Aussie miner lands $1.6 billion for US lithium project
Australia-based critical minerals miner Ioneer has been tapped to help strengthen America’s battery supply chain, securing a $1.6 billion loan from the US Department of Energy to develop a lithium and boron project in Nevada.
Government pledges $2 billion to drive aluminium sector’s renewables shift
The Australian government has announced a $2 billion investment designed to accelerate the decarbonisation of the nation’s aluminium smelters, encouraging them to switch from fossil fuels to renewable electricity within the next decade.
AGA seals deal with Plug Power for 3 GW electrolyser system
Allied Green Ammonia has signed and sealed a purchase agreement with Plug Power to supply 3 GW of electrolyser capacity for its large-scale green hydrogen production project being developed in the Northern Territory.
Wind tunnel tests show spacing between panels is key to reduce soiling
Scientists have placed four PV panels in a 21-metre wind tunnel and run different tests regarding tilt angles, mounting height, spacing, and incoming flow direction. They found that when the spacing between panels exceeds twice the panel height, the mutual influence on dust deposition becomes negligible.
Sodium-ion batteries face uphill struggle to beat lithium-ion on cost
A new Stanford University study finds that there are several key routes that sodium-ion battery developers can take to compete on price, specifically against a low-cost variant of the lithium-ion battery known as lithium iron phosphate (LFP).
Central-West Orana REZ gets generation transfer capacity raised to 7.7 GW
The New South Wales infrastructure planner of renewable energy zones EnergyCo has formally updated the amount of renewable generation and storage that can connect to the Central-West Orana renewable energy zone transmission network from 5.8 GW to 7.7 GW.
Remote solar-array powers EV charger 1,600 kilometres north of Perth
West Australian energy company Powerhouse has completed the install of a 60 kVA, off-grid solar array in the state’s far north, to power a remote electric vehicle charger as part of the 7,000 kilometre long WAEV Network project.
New Zealand’s power market is ‘ugly’ and asymmetrical
Your oven doesn’t care what generation source powers it up – so consumers with power plants of their own via rooftop solar or through battery energy storage systems need to be able to compete fairly with large generators.
CEFC invests $100 million into energy efficient apartment developments
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has invested $100 million in the property development strategy of France-headquartered investment firm AXA IM Alts, which aims to embed sustainability into their Australian builds.
Solis releases three-phase string C&I inverters with fuseless design
The Chinese inverter manufacturer said its new inverters have an MPPT current of up to 54 A and support more than a 150% DC/AC ratio. The new products also feature a maximum efficiency of 98.8% and a European efficiency rate of 98.3%.
