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Italian billionaires buy into renewable developer behind Australia’s biggest wind farm
The Agnelli family, which founded the Fiat motor company and owns a majority stake in Ferrari and the Juventus football club, has become a major investor in renewable and storage developer TagEnergy, currently building Australia’s biggest…
Could this aluminium battery be safe, efficient and non-toxic?
Total 0 Shares A team of scientists from Australia and China say they’ve designed an early prototype battery that could be safe, efficient and non-toxic.
The researchers, from Australia’s Flinders University and China’s Zhejiang…
BHP plans 550MW of wind, solar and storage as Pilbara mines go electric
Mining giant BHP says it plans to build around 550MW of wind, solar and battery storage in the Pilbara as part of a $4 billion plan to electrify and decarbonise its global mining operations, and save money while doing so.
The plans were…
California FIT & Net Metering Bills Signed
California, United States California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger last week signed two solar bills designed to give added incentive to businesses and homeowners to invest in a solar system and help the state achieve its aggressive…
Naturgy opens new Victoria wind farm as part of major renewables and storage push
Total 0 Shares Spanish energy group Naturgy has begun operations at a new 109MW wind farm in Victoria and confirmed plans to quadruple its renewable and storage capacity in Australia to more than 2.2GW over the next two years.…
Sun Cable: Cannon-Brookes wins battle for world’s biggest solar and battery project
Total 0 Shares The battle of the billionaires has ended, with Mike Cannon-Brookes revealed as the successful bidder for the massive Sun Cable project in the Northern Territory, beating out rival Andrew Forrest and keeping alive plans to…
Australia needs a lot more four-hour batteries – but first we need the right policies
Total 0 Shares Owning a four-hour duration battery over the past 12 months would have been very profitable. More batteries would be built if Australia had an investment tax credit similar to the US. Such a credit would encourage more…
Hazelwood battery charges up for first time at site of former coal generator
Total 0 Shares A second very large battery began operations for the first time on Australia’s main grid this week as the country’s transition from fossil fuel based generation to wind, solar and storage made new milestones.
The 150MW,…
Andrew Forrest grabs land for proposed refinery and big battery metals play
A final investment decision will not be made until a feasibility study is complete in mid-2024, and will be subject to those findings.
Still, Wyloo and IGO say they are already advancing discussions with an unnamed global battery chemical…
Oil giant Shell to build its first big battery with massive project in Melbourne
Global oil giant Shell is to build its first big battery project anywhere in the world after committing to a massive new facility to be built on the south-eastern outskirts of Melbourne as the switch to renewables accelerates.
Shell Energy,…