Strategic Alliances

Founder and former CEO of SwitchDin Dr Andrew Mears is launching his new venture, Tesseract ESS, at Melbourne’s All Energy today. The proposition expands on his previous technologies to deliver a ‘storage-as-a-service’ model focused on Australia’s C&I segment, providing battery and solar systems at $0 CAPEX to Australian farmers, manufacturers and other businesses. Pv magazine Australia spoke to Mears ahead of the launch.

Energy Vault, a Swiss company which initially entered international markets with gravity-based storage technologies before expanding into lithium batteries, has signed a $350 million (USD 234 million) agreement with Australian developer Enervest to deliver a 1 GWh lithium battery for a site in Stoney Creek, NSW.

Solar Quotes founder Finn Peacock expects Origin Energy’s acquisition of the solar installation comparison service will accelerate the rollout of rooftop PV in Australia and the electrification of the nation’s energy system.

Indonesia has struck a deal with Chinese battery industry heavyweight CATL to build a giga-scale battery cell manufacturing plant in the southeast Asian nation as it works to establish a battery and electric vehicle ecosystem.

New South Wales-headquartered commercial solar company Symmetry Solar has completed the installation of a 235 kW system at Canberra’s Australian War Memorial as part of the facility’s $550 million upgrade.

Port of Newcastle, one of the largest coal ports in the world, is pushing ahead with its Clean Energy Precinct development, signing agreements for key design work and environmental impact studies.

Solar cell technology innovator SunDrive Solar will join forces with Chinese PV manufacturing giant Trinasolar to develop “cutting-edge” manufacturing facilities and bring Australian-made solar panels to market at scale.

The road to clean energy for remote communities can be long and hard, but it is possible, and First Nations people are ensuring their communities share in the benefits of Australia’s clean energy transition.

Australian battery recycling company Envirostream, a subsidiary of Perth-headquartered advanced raw materials company Lithium Australia, has signed an exclusive recycling agreement with repurposed electric vehicle battery manufacturer Infinitev.

Australian renewable energy and battery storage development company MPower Group has sold its 4.99 MW Narromine renewable energy project in New South Wales to Singapore-based Ampyr Distributed Energy via conversion of project funding into equity in the project.