow battery energy storage system with up to 10 hours of discharge capacity to help improve regional power reliability in the state’s Goldfields region.
Akaysha provides Waratah update, still opaque on transformer failure
Akaysha Energy’s anticipated status update on Australia’s biggest battery that saw a major transformer fail gave some answers but was tight-lipped on key outstanding questions. The company also announced the project is in a scheduled shutdown until December 2.
Sinovoltaics updates financial stability ranking for battery manufacturers
The quality assurance service provider’s latest financial stability ranking has Tesla, Mustang Battery and Solid Power in the top three spots again, in a report that tracks manufacturers’ Altmann-Z scores over the past three years.
Potentia lands federal approval for NSW solar and storage project
Potentia Energy has reached another renewables milestone with its 1 GW Tallawang solar and battery energy storage project proposed for construction in western New South Wales awarded unconditional federal environmental approval.
