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Battery storage , Elon Musk , News & Commentary , People , Renewables , Solar , Tesla

Yes, the Tesla battery is massive, but it can do much more beside

Dylan McConnell5 December 2017

Other Good Stuff Renewables Solar

How tech nerds can reinvent electricity before it’s too late

Murray Hogarth23 November 201723 November 2017

There's a growing mob that thinks it can reinvent electricity, from old to new, and from a supply-dominated industry-based model to consumers-in-control.

Battery storage Governments Other Good Stuff Renewables South Australian Government

1414 plans two “gigawatt hour” silicon storage plants in S.A.

Andrew Spence23 November 2017

South Australian company opens new manufacturing facility and says it plans to build two grid scale 1GWh silicon storage systems in the state.

Governments News & Commentary Renewables South Australian Government

Charts of the week: Busting electricity market myths

Giles Parkinson20 October 2017

If you ask mainstream media, renewables are the key driver of Australia's rising power prices; a scourge that's at its worst in South Australia. Yeah, nah.

Australian Federal Government Governments News & Commentary

More renewables, fewer coal outages could ease potential gas shortfall

Giles Parkinson25 September 201725 September 2017

AEMO sees the new build of renewable energy as critical to meet power supply shortfalls, noting in its latest report that more renewables will mean less need to burn...

News & Commentary Renewables Smart Energy

Electricity emissions continue fall after Hazelwood closure

Hugh Saddler25 September 201725 September 2017

Report says emissions have fallen after Hazelwood closure, but finds It hard to think of a more expensive & unreliable way to achieve reliable and affordable energy than prolonging...

Australian Federal Government Coal Energy Markets Featured Governments Malcolm Turnbull People Renewables Smart Energy

Blackouts and baseload: Debunking myths of AEMO reports and Liddell

Giles Parkinson15 September 2017

AEMO, like Finkel, provided Turnbull with a launch pad to push for a cleaner, smarter, cheaper and more reliable grid. Instead, the Coalition pined for traditional and outdated technologies....

Energy Markets News & Commentary Renewables

Know your NEM: Corporate PPAs only movement in flat market

David Leitch12 September 201712 September 2017

In a week where energy politics took centre state over market news, the most interesting development was the signing by retailer Flow Energy of a 10-year 50MW PPA with...