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Queensland call-ins rattle big battery pipeline

Planning intervention sharpens policy risk for grid-scale storage

Queensland’s LNP government has called in Potentia Energy’s 300MW, 1,200MWh Capricorn battery near Rockhampton, one of two major grid-scale storage projects now subject to state intervention. Pictured: deputy premier Jarrod Bleijie

Queensland’s LNP government has called in Potentia Energy’s 300MW, 1,200MWh Capricorn battery near Rockhampton, one of two major grid-scale storage projects now subject to state intervention. Pictured: deputy premier Jarrod Bleijie | Credits: Potentia Energy/Wikipedia

Queensland's LNP government has continued to increase its oversight of proposed renewable energy projects by "calling-in" applications for two large grid-scale battery projects, heightening investor concerns...

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