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“Hot bricks” heat battery to electrify Rio Tinto aluminium refinery in world-first project
Plans to build one of the world’s biggest industrial heat battery projects win Arena funding, to determine whether “hot bricks” can slash aluminium refinery emissions.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 21, 2026

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Storage

Can you run a paper mill on solar and “hot bricks”? Visy says it can – on paper, at least
A paddock of solar and an innovative converter could allow Visy to cut gas use by 40% on one site without the added cost of a new grid connection.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 4, 2026

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Policy & Planning

State looks to tariff changes to help take the heat out of decarbonisation for big business
NSW is looking at tariff reform to encourage big gas users to switch to heat storage.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 2, 2026

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Storage

Australia’s largest industrial thermal storage project takes next “significant step”
Thermal energy storage hopeful begins key engineering and design study for what could be the largest project of its kind in Australia.
Joshua S Hill

May 29, 2026

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Storage

Cannon-Brookes bankrolls one of biggest batteries in the world, in huge bet on thermal storage
Grok Ventures investment allows US thermal storage company to go ahead with its first gigawatt-scale battery project.
Rachel Williamson

May 20, 2026

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Storage

Australia’s largest thermal storage project takes important next step
New Australian-developed thermal energy storage technology is competitive with traditional fossil fuel technologies at an industrial scale, according to a new study.
Joshua S Hill

Jul 29, 2025

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Storage

The hot brick technology that could slash emissions at concrete plants and aluminium refineries
A toaster and a cement kiln walk into a bar… what comes out later is a thermal battery, and a potential key for large scale industrial decarbonisation.
Rachel Williamson

May 16, 2025

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Storage

Arena triples bet on “clean steam” storage hopeful, in bid to green up Australian industry
Australian Renewable Energy Agency tips more money into steam-dispatch technology that it says can help decarbonise hard-to-abate industries.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 18, 2024

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Storage

Aurora project could start life as big battery, as 1414 rethinks business case
From solar tower project, to TESS demonstration, to big battery? 1414 Degrees says new Aurora modelling shows starting with a bigger battery and no solar makes better sense.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 8, 2021

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Storage

Big battery added to Aurora solar project could triple its earnings, says report
Adding battery storage to 70MW solar PV plant planned for development in South Australia would more or less triple the project’s annual revenue, a new report says.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 20, 2020

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Storage

1414 Degrees hits major bump on road to utility-scale thermal energy storage
Shares in molten silicon energy storage hopeful 1414 plunge by more than 50% after frank technology review finds reliability and efficiency problems.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 18, 2020

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Storage

1414 picks up Port Augusta solar tower project, plans huge thermal storage plant
1414 degrees to buy Australian assets of solar thermal company SolarReserve, including abandoned South Australia solar power tower project.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 29, 2019

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