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pv magazine author

pv magazine author

Ev Foley

Ev is new to pv magazine and brings three decades of experience as a writer, editor, photographer and designer for print and online publications in Australia, the UAE, the USA and Singapore. Based in regional NSW, she is passionate about Australia’s commitment to clean energy solutions.

ev.foley@pv-magazine.com

Articles written by Ev Foley

Grid-scale

Australia’s Eraring battery expands to 2.8 GWh Sydney-headquartered utility Origin Energy has approved a third stage of its large-scale Eraring Battery Project, in New South Wales (NSW), expanding the project with an additional 700 MWh and positioning it as a global big battery A-lister.

Nov 21, 2024

Distributed

Australia mulls battery rebate scheme for 1m systems by 2030 A national rebate targeting a million homes and businesses has been proposed to the Australian government on the back of a community-based Solar Citizens petition.

Nov 20, 2024

Tenders

Australia launches tender for 16 GWh of dispatchable capacity The third tender of the Australian government’s Capacity Investment Scheme has opened, seeking 4 GW/16 GWh of dispatchable capacity for the National Electricity Market (NEM), with the state of Victoria receiving the largest, 1 GW/4 GWh slice.

Nov 14, 2024

Grid-scale

Australian agrivoltaic project to pair with 500 MWh battery Elgin Energy is planning a 125 MW agrivoltaic farm and 500 MWh battery energy storage system near the rural town of Morven, 560 kilometres southwest of Sydney.

Nov 13, 2024

Grid-scale

Ausgrid plans two $20 million Tesla batteries in New South Wales New South Wales (NSW) electricity distributor Ausgrid is proposing to build two AUD30 million ($19.7 million), 200 MW/400 MWh battery energy storage systems (BESS) in the city of Newcastle, and Sydney suburb of Homebush.

Nov 07, 2024

Flow batteries

Australian-made vanadium flow battery project could offer storage cost of $166/MWh Australian Vanadium Limited (AVL) has moved a vanadium flow battery (VFB) project to design phase with the aim of developing a modular, scalable, turnkey, utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS).

Nov 06, 2024

Offgrid

24 MW solar farm and 13 MW battery powers up Western Australia gold mine Remote energy development specialist Pacific Energy has commissioned a 24 MW solar farm, which is producing power, and a 13 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) at the Tropicana gold mine, 330 km northeast of Kalgoorlie, in remote Western Australia.

Nov 04, 2024

Grid-scale

New South Wales rail company trains sights on 30 MW grid-scale batteries State government agency Transport for NSW (New South Wales), is investigating the deployment of multiple 30 MW battery energy storage systems (BESS) to help decarbonize its Sydney heavy rail network.

Nov 04, 2024

Projects & Applications

New South Wales battery, VPP incentives target peak electricity demand reductions Home and business battery installation incentives are now available in Australia's New South Wales, in state government efforts to make the grid more reliable and stable and allow further reduction of reliance on fossil fuels during peak demand.

Nov 01, 2024

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