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David Carroll

David Carroll

David Carroll

David is a senior journalist with more than 25 years’ experience in the Australian media industry as a writer, designer and editor for print and online publications. Based in Queensland – Australia’s Sunshine State – he joined pv magazine Australia in 2020 to help document the nation’s ongoing shift to solar.

david.carroll@pv-magazine.com

Articles written by David Carroll

Grid-scale

AGL reaches milestone with Fluence on 2 GWh Tomago battery in Australia Energy utility AGL has commenced construction of the 500 MW / 2,000 MWh Tomago battery energy storage system in Australia with works expected to be completed in 2027.

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Revenue streams

TagEnergy locks in 15-year toll deal for Golden Plains battery in Australia Renewables developer TagEnergy has locked in the first long-term offtake deal for the 150 MW / 600 MWh Golden Plains battery project being built in Victoria.

Dec 03, 2025

Grid-scale

Fortescue delivers 250 MWh battery powered by BYD to decarbonize mining Australian mining giant Fortescue’s decarbonization plans have reached a new milestone with the delivery of a 50 MW / 250 MWh battery energy storage system at its site in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.

Dec 01, 2025

Flow batteries

Western Australia plans 10-hour flow battery to boost power reliability The Western Australia government is looking to deploy a vanadium flow battery energy storage system with up to 10 hours of discharge capacity to help improve regional power reliability in the state’s Goldfields region.

Nov 27, 2025

Grid-scale

Australian solar-plus-storage project requests five times more storage, halves solar generation A redesigned hybrid solar and battery project now featuring 200 MW of PV generation and a beefed up 2.2 GWh of energy storage capacity planned for far northern New South Wales has joined the queue for federal environmental approval.

Nov 26, 2025

Products

Sigenergy points to installation practices for SigenStor product recall in Australia Sigenergy says the issue that has prompted a voluntary recall of the company’s 8 kW, 10 kW and 12 kW single-phase inverters in Australia and New Zealand stems from incorrect installation practices, not a product defect.

Nov 24, 2025

Grid-scale

Unidentified European buyer snaps up Australian solar and battery project Project developer Recurrent Energy has capped a busy couple of weeks in the Australian market with the sale of a 250 MW solar and 120 MW battery project in New South Wales to an unidentified European buyer.

Nov 19, 2025

Manufacturing

Australian lithium-sulfur specialist wins funding, targets 1 GWh annual output Battery technology developer Li-S Energy has secured almost $8 million in federal government funding to advance planning for a large-scale lithium-sulfur battery cell manufacturing facility in Australia.

Nov 18, 2025

Products

Incat begins power-up of world’s largest battery-electric ship Incat Tasmania has begun energizing the first of four battery rooms on what will be the world’s largest all-electric ferry, ahead of sea trials later this year.

Oct 21, 2025

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