Australia

A recent Australian battery funding programme, which was ten-times oversubscribed, demonstrated the country's desperate need for energy storage to combat the nation's violently fluctuating electricity prices

A lack of consensus on the optimal storage technology is acting as a 'barrier to growth' of the sector, here Tamarindo's Energy Storage Report identifies the storage technologies expected to substantially increase market share by the end of the decade

Australia was one of the first countries to commit to hydrogen, and it has followed up with initiatives including its A$2bn Hydrogen Headstart fund. But faced with stiff international competition for investment, it is at risk of squandering its early-mover advantage.

A recent study challenges the belief that solid-state batteries lack durability - the technology is now seen as able to unlock the 'true potential' of stationary storage

It has been a tumultuous few months in Australia.

The Australian wind market is eerily quiet. Not a single onshore wind farm reached financial close in the first five months of 2021.

For those of us keeping an eye on the news, the break was tinged with sadness and fear about the future of our planet. It’s a new year, but the climate crisis is as real as ever.