Tag: energy

Australia’s pipeline of new generation and storage projects seeking to connect to the National Electricity Market (NEM) has reached 80.9 gigawatts (GW), a 43 per cent increase over the past year, driven largely by battery projects, according to the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO).

Hitachi Energy has marked the completion of commercial operations at the Waratah Super Battery in New South Wales, highlighting the role of its digital control architecture in enabling the battery to respond to grid disturbances within milliseconds.

Hitachi Energy has delivered the sixth and final 500kV shunt reactor for Transgrid’s HumeLink project, marking a milestone in the development of one of New South Wales’ major transmission infrastructure projects.

A regional hotel in Bowral is set to trial a new community energy model combining rooftop solar, battery storage and artificial intelligence, as part of a $4 million project led by UNSW Sydney.

Autra Batteries Australia has partnered with Australian electricity retailer CovaU Energy to connect residential battery installations with energy plans designed for households using solar and storage.

Australian manufacturing producer prices increased in the June quarter, with higher energy and fuel costs contributing to rises in both input and output prices, according to the latest Producer Price Indexes report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

The Clean Energy Council (CEC) has welcomed the opening of Victoria’s first offshore wind auction, which seeks proposals for 2 gigawatts (GW) of new offshore wind capacity in the Gippsland region.

The NSW Government has committed $1.5 million to support apprentices and trainees in the Central-West Orana region as renewable energy projects create new construction and operational jobs.

Australian long-duration energy storage company Allegro Energy has partnered with Jena Flow Batteries and its parent company, Suqian Time Energy Technology, in a move aimed at accelerating the manufacturing and commercial deployment of Allegro’s flow battery technology.

UNSW Sydney engineers have secured a $6.52 million grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to investigate challenges associated with operating Australia’s electricity system with increasing levels of solar, wind and battery storage.