Big batteries are pushing down current and expected prices in the evening peaks
Batteries are clearly impacting evening peak spot prices, resulting in lower average spot prices and lower expected baseload futures prices
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Fortescue’s low temperature green iron process ready for real world testing
An electrochemical process to make green iron with renewable energy is ready for a 100kg pilot, after an ARENA-funded study proved it works in the lab.
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Snowy 2.0 sets new tunnel boring machine to work, completes 46 underground concrete pours
Snowy 2.0 launches tunnel boring machine Monica, which it hopes will succeed where Florence has failed and get the huge pumped hydro project back on track.
Gas is being squeezed by renewables – every 30 minutes
Two new charts reveal distinct dynamics in Australia's main grids, highlighting the diminishing role of gas even in short-term operations.
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Locals consider options after losing court appeal against solar farm approval
Residents of a quiet hamlet who oppose a solar project mull their options after a court dismisses concerns the project will affect the region's rural character.
Battery prices plunge 60 pct in two years, changing face of grid and the nature of contracts
Battery storage major says costs have fallen 60 pct in two years, helping redefine the grid and customer needs, and along with solar is cheapest and easiest to build.
Australia’s high speed rail ambitions could be funded through an aviation fuel excise
High speed rail is synonymous with the kind of high capital cost infrastructure which seems to paralyse governments in Australia. Here's a solution.
Will Australia reach its renewable targets on time? It will need a lot more wind and solar
BNEF says a more needs to be done, and quickly, for Australia to meet its renewable targets. Storage looks good, but wind and solar comes up short. Bowen is batting on.
Ignore your algorithm: Solar prices are going up in 2026, but it’s not a crisis
Salespeople are using social media to urge consumers get in soon to beat solar panel price rises, but is it as big a deal as they are making out?
Origin taps into revenues from the first stages of the two biggest battery projects in Australia
Origin starts tapping into revenues from the first stages of the two biggest battery storage projects currently being built in Australia.