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ARENA pumps $32.3 million into solar robotics manufacturing projects Australian-made solar panel installation and piling robots are moving towards commercial-scale production with the federal government committing more than $32 million to establish new manufacturing facilities in Victoria and Queensland.
David Carroll
5 hours ago
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Applications & Installations
Samsung C&T seeks approval for 800 MWh BESS in Victoria Plans to develop an 800 MWh battery energy storage system in southwest Victoria have joined the queue for assessment under the federal government’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.
David Carroll
5 hours ago
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Markets & Policy
Four-hour BESS undercuts gas peakers in 43 global markets Four-hour storage is now cheaper than open-cycle gas in 43 modelled markets, though import duties and high installation costs threaten Australia gains, according to Wood Mackenzie.
David Carroll, Ryan Kennedy
11 hours ago
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Markets & Policy
Queensland solar farms change hands in $22 million deal Renewable energy and carbon abatement company LGI has stuck a deal to acquire two Queensland solar farms with a combined 54 MW of installed capacity, claiming that the $22 million purchase price is “materially below” development cost for comparable assets.
David Carroll
Oct 12, 2026
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Markets & Policy
C&I storage the ‘sleeping giant waking up’, says WoodMac Global energy storage outlook will see a seven-fold growth by 2035 passing 7 TWh, with falling costs and policy support accelerating battery storage momentum in emerging and advancing markets
Anna Darmani
Oct 11, 2026
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Applications & Installations
Thermal energy storage delivers industrial heat but can solve grid issues too A recent IEA report proposed a 35% global electrification target by 2035 was in “striking distance” thanks to existing commercial technologies such as electric vehicles and battery storage systems but the electrification of heat-dependent industry sits outside the target, yet commercial technologies can play a role in the broader grid system.
Ev Foley
Oct 09, 2026
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Markets & Policy
The shape of PPAs is changing – from volume to value. Are you positioned to capture the premium in emerging NEM value pools? Australia’s renewable energy market is entering a new phase where the value of electricity is increasingly determined not by energy alone, but by the ability to deliver energy when and where it is needed.
Anita Stadler, Giles Walgenwitz, Martin Bates
Oct 08, 2026
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Applications & Installations
9,000 kilometre aerial stringing of Humelink projects cleared for takeoff Australian drone company Infravision and Leading Edge Helicopters are currently stringing what will be 9,000 kilometres of conductor for the HumeLink East and West projects.
Ev Foley
Oct 08, 2026
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Applications & Installations
e-Storage to deliver 200 MWh BESS for OX2 in NSW e-Storage has been tapped to provide the 100 MW up to two-hour battery energy storage system for the Muswellbrook hybrid solar farm and battery project being built at the site of a former coal mine in the New South Wales Hunter Valley.
David Carroll
Oct 07, 2026