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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Graham Snowdon

Australia’s battery-powered revolution: inside the 5 June Guardian Weekly

A Guardian Weekly magazine cover about Australia's battery powered energy revolution
The cover of the 5 June edition of the Guardian Weekly magazine. Illustration: Guardian Design

Last week, as the war in Iran continued to choke global oil supplies, the UK government announced a 13% increase in the cap on energy prices. But it was another related story on the other side of the world that caught my eye.

In Australia, the energy minister announced a fall of up to 10% in the benchmark electricity price in parts of the country, driven by record levels of renewables and batteries in the power grid.

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