Western Australia utility Horizon Power to take a second shot at running the Pilbara town of Onslow on solar and battery storage only during daylight hours.
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Solar export charges: What does it mean, and should you still get solar?
The AEMC’s draft determination on how network companies support, and charge for, export services has sparked a lot of questions. Here are some answers.
Hybrid solar and battery system to power mineral sands project in W.A.
ASX-listed miner Strandline Resources has signed a 15-year supply agreement with Contract Power, a move that will see it pay less for power than originally forecast.
Mining majors pledge to electrify industry with renewables, batteries, EVs
Fourteen companies join forces to decarbonise Australian mining industry and to help it harness the benefits of renewables, storage and electric vehicles.
Solar and battery storage to help power W.A. silver mine
Sliver and lead mine in Western Australia’s Gascoyne region signs PPA to source its electricity from a combination of solar, battery storage and gas.
W.A. mines to add solar, batteries, with backing of state government
Two mining operations in W.A. Goldfields region to add solar and battery storage via first round of the state’s $19 million Clean Energy Future Fund.
Daytime power tariffs slashed to just eight cents a kWh to soak up rooftop solar
Synergy to offer a “Midday Saver” tariff of just 8c/kWh in a bid to help soak up the abundant rooftop solar energy supply.
W.A. mine becomes first to run on solar and battery only during daylight hours
Hybrid Systems-built solar, battery and diesel microgrid proves able to go ‘hydrocarbon free’ during the day, and run a W.A. clay mine on solar only.
CQUniversity to power campuses with 50 per cent solar starting in 2021
Central Queensland University will power its Queensland campuses with 50% renewables in 2021, as part of deal to buy output of 162MW Columboola solar farm.
Consumers want it, networks need it: Verdict in on world-first blockchain solar trading trial
Report on W.A. trial using Power Ledger blockchain technology finds peer-to-peer solar energy trading technically feasible, good for grid and consumers – but unlikely to take off under current network tariff structures.