Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) Consultation Paper – high level summary
August 7, 2023
The Australian Government has released a public cons ...
Batteries earn record energy arbitrage revenue in 2022, but FCAS still dominates
January 30, 2023
Large-scale batteries in Australia's National Electricity Market (NEM) earned record high revenue from arbitraging the energy market during 2022. ...
Rollout of big batteries set to accelerate across the NEM
November 16, 2022
Grid-scale battery storage is a key technology that will help enable the transition to clean energy. The Hornsdale Power Reserve in South Austral ...
Coal closures and renewable energy targets – summary of the biggest week in Australian energy news
September 30, 2022
This week has been massive for clean energy news in Australia. Queensland and Victoria have both announced big targets, and AGL has brought forwa ...
Clean energy potential in Toowoomba and the Surat Basin
September 1, 2022
The Toowoomba and Surat Basin region in southern Queensland is an energy powerhouse home to a diverse mix of resources including coal, gas, and r ...
SA batteries paid to charge as solar sends electricity prices negative
December 2, 2021
Batteries in South Australia have been paid to charge throughout September and October 2021 due to a record number of negative price intervals. W ...
Battery storage – Why accurate price forecasting is key to capturing revenue
March 31, 2020
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of speaking at the Pumped Hydro & Battery Storage Conference in Sydney. I suspect this will be the last i ...
Batteries in South Australia earn $1 million over two days
December 24, 2019
Grid-scale batteries in South Australia earned almost $1 million from the energy market over two days from 19-20 December 2019 (see Figure 1) as ...