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Magnis raises $1.5m to advance its Townsville battery “gigafactory” plans
Magnis Energy, part of a consortium planning to build a lithium-ion battery cell “giga-factory” in Queensland’s north, has tapped investors for $1.5m.
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Fluence proposes two big batteries to upgrade Victoria-NSW transmission line
Fluence proposes two big batteries - each of 250MW - to upgrade the capacity between the two biggest electricity markets in Australia, NSW and Victoria.
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ABC’s QandA: Old fossils versus smart advocates of clean energy transition
Two old fossils put the case for dirty, old, and incumbent technologies. Three smart women argued environmental, economic and engineering case for a clean energy transition.
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How a new mega battery will help Hawaii say goodbye to its last coal generator
American utility-scale energy storage developer Plus Power is to build a 185MW/565MWh battery storage facility in Hawaii that will have as its primary role to ensure that the AES...
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AEMO pushes for minimum standards for solar, battery storage and EVs
AEMO seeks powers to impose minimum standards for rooftop solar, battery storage and EVs in an effort to create a single, nationally consistent set of rules.
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CSIRO spin-off raises $6m to accelerate deployment of battery optimisation software
CSIRO battery optimisation spin-off Evergen completes successful $6m crowd investment round, to accelerate commercialisation of software platform.
Photon Energy notches up financial close on two NSW solar farms, the Leeton and Fivebough projects, that will install a combined 14MW in the state’s Riverina region.
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Ausgrid seeks thousands of NSW homes to join expanded virtual power plant
After a successful phase one, Ausgrid launches second phase of household battery-based virtual power plant, with two new "aggregator" partners – ShineHub and Evergen.
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Sun Cable’s solar and battery mega-project may be first of many
Sun Cable says the $20 billion solar and storage project planned for the Northern Territory likely to be just the first of many.
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IEA: Coronavirus ‘accelerating closure’ of ageing fossil-fuelled power plants
IEA says Covid-19 accelerating shutdown of older fossil-fuelled power plants and refineries, and provides opportunity to push for “more resilient, secure and sustainable energy path”.
