Earlier today AGL CEO, Andy Vesey, held a media conference for the launch of a $20 million Virtual Power Plant in SA which was jointly funded by AGL and the Federal Government. While the press conference made headlines for a…
Rounding out another eventful week was this exchange on Twitter: The tweet refers to this article on Thursday at the AFR, which was followed by another one on Friday by the same journalist, Ben Potter. Unfortunately no time to analyse…
We noticed this article by Ben Potter at the AFR on Monday 6th March by local technology company, who is quoted as noting business growth at more than 1MW of battery capacity in a month. This has been translated (by…
The Australian Financial Review have reported that former Santos Chief Executive, David Knox has joined the board of battery manufacturer Redflow, and in the process has become their latest customer. The article states that the new director has installed a…
As reported in RenewEconomy today BYD has launched its B-Box battery system in Australia. Like other manufacturers, BYD sees Australia as … currently one of the most attractive markets for solar PV and storage deployment. … thanks to high electricity…
Given our focused interest on the emerging battery storage sector in Australia (because of our development of a national Energy Storage Register – and associated services, like this website), it was of interest that I read this morning’s note in the…
The AFR reported today that the Lyon Group was confident that they would install two 50 MW battery storage facilities in South Australia this year. A partner a Lyon Group, David Green, said that with the storage facilities linked to…
Last week during the blackouts in South Australia, The Australian Financial Review posted this article about Bruce Wood, a 70-year old retiree and his son Richard Wood enjoying cold beers and watching TV while others in his area were dealing…
In February, the ABC reported that almost 7,000 batteries were installed in Australian homes in 2016 and that figure was expected to triple this coming year. The article also mentioned Sydney resident Alan Jones who was one of the first…
Earlier today, RenewEconomy reported that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is believed to have had a LG Chem lithium-ion battery installed in his Point Piper private property late last year. The article also stated that the battery system compliments his existing…
RenewEconomy reported today on new research that shows the uptake of batteries by households and business in Australia is anticipated to be at the same rate as solar. In its 2017 Battery Market Report, released to RenewEconomy on Thursday, Australian…
Energy Source & Distribution news reported today that Endeavour Energy will trial a 1MW grid-connected battery storage system in Illawarra. Endeavour Energy general manager asset management Ty Christopher said This helps us provide customers a safe and reliable power supply…