Featured in Material change – 03-2024

Coal meets batteries

Big batteries are blooming in the Australian sun and they will play an increasingly important role as coal plants are switched off and the share of renewables rises in the energy mix.

By

Jonathan Gifford

11 Mar 2024

Queensland Premier Steven Miles (front row, second from right) at the Swanbank location. | Photo: Government of Queensland

Hard hats and high-vis vests were rolled out on Feb. 8, 2024, as government, utility, and developer luminaries observed the progress of the Collie Big Battery in Western Australia (WA). New state Energy Minister, Reece Whitby, was visiting one of his first major clean technology projects in the role.With development approval for an eventual 1 …

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