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Genex picks Tesla Megapacks for 100MWh standalone battery in Queensland
Genex Power says will purchase 40 Tesla Megapack battery units for its 50MW/100MWh Bouldercombe big battery in Queensland, which will become one of the largest standalone battery storage projects in Australia.Genex will use the latest…
A New Era for Climate-Focused Venture Capital
During the height of the pandemic in 2020, venture capital poured into climate technologies at record levels. It was a happy surprise amidst a collapsing economy and years of investment stagnation. Venture investments in climate tech…
Energy Transformed Podcast: Can batteries take charge of the grid?
In the first of our Energy Transformed podcasts series we take a deep dive into the different roles battery storage can play in the energy market.
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Form Energy Unveils Its Iron-Air Battery
Back in 2016, Mateo Jaramillo left Tesla, where he was leading the stationary energy storage business, and started looking for a new challenge to tackle. He took on long-duration energy storage -- not long duration like 8 hours or…
Potash mine to build wind, solar and battery micro-grid for most of its power needs
Potash Australia CEO Matt Shackleton said several alternative configurations for the microgrid were presented and assessed, and the configuration chosen will help deliver the “greenest” sulphate of potash (SOP) projects in Australia.More…
What Emerging Climate Tech Sectors Are Ready for Growth?
After 30 years of R&D and commercial proof, hundreds of billions in institutional dollars are pouring into now-conventional tech like wind, solar and batteries.
But there’s a whole class of technologies that are ready to…
“Backward step:” Industry warns VPPs could be killed by AEMO metering changes
Australian energy companies and new technology providers have lined up overwhelmingly against a new proposal by the Australian Energy Market Operator that they say could effectively kill the market for “virtual power plants”.VPPs aggregate…
A New Inflection Point for Clean Energy
We're at a new phase of the clean energy transition. Extreme heat, drought and floods are increasing in frequency. Public attention on clean energy is stronger than ever. The Biden Administration is putting zero-carbon energy at the core of…
Syncline unveils 2,400MWh big battery storage project near Melbourne
Australian renewable energy and now battery storage developer Syncline Energy has unveiled plans for a 600MW four hour battery storage facility in Victoria, upping the ante over what might be the biggest battery project in the state, or…
Redflow in “strong” position for US push, despite falling short on capital raise
Australian energy storage company Redflow has raised just under $15 million in its latest fundraising round, launched last month to leverage increasing customer interest in its zinc bromine flow battery technology and fund a push into the…