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12 February 2021
Home solar and battery storage systems have been credited with keeping the lights on during a period of record minimum demand in South Australia in October last year, in an Australian Energy Market Operator report on virtual power plants released this week.
In a statement accompanying its latest VPP Knowledge Sharing Report, AEMO says consumer solar and batteries came to the rescue of the South Australian grid on October 11, adding roughly 5MW to operational demand at a time when it had hit dangerous record lows.
“Our third knowledge sharing report showed that VPPs assisted in elevating the South Australian operational demand by approximately 5MW during the record minimum demand period on 11 October 2020, which reduced the severity of the event,” said the AEMO’s chief member services officer, Violette Mouchaileh.
2 February 2021
The Queensland government will partner with Japanese engineering firm IHI Corporation to complete a feasibility study into a green hydrogen production facility that could be co-located with the government owned Kogan Creek power station.
The Queensland government announced the partnership on Tuesday, which will see the government owned CS Energy collaborate with IHI Corporation to complete a study into establishing a green hydrogen facility at Kogan Creek, including the installation of an electrolyser along with a solar farm, battery and a hydrogen fuel cell.
CS Energy CEO Andrew Bills said the study would focus on the development of a hydrogen production facility that would draw electricity from an onsite and behind-the-meter solar farm, ensuring the project produced zero emissions hydrogen.