“Tracker, panel, rinse, repeat:” How Fortescue is driving solar innovation in the Pilbara
Solar is cheap and easy to build for Fortescue, and working in the Pilbara gives the company more leeway to try some things not allowed elsewhere in Australia.
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World’s largest solar-battery hybrid project powers up in the Philippines
First phase of integrated solar and battery project is synchronised and energised, on the way to becoming the world’s largest project of its kind.
New big battery kicks off commercial operations next to outage-prone Queensland coal plant
Queensland coal generator celebrates the commercial start of its first big battery, which will provide essential firming capacity and reliability "within fractions of a second."
Developer drops coal country solar and battery plans in face of mounting local opposition
A solar and battery project proposed for the NSW Hunter region has been dropped by the developer, in what has been described as a "really welcome outcome" for local communities.
An all-electric, off-grid luxury lodge, powered entirely by solar, wind and a battery
Our off-grid luxury lodge combines a whole of system approach with renewables and storage, and a backup genset triggered only by indiscrete EV charging.
“Goliath won this round:” Santos beats greenwashing lawsuit, but activists claim small victory
The defeat of a climate suit against Santos has disappointed activists but opened the public's eyes to how the resources giant developed its net-zero targets.
NSW announces extra tender for more firmed renewables capacity to fill looming coal gap
New South Wales to run an additional tender for firmed generation capacity to plug forecast gaps in supply left by retiring coal plants and "extended lulls" in solar and wind.
Records tumble as nine wind and solar projects, 1 GW of batteries join grid in just three months
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Energy transition delivers fresh growth for BHP, but decarbonisation stays on the back-burner
BHP expects energy transitioning industries to supercharge its copper business - just don't expect any new detail on what it is doing to decarbonise.
Locally developed solar-battery project with four hours of storage joins NSW planning pipeline
Melbourne based renewables developer begins community engagement for a proposed solar farm and battery energy storage system in NSW Southern Tablelands.