Acciona’s Kirsten Lee sees both sides of the story from rural communities as they learn to live with the enormous wind projects that are slowly pushing coal aside.
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Snowy 2.0 will not produce nearly as much electricity as claimed … we must hit the pause button
New analysis revealed less than half the extra pumped hydro capacity promised by Snowy 2.0 can be delivered.
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Virtual power plants, real pain … how the VPP puzzle has brought on a mild headache
Virtual power plants made up of other people’s batteries sound like a great idea but, gee, they’re a headache to put together. Will they make it to the finish line?
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Pressure builds as compressed air storage projects attract funds
A form of long-duration storage that can be sited wherever it's needed is edging closer to reality at two sites on the NEM.
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NSW shortlists 2,850MW of projects for $75m Emerging Energy Program
Grants worth $7.1 million have been awarded to projects totalling 2,150MW of on-demand electricity, "with the potential to leverage almost $2 billion in private investment".
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South Australia floats 100% clean energy ambition on an ocean of liquid hydrogen
Nowhere else in the world is as well positioned to produce, consume and export 100% green hydrogen, says South Australia's energy minister.
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Are clouds gathering over large-scale solar?
Painful marginal loss factors, asset write-downs, negative pricing, forced curtailment – the forces have been stacked against large-scale solar this year. Is it time for a turnaround in fortunes … or time to pull up stakes?
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GE to supply 300MWh battery for South Australian solar project
The 300MWh energy storage system, called the Reservoir, will be coupled to a 200MW PV plant in the mid-north of the state.
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Burn it and turn it: how Perth’s waste-to-energy plant will shape up
The developers of a 36MW waste-to-energy project in Perth have seen the technology prove itself overseas and expect nothing less when it lights up here in 2021.
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Australia, the natural energy exporter
Australia can become a major renewable energy exporter while helping energy deficient countries in Asia to reduce their use of fossil fuels, writes Amar Rathore.
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