Three new battery energy storage systems (BESS) have been powered up in the United Kingdom this week, including two from Macquarie Group offshore Eku Energy, and the largest battery yet to be commissioned on the UK grid. At a ceremony on Monday, BW ESS announced the energisation of its 100MW/331MWh
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One of the four project developers seeking to build large wind farms within the NSW government’s pine forest plantations has unveiled details plans that include giant 8 megawatt(MW) turbines, and a big battery scaled at up to 2,000 MWh. The Sunny Corner wind project is being put forward by Mainstream
The Koorangie big battery has started exporting energy to the grid in north-west Victoria, with the project’s developer Edify Energy marking the “exciting milestone” for the 185 megwatt (MW), 370 megawatt-hour (MWh) project on Monday. “Today marks an exciting milestone for Koorangie Energy Storage System, successfully exporting to the grid
Perovskite solar cells aren’t quite at commercialisation stage yet, but scientists from Linköping University in Sweden are striving to have a functional recycling option ready to go when they are. The researchers have found a way to use heat and water with salt and acid additives to melt a perovskite
Saudi Arabia likes big, splashy deals and its latest has set the battery industry aflutter, signing with BYD Energy Storage for what will be the world’s biggest ever grid storage contract. The deal is for five lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, each sized at 500 megawatt (MW)/2,500MWh, across the country,
Saudi owned renewables giant FRV has unveiled plans to build a 400 megawatt (MW), 1,600 megawatt-hour (MWh) big battery in the New South Wales New England region, alongside a 115 MW solar farm that was completed by the company three years ago. The Armidale East BESS (battery energy storage system)
Question: Can you figure out which energy project is photographed above and what is shown? Answer: The photograph is of Snowy Hydro’s Hunter Gas Power Station Project (HPP) under construction at Kurri Kurri, NSW, showing the massive gas storage in the foreground and the 660 megawatt power station in the
The Liberal-National Coalition claims it has found the solution to bring down energy bills – slow the growth of renewable energy and roll-out nuclear power. According to Liberal Leader Peter Dutton, their plan for a power system including a significant role for nuclear will be 44% cheaper than a
If you have any further news tips, please send to [email protected]. You can catch up with 2024’s grid connections here. Week beginning February 17 Mark Squires has joined RE-Alliance as community engagement manager, NSW. Guy Chalkley, head of Endeavour Energy and a former CEO of Western Power, has been
This week could mark a pivotal shift in NSW history. Coal has been a literal bedrock of the state’s economy since the 1790s, and the industry has been run almost exclusively by profit motives ever since.For many communities, this remains an economic lifeline. The industry directly employs close to 23
Alan Pears has been helping shape Australia’s sustainable energy policies since the late 1970s. He’s a Senior Industry Fellow at RMIT University and one of Australia’s pre-eminent energy efficiency experts and environmental consultants and has advised federal, state and local governments across Australia, as well as community groups and the
Renewable energy company Pacific Blue says it will not be burying old turbines from the soon-to-be closed Codrington wind farm in nearby sand dunes, despite claims in anti-wind circles to the contrary. The strong rebuttal of the sand dune theory comes as the company finalises plans for what will be