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Ev Foley pv magazine editor

Ev Foley pv magazine editor

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

Tenders

Western Australia tender attracts seven times planned capacity, awards 2.6 GWh of battery storage The sites, awarded in the first round of the state's auctions under the national Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS), will have a total capacity of 654 MW/2,595 MWh.

Mar 20, 2025

Distributed

Australian home batteries charge ahead, with VoltX recording a 500% uptake spike VoltX Energy has reported seeing a record 500% spike in demand for residential solar battery storage in the past 12 months, expanding from New South Wales into Queensland and the South Australian markets, to keep up with demand.

Mar 14, 2025

Grid-scale

Ark, Hanwha ink supply deal for 2.2 GWh BESS in Australia Ark Energy, the Australian subsidiary of Korea Zinc Company, has signed a supply agreement with Hanwha Energy for the battery energy storage system at Ark’s proposed Richmond Valley hybrid solar battery project in the state of New South Wales.

Mar 13, 2025

Distributed

South Australian utility starts community battery rollout Electric company SA Power Networks has begun work on installing eight battery energy storage systems (BESS) across South Australia (SA) state. Four will enable fast electric vehicle (EV) charging, two will strengthen sections of the grid, and two will provide community energy resilience.

Mar 07, 2025

Finance

Australia opens $29m second round of community battery funding program The first round of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency's (ARENA) community batteries funding initiative (CBFI) supported 370 projects.

Feb 27, 2025

Tenders

Two BESS, one pumped hydro project awarded in NSW long-duration storage tender Three companies have been awarded long-duration storage, long-term energy service agreements from the New South Wales Roadmap Tender 5 which, at 1.03 GW/13.79 GWh, is the largest to date.

Feb 27, 2025

Revenue streams

Offtake deal with oil and gas company for 410 MWh battery in Australia Battery revenue swap (BRS) deal for the 205 MW/410 MWh Brendale battery energy storage system (BESS) which is due online next year.

Feb 24, 2025

Grid-scale

UK’s Pacific Green sells South Australian battery park for $293m The British cleantech company will be retained as construction manager of a site which forms part of the Limestone Coast Energy Park alongside Pacific Green's 250 MW/1 GWh Limestone Coast West battery.

Feb 21, 2025

Distributed

Australian federal funding for local council batteries and solar The Australian government has released AUD 50 million ($31.8 million) to local governments to co-fund energy efficiency and electrification upgrades in round one of a federal community energy upgrades fund.

Feb 20, 2025

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