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On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $2.9 million in funding for Evoenergy to utilise
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Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bjorn Sturmberg, Research Leader, Battery Storage & Grid Integration Program, Australian National University Shutterstock Governments and car manufacturers are investing hundreds of billions of dollars on electric vehicles. But while the electric transport revolution is inevitable, the final destination remains unknown. The electric
Date Time Powering ahead with community batteries Community-scale batteries are already achievable in Australia, will complement existing household batteries and will allow more solar energy to be stored in our suburbs, analysis from The Australian National University (ANU) shows. With the move towards community-scale batteries gathering pace across the nation, two new reports from ANU show the best way forward when it comes to their rollout. The batteries have power capacity of around one megawatt (MW), or enough to power around 100 houses. They help “soak up” solar power generated duri...
MacroBusiness Access Subscriber Only Content at 1:00 pm on April 7, 2021 | 20 comments Readers will know that the MB view of the uptake of battery power to supplant traditional baseload output reliant on fossil fuels is inevitable. Now, Labor has seen the light with an actual policy from Albo today: Labor will spend $200m on community batteries. Each is about the size of a four-wheel drive. They will be linked to household rooftop solar and free them entirely from the grid with both inputs and outputs for the NEM. Each battery would cost around $500k (thought that will come down a lot more...