Vanadium flow battery electrolyte focus of three year industry-backed study
West Australian company Technology Metals Australia, or TMT, will work with the government-backed Future Battery Industries agency to develop enhanced electrolytes for vanadium redox flow batteries. TMT will provide both the feedstock for the research as well as funding and hopes to eventually leverage the project’s findings.
Largest DC-coupled hybrid project in Australia acquired by Spanish company in major expansion strategy
Spanish power and gas provider Naturgy has acquired its first PV project in Australia – the Cunderdin hybrid solar + storage project east of Perth in WA. The project is set to be the country’s largest DC-coupled project to date.
WA to study renewables demand to inform state’s future network
The Western Australia government will fast-track an assessment of new and existing demand for renewable energy across the state’s main electricity network as it continues the transition to a low-emissions future.
8 GW HyEnergy Project in WA clears another milestone
A study into exporting green hydrogen from the 8 GW HyEnergy hydrogen Project in Western Australia’s Gascoyne region without an onshore port has found it to be both commercially and technically feasible.
Total Eren targets 2 GW solar and 1 GW green hydrogen plant in NT
French renewables giant Total Eren continues to advance its green hydrogen ambitions in Australia, teaming with the Northern Territory government to develop a massive renewable hydrogen production facility powered by more than 2 GW of solar PV generation in the far north.
Weekend read: Flowing into the lithium supply gap
Australian-born vanadium redox flow technology and new homegrown electrolyte sources are set to bulk up renewable energy storage options in the Pacific region and plug the gap left by lithium supply-chain issues. Natalie Filatoff reports from Sydney.
Jet Charge wins contract for ‘world’s longest’ EV fast-charging network
Western Australia’s electric vehicle fast-charging network has reached an important milestone with the state government awarding Melbourne-based company Jet Charge a $4.1 million contract to create what will be the world’s longest continuously connected electric highway.
Western Australia is closing in on its first commercial-scale green hydrogen
Western Australia has never been closer to demonstrating commercial-scale green hydrogen as Infinite Green Energy’s MEG HP1 project utilising the 11 MW Northam Solar Farm pushes toward completion.
WA rolls out management system to quadruple rooftop solar potential in regions, underpin 100% renewable microgrids
Horizon Power, the state government owned electricity provider for much of regional Western Australia, is set to rollout energy management technology which integrates the utility’s assets with distributed energy resources. The technology, which uses predictive analytics, hopes to unlock access to renewables in the regions.
Synergy eyes system security as installation begins on WA’s biggest battery
Construction has commenced on what will be Western Australia’s biggest battery energy storage system with the first of the battery units installed for the 100 MW/200 MWh Kwinana Big Battery being built at the site of the decommissioned Kwinana Power Station near Perth.
