Indo-Pacific nations seek action plan to strengthen critical mineral supply chain, prevent battery shock

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The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) --- a 14-nation grouping consisting of India, the US and Pacific Rim countries such as Japan, Australia, South Korea and o...

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Quinbrook picks GE Vernona for 250 MW / 1,000 MWh batteries at Supernode BESS Phase 2 in Australia

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Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has selected GE Vernova to deliver a 250 MW / 1,000 MWh integrated battery energy storage system (BESS) solution for the second phase of the compa...

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Australian redox flow battery startup Allegro Energy raises A$17.5 million in Series A funding

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Australian battery startup Allegro Energy has raised A$17.5 million in a Series A funding from new and existing investors. US climate change fund The Grantham Foundation led the fu...

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Fortescue Metals co-leads Series B investments in Chinese electrolyzer maker Hyproof

Australia's Fortescue Metals Group has invested in Chinese electrolyzer membrane manufacturer Hancheng Technology (Hyproof). The company co-led an investment of up to $14 million a...

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Exicom eyes global footprint, acquires DC fast charger maker Tritium for $30 mn

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Exicom Tele-systems Ltd, India's largest manufacturer of electric vehicle chargers, has entered into definitive agreements to acquire Australia-headquartered Tritium, a global lead...

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Stanwell begins earthworks on 300 MW / 1,200 MW mega battery in Queensland

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Australia's Stanwell announced it had begun major construction works on the 300 MW / 1,200 MWh supercharged Stanwell Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) near Rockhampton, Queensla...

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Australia to speed up development of $20 bn, 14 GW green hydrogen hub in Western Australia

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Australia has conferred "major project status" to the Australian Renewable Energy Hub (AREH), a planned $20 billion renewable energy-cum-green-hydrogen development in Western Austr...

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IESW 2024: Roadmap for India-Western Australia partnerships in battery and critical minerals space

Sinjan Pathak, consultant, Customized Energy Solutions India, presents trade findings from the report at IESW 2024.

There is a natural alignment between India and Western Australia in the battery and critical minerals space with both sides sharing common interests, according to a joint research ...

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Quinbrook closes its largest energy transition fund to date with $3 bn in new capital commitments

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Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, a global investment company focused exclusively on infrastructure for the energy transition, announced it had raised $3 billion in new capital co...

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Iberdrola reveals 1,500 GWh capacity battery storage projects in Australia

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Spanish company Iberdrola has announced two new battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Australia. These include the 250 MW / 500 MWh Gin Gin project near Bundaberg in Que...

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GCube launches specialized consortium to offer insurance for BESS worldwide

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GCube Insurance, a leading insurance company for renewable energy projects, announced the launch of a new consortium to provide cover for battery energy storage systems (BESS) worl...

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SunCable receives environmental clearance for Australia-Singapore RE power cable

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SunCable announced it had obtained principal environmental approval for its flagship Australia-Asia Power Link (AAPowerLink) project, touted as the world's largest renewable energy...

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Octopus Australia gets nod for 500 MW / 1,000 MWh battery near Brisbane, Queensland

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Octopus Australia, the Australian unit of Britain's Octopus Group announced it had received planning approval for a 500 MW/ 1,000 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Queens...

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IESW 2024: Optimizing battery supply chains

Australia is vital to battery raw materials and the possibility of greater Indo-Australian co-operation in the area of supply chains was looked into on Day 2 of the India Energy St...

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Victoria getting largest wind farm in southern hemisphere: 1,333 MW + 300 MW battery

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Renewables developer TagEnergy announced it had achieved financial closure on the second stage of the Golden Plains Wind Farm in Victoria, Australia, a $2.7 billion mega-project th...

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Australia's Squadron Energy eyes 2 GW renewables project linked to massive 12-hour battery

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Australian renewables developer Squadron Energy has proposed a massive, 2 GW energy park consisting of 1 GW solar PV capacity and 1 GW wind power capacity, linked to a 1 GW / 12 GW...

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Brookfield buys majority in renewables developer Neoen in $6.6 billion deal

The Victorian Big Battery in Australia, one of Neoen's projects in the country. Image: VBB

Brookfield Asset Management, the world's largest renewables investor, is looking to buy a majority stake in French renewables development company Neoen. The Canadian-based investor...

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Spain's X-Elio proposes 350 MW solar plant with 120 MW / 240 MWh big battery in Queensland

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Spanish renewables developer X-Elio has applied for environmental approval in Australia to build a 350 MW solar farm coupled with a two-hour big battery of 120 MW / 240 MWh. The pr...

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RWE to build Australia's first eight-hour battery

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Germany-headquartered global renewables player RWE has announced an investment decision to build Australia's first eight-hour battery near Balranald in New South Wales (NSW). The L...

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Rio Tinto, BHP to test large battery electric haul truck technology

Leading global mining group, Rio Tinto on Monday (May 27) announced that it will be collaborating with BHP for the testing of large battery-electric haul truck technology in t...

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Quinbrook starts work on $3.5 billion green steel project in Queensland

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Queensland, Australia could become home to one of the largest green steel projects in the world, with Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners (QIP) announcing it has commenced devel...

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Australia approves 800 MW solar + 250 MW battery Punchs Creek project

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Australia's government has approved the Punchs Creek Solar Farm project, an 800 MW solar-plus-storage development in Queensland that will sport a 250 MW battery energy storage syst...

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Queensland invests $300 mn to double Stanwell battery to 300 MW/ 1,200 MWh

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Australia's state of Queensland has pledged to invest $300 million to double the capacity of the Stanwell battery being set up at a coal-fired power station, as part of the state's...

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Scientists demonstrate two new battery chemistries: water and calcium

The calcium-oxygen battery developed by scientists at China's Fudan University is stable in air and can be made into flexible fibres to produce next-generation wearables. Photo: Fudan University

Scientific teams working in Australia and China have demonstrated two new battery chemistries that could supplant lithium-ion batteries in the coming years, thus overcoming the pos...

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Fortescue opens PEM electrolyzer manufacturing facility in Australia

Fortescue's electrolyzer manufacturing facility in Gladstone, Australia.

Australia-based global metal mining and green energy major, Fortescue on Monday (April 8) announced that it has opened its electrolyzer manufacturing facility in Gladstone, Queensl...

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Sungrow batteries to power South Australia’s second-largest energy storage project

Templers Battery Storage Project in South Australia. Source: Sungrow

Leading global PV inverter and energy storage system supplier, Sungrow Power Supply Co. Ltd (Sungrow) on Thursday (March 28) said it has secured permission from ZEN Energ...

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Australia approves 750 MW Sandy Creek, which could join list of world's largest BESS projects

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Australia announced the country has approved the Sandy Creek Solar Farm and battery energy storage project proposed by renewable energy developer Lightsource bp in the New South Wa...

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B&V to study extraction of natural hydrogen and helium in Australia

Global engineering and critical infrastructure solutions provider, Black and Veatch (B&V) has announced that it will undertake a study on the exploration and extraction of...

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Western Australia begins construction on 500 MW Collie BESS project

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Synergy, the government-owned utility of Australia's Western Australia state, announced it had begun construction of its third grid-scale battery as part of efforts to move away fr...

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ACEN, Marubeni to develop 400 MWh battery in New South Wales, Australia

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ACEN Australia announced the company had signed an agreement with Marubeni Asian Power (Singapore) to jointly develop a 200 MW/ 400 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in New ...

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