Companies are powering ahead with big battery projects, but a 'lack of certainty' by governments could deter good investment

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New projects are being announced all the time in the grid-scale battery arms race but concerns are being raised over a patchwork approach which has seen some states go at it alone in their pursuit of more aggressive emissions targets.

Grid-scale battery projects from firms like AGL, Origin Energy and Neoen are racing ahead despite the divergent energy and emission goals of governments, which create a "lack of certainty", according to the New South Wales Energy Minister.Several new battery projects have been announced in New South Wales by power companies looking to get ahead as coal-fired power stations are phased out

"What we've done with our [NSW] energy roadmap is put very clear markers in the ground, so that everyone understands the framework. AGL is pushing ahead with 1,000MW of storage distributed across several sites, including the coal-fired Liddell power station, due to be shuttered by 2022. "What we need here is a balance in the grid, a balance between different types of technology, a balance between intermittent energy and dispatchable energy," Mr Taylor said

The Hornsdale Power Reserve in South Australia is currently the biggest battery in the country, having recently been upgraded to 150MW.

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If cheap energy is a certainty with renewables then remove all government payments and let the market forces evolve.

Another environmental nightmare on the rise. Look at the damage that wind turbines are doing and these batteries will only add to the problem. Burying them when they reach their use by date doesn't make the problem disappear.

Apart from stabilising the grid caused by instability from renewables, battery projects are pointless.

Those batteries look so environmentally friendly. I suppose when they come to the end of their life they’re biodegradable and will just disappear into environmentally friendly dust?!?🤔

Batteries are a waste of time and money.

another, the best Government oil money can buy

Typical of corporatism, these companies can't imagine their success determined by the market alone, demanding government dollars. Also, nuclear.

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