More than 120 giga-scale battery projects planned around world in 2026, as costs continue to fall
The world's first giga-scale battery project was installed in 2021. This year, there will be 120 of them.
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A turbine fire at ageing wind farm causes five-hour shutdown as owner mulls options for repowering the facility.
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Household battery numbers continue to defy all predictions, and they now look set to match the scale of the entire Snowy Mountains scheme in a single year.
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