Half of the Waratah Super Battery is now live, providing a critical “shock absorber” function for New South Wales’ high-voltage network.
The first 350MW (700MWh) tranche of the 850MW/1680MWh system
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AEMC shelves plans for inertia spot market
Australia’s energy market rule-maker has decided against introducing a real-time market for inertia, citing insufficient near-term benefits and high implementation costs.
In a draft determination released
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Decoding demand response: Grid programs reducing business costs
Huge savings can be made with efficient energy management and flexible responses to grid balancing events.
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Grid programs generating big energy savings
With Australian energy prices soaring, demand flexibility mechanisms can help businesses navigate the minefield of a highly volatile energy market, writes Lisa Balk, sales director at GridBeyond.
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Sydney bus depot transitions to electric with 40 e-buses, 36 chargers, 387kW rooftop PV and 2.5MW storage
The electrified depot will run as a test bed for other fleet-owners, with the ANU working on a platform that will interpret data for use as a planning tool.
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National demand reduction scheme could follow NSW
With a federal election looming and voters seeking decarbonisation of the grid, both parties should follow NSW’s lead and support energy savings and demand reduction schemes, writes Ric Brazzale.
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ARENA’s Darren Miller on what’s proven and what’s worth a shot
There has to be a way to push the cost of solar 70% lower, the ARENA chief says, as surely as there are effective methods to capture and store carbon. But exporting hydrogen...?
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Cling to power … Melbourne networks opt for ‘least-cost’ community batteries option to free up solar
The United Energy and Powercor networks are adding storage based on success of a trial of two pole-mounted batteries.
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The end of the beginning … the Energy Security Board’s Physical Retailer Reliability Obligation and the long road to tomorrow’s grid
The Energy Security Board’s Physical Retailer Reliability Obligation and the long road to tomorrow’s grid.
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Get it right this time … testing and rigour will help us build the renewable energy grid we need
The complex make-up of our energy grid is holding back its full potential, writes Mark Andrews. Only an earnest approach to risk mitigation and testing will ensure success of a new, clean NEM.
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