The state government has given the green light for four new solar farms that will power 103,000 homes annually to be built in the North …
Neoen to build 150MW solar farm in New South Wales
French power company Neoen which teamed up with Elon Musk’s Tesla to hook its South Australia wind farm up to the biggest lithium ion battery …
Queensland coal seam gas flowing to Melbourne alters market dynamics and could drive wholesale prices down
Coal seam gas from Queensland is being exported South, drastically altering the dynamics of the market which could hopefully lead to a drop in wholesale …
Energy chiefs renew call for Clean Energy Target
Australia’s energy production company chiefs have made a renewed call for the introduction of a Clean Energy Target as proposed in the Finkel Review. Speaking …
Sparks fly in Brisbane as State and Federal Energy Ministers debate findings of Finkel Report
Things are hotting up in Brisbane as Federal and State Energy Ministers meet at the COAG Energy Council to try and hammer out an agreement …
Tesla to build giga battery storage plant in South Australia
Tesla is partnering with Neoen to build the world’s largest lithium-ion battery storage plant in South Australia and if it’s not completed within 100 days, …
Electricity Rates Update – June 2017
Since our last wholesale rate update on June 5, electricity rates have registered a drop in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria. Prices …
Battery production gigafactory to be built in Darwin
A consortium is planning to build a battery production gigafactory in Darwin by the end of 2018, which would make it Australia’s first large-scale lithium-ion …
Energy expert warns that Western Australia fixed electricity cost hike could kill off state grid
A leading energy sustainability expert has warned that Western Australia’s decision to increase fixed supply costs could kill the state grid as people turn to …
Coal back on government’s agenda, CET not yet adopted
Coal is back on the agenda after the Prime Minister announced that the Federal Government was prepared to finance the construction of new power plants. …