Neara closes $90 million Series D funding round, reaches $1.1 billion valuation
Sydney-based critical infrastructure digital twin modelling company Neara has closed a $90 million Series D funding round to accelerate its focus on solving global infrastructure challenges.
Grid constraints push data centres toward regional on-site, off-grid generation
Renewable energy land acquisition brokerage Rok Solid is seeing data centre operators increasingly move development to regional sites and choosing off-grid solutions such as gas and solar to counter metropolitan grid constraints.
KSTAR joins Smart Energy Council in lead up to home battery launch
Major Chinese inverter and energy storage solution company KSTAR has joined the Smart Energy Council as an essential member in the lead up to its launch of a new residential energy storage solution to the Australian market.
UNSW ‘living lab’ energy managment system now operational
Real-world testing of an artifical intelligence-enabled energy management system and virtual power plant technology is underway in Dubbo, through a TRaCE funded collaboration between the University of New South Wales, Sungrow and Dubbo Regional Council.
Sunset on solar waste: Have your say on solar panel reuse and recycling
A parliamentary inquiry into solar panel reuse and recycling is calling for written submissions on how Australia currently handles ageing and decommissioned solar panels, the scale of the current waste challenges and needs for future management.
100 MW / 870 MWh Ebor battery wins long storage NSW tender
Ebor battery storage system developers US-headquartered Energy Vault and Queensland’s Bridge Energy have been awarded a Long-Term Energy Service Agreement under the NSW Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap.
Japanese anode manufacturing plant to source graphite from Queensland
Queensland based critical minerals company Graphinex is collaborating with Japanese entities to deliver graphite from its proposed $1.3 billion Esmeralda mine project to Japan, and create a fully integrated graphite-to-anode supply chain.
Revera Energy secures $213 million facility to accelerate pipeline in Australia
London-based clean energy developer Revera Energy has bagged a $213 million facility to accelerate a multi-GW pipeline in Australia and the United Kingdom.
Armidale East BESS awarded long duration storage tender
FRV Australia has been awarded a long duration storage LTESA for 157.5 MW of its 315 MW / 1,260 MWh utility-scale Armidale East battery energy storage system.
Synergy 500 MW / 2.4 GWh Collie big battery is now operating
Western Australia’s state-owned electricity gentailer Synergy has announced one of Australia’s biggest batteries, the 500 MW / 2.4 GWh Collie battery energy storage system is now operational.
