Transmission planning review targets timely delivery to back clean energy
The New South Wales government has launched an independent, expert review into energy transmission planning to ensure timely delivery of developments supporting renewable energy generation, with a focus communities hosting infrastructure.
Pixii community batteries start trading in the national electricity market
Three New South Wales regional towns have switched on 192 kW / 530 kWh community batteries under the federal government’s Community Batteries for Household Solar program and are now trading in the National Electricity Market.
Aviation hydrogen fuel cell research takes to the sky with strategic partnership
The hunt for higher-performance hydrogen fuel cells for aviation has resulted in a research partnership between Australian aerospace company AMSL Aero and Deakin University’s hydrogen hub, Hycel.
AGL provides solar and storage to power Riverina almond farm
AGL Energy has completed the installation of a bespoke solar and battery energy storage project that will help power a commercial almond orchard in New South Wales with any excess power to be fed into the national electricity grid.
Rooftop solar hits record high in NSW while large-scale curtailment kicks in
Rooftop solar supplied a record 60% of total generation in the New South Wales market on Sunday, when new low points were also set for demand for electricity from the grid.
Flow battery startup scores $1.85 million federal grant to scale to mass production
Newcastle based clean-tech company Allegro Energy has secured $1.85 million in federal government funding to help bring its redox flow battery technology to mass production.
NSW invests $1 billion to boost energy storage and infrastructure upgrades
The New South Wales government will channel up to $1 billion into large-scale and community batteries, pumped hydro, and virtual power plants as it seeks to ramp up investment in renewable energy generation and storage projects to support the state’s shift from coal-fired generation.
Sky’s the limit for mass produced space-grade solar cell innovation
Extraterrestrial Power has developed a space-grade solar cell thin enough to be mass produced like terrestrial solar cells, and which it estimates to be ten times more affordable than current space solar cells.
Defective or damaged solar panel recycling mandated for 135 MW project
To avoid thousands of solar panels potentially ending up in a council landfill, damaged panels from the proposed 300,000 panel Muswellbrook solar farm must be recycled according to a mandate issued by the local council.
Siltrax partners with UNSW to progress silicon-based bipolar plate research
Hydrogen fuel cell innovation company Siltrax has partnered with experts at the University of New South Wales hydrogen lab to validate its silicon-based bipolar plate technology.
