battery
Governments
New Zealand Government
Pumped Hydro
Renewables
Storage
Does New Zealand’s plan for a nation-sized battery hold water?
NZ Labour will fund a study on a stupendously large pumped hydro power station at Lake Onslow in the South Island. But is this the right way to go?
Australian Federal Government
Battery storage
Climate
Coal
Governments
News & Commentary
Tesla
Tesla says Energy Security Board needs to catch up with battery technology
Tesla says National Energy Guarantee needs to be much more ambitious, and Energy Security Board needs to catch up with technologies like battery storage.
CEFC commits $90m debt finance to Mirvac plan to build more than 300 family homes, each with built-in solar and battery storage.
Battery storage
News & Commentary
Research Groups, Institutes and Universities
RMIT’s “cheaper, cleaner” proton battery has li-ion firmly in sights
Australian RMIT team make “crucial step” towards cheap, sustainable energy storage after demonstrating rechargeable “proton battery” prototype.
Battery storage
News & Commentary
Resource Efficiency
South Korean steel giant takes stake in Pilbara lithium miner
South Korean steel giant POSCO signs lithium off-take and downstream processing deal with ASX listed miner Pilbara Minerals.
Battery storage
News & Commentary
one step
Solar
Home battery storage uptake tripled in 2017 in Australia, as costs tumble
New report suggests household battery storage set to boom in Australia, with uptake predicted to have tripled in 2017, and costs of the key technology expected to halve in...
Battery storage
Other Good Stuff
Renewables
Smart Transport
Tesla
GOP congressman powers his off-grid solar home with Tesla battery
Republican Congressman, a libertarian and a climate denier, lives off-grid with solar and storage, and even owns a Tesla Model S electric vehicle.
CleanTech Bites
one step
Solar
Utilities
SA Water to install 6MW of solar PV in quest to cut power costs – to zero
SA water utility to install 6MW of rooftop PV in effort to cut annual electricity costs from around $55m to $0 by 2020.
Australian Federal Government
Battery storage
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Governments
Tesla
Speed of Tesla big battery leaves rule-makers struggling to catch up
Tesla big battery's dramatic intervention after Loy Yang trip, and a separate 0-100MW injection in just 140 milliseconds, illustrates yawning gap between technologies and market rules. The future is...
Battery storage
News & Commentary
What is the Tesla big battery actually selling? It’s not just energy
Tesla big battery is starting to play more in the energy markets, but it has also been active in the less visible "services" market. Smarter, quicker, cheaper and cleaner...