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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

Projects & Applications

Octopus reaches financial close on $587 million Blind Creek solar and DC-coupled battery project in Australia The battery energy sizing of 243 MW / 486 MWh provides two hours of storage for Octopus Australia

Nov 12, 2025

Projects & Applications

Samsung C&T wins environmental approval in Australia for 300 MWh solar-storage plant in just 19 days Australian government authorities have fast-tracked environmental approval to Samsung's C&T division in Australia for its 300 MW / 300 MWh Queensland-based solar and battery energy storage project.

Nov 10, 2025

Grid-scale

Big batteries draw short straw in Australia’s Solar Sharer scheme: Rystad analysis Rystad Energy has released analysis of the federal government’s Solar Sharer scheme saying forecast increased demand from utility and household batteries and a slowdown of rooftop solar could boost utility renewables and coal via increased daytime demand, but impact gas and utility batteries.

Nov 06, 2025

Grid-scale

Eku Energy wins go-ahead for 1.2 GWh BESS in Australia United Kingdom energy storage developer Eku Energy has been granted development approval by the Victorian government for its 300 MW / 1,200 MWh Tramway Road battery project in the southeastern Gippsland region of the state.

Nov 03, 2025

Grid-scale

Australia’s solar-plus-1 GWh BESS project approved dispite protests The hybrid 322 MW / 1 GWh Meadow Creek Solar Farm and utility battery has secured planning and environmental approvals from the Victorian government despite community opposition from the Rural City of Wangaratta.

Nov 03, 2025

Grid-scale

Australia becomes world’s third-largest utility battery market Australia is the third-largest market worldwide for large-scale energy storage by capacity and is blitzing the field in per capita battery storage installations, with more than 1 GWh per million people – double that of nearest rival the United Kingdom.

Oct 28, 2025

Distributed

Australia adds 2 GWh of home battery storage in less than four months In less than four months since 1 July 2025, the Australian government’s Cheaper Home Batteries program has directly increased home battery capacity across the country by more than 50% and delivered 2 GWh of battery storage through 100,000 installations.

Oct 27, 2025

Finance

Relectrify inverterless storage system fast tracked with $25 million ARENA backing Victoria-headquartered battery technology company Relectrify has received $25 million ARENA backing to help deploy it’s CellSwitch inverterless technology, which promises to deliver 20% more energy over a battery system’s lifetime.

Oct 23, 2025

Grid-scale

Australia backs big batteries amid coal exit Utility-scale batteries are meeting the challenge of guaranteeing network reliability during the clean energy transition with Australia having surpassed the United Kingdom to become the third-largest market for large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS), behind China and the United States.

Oct 21, 2025

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