NRN to ramp up ‘no-cost’ solar and home batteries rollout
Clean energy infrastructure startup National Renewable Network aims to deploy no-cost solar and battery systems to 36,000 Australian homes over the next 18 months after raising $4.28 million in an oversubscribed funding round.
Hydro Tasmania strikes offtake deal for 288 MW solar farm
Tasmania’s first large-scale solar project has been locked in with project developers TasRex reaching a commercial offtake agreement with state-owned utility Hydro Tasmania.
Novonix secures supply deal with Volkswagen battery arm
Australian-listed battery materials and technology company Novonix has inked an offtake agreement for at least 32,000 tonnes of its synthetic graphite anode material with the battery manufacturing arm of global carmaker Volkswagen.
$500,000 ANU battery research win on back of Eku Energy’s big BESS build
London-headquartered Eku Energy has committed $500,000 to the Australian National University’s battery storage and grid integration program as construction begins on the Williamsdale big battery in the Australian Capital Territory.
World’s largest 3.5 GW Terra solar project breaks ground in the Philippines
Phillippines renewable energy companies have broken ground on the 3.5 GW Terra Solar and 4.5 GWh battery storage project, tipped to be the world’s largest integrated solar and battery facility.
Allume Energy wins manufacturing grant for Australian-made SolShare technology
Victoria-headquartered developer of SolShare, Allume Energy has received $3.8 million in funding through an Australian government industry growth program to help scale the manufacturing of its technology in Melbourne.
3.4 TW of solar and wind can support $700 billion clean energy exports opportunity
Victoria-headquartered not-for-profit think tank, the Superpower Institute, has found Australia’s total potential revenue from clean energy exports is about $700 billion at today’s levels of industry output – or $1 trillion at forecast 2060 levels of output.
ClearVue teams with Chinese manufacturer to scale global expansion strategy
Australian solar window maker ClearVue Technologies continues to ramp up its global expansion plans, striking a manufacturing agreement with China-based glazing specialist Maxblue Industrial Glass.
Iberdrola strikes renewable energy supply deal with 13 NSW councils
The Australian arm of Spanish energy company Iberdrola has struck a renewable energy supply agreement to provide 13 regional New South Wales councils with more than 390 GWh of electricity through to the end of 2030.
Australia pledges $125 million to support Pacific’s renewable energy shift
The Australian government has announced a $125 million funding commitment to help deliver off-grid and community scale renewable energy projects in remote and rural parts of the Pacific.
