Lithium Batteries gain Traction in Australia A large number of Australians now believe that storage can help them further bring down their energy bills as the prices of grid electricity skyrocket. Despite having rich coal and gas resources, Australians pay abnormally high per unit energy bills due to a unique mix of markets and regulations. […]
Storage Renewables – Australia Australian utility AGL Energy wants the Australian government to neither extend the life of aging thermal coal power plants nor build new ones. While AGL agreed to a request from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to extend the life of 1900 MW Liddell coal-fired power plant beyond 2022, it thinks that it […]
Electricity Market Disruption in Australia The Australian electricity market has seen a massive surge in rooftop solar energy systems in the past few years with almost 20% of the Australian households owning a solar panel system making it the highest penetrated rooftop solar country in the world. Australian utilities have been facing a big disruption […]