Batteries the key to unlocking an energy revolution, and one state is racing ahead
By Daniel Mercer and Alex Lim
Western Australia in particular is proving to the world that grid-scale batteries are no longer a complementary technology but can play a central role in power grids.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-28/australia-global-battery-leader-and-wa-leads-charge/106526042
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Breaking: Power prices to fall for most customers with bigger drops for businesses
By Daniel Mercer
Surging levels of renewable energy and better reliability from coal-fired generators are set to give consumers a break, with benchmark power prices to fall up to 10 per cent for consumers and more for small businesses.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-26/power-prices-fall-in-latest-dmo-release/106718250
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Surging levels of renewable energy and better reliability from coal-fired generators are set to give consumers a break, with benchmark power prices to fall up to 10 per cent for consumers and more for small businesses.
Thousands left without power in Melbourne CBD after local outage
A power company was forced to switch off power to about 10,000 customers in the heart of Melbourne after a burst water main threatened to flood a substation.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-25/power-outages-melbourne-citipower/106720074
New data centres set to swallow 34% of Cape Town’s current electricity supply
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-04-28-new-data-centres-set-to-swallow-34-of-cape-towns-current-electricity-supply/
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Four new major data centres are set to gobble up the equivalent of 34% of current electricity supply in Cape Town and unknown volumes of cooling water, raising questions about the sustainability of power and water to other sectors in the city.
Iraq experiences nationwide power outage amid 'record' heat
Power goes out across the country amid a heatwave that Iraqi meteorological services expect to last more than a week, with temperatures climbing as high as 50 degrees Celsius.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-12/iraq-nationwide-power-outage-record-heat/105640484
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