Australian start-up raises $11.8m for small scale hydrogen ‘battery’
CSIRO-backed hydrogen hopeful Endua has raised another $11.8 million from existing and new investors to develop its 100 kW hydrogen energy storage unit.
NSW Energy Security Corp to address “spiralling costs” of pumped hydro projects
NSW energy minister Penny Sharpe says the Energy Security Corp will help address the spiralling costs of pumped hydro which lost out to battery storage in a recent tender.
How we stop floating wind turbines the size of skyscrapers from drifting away
Floating wind turbines are emerging as a promising solution – but turbines are also getting bigger at a rapid rate. So how do these colossal structures remain in place?
First big battery in world’s biggest isolated grid charges up for first time
The Kwinana battery - the first in the world's most isolated gigawatt scale grid in Western Australia - has charged up for the first time.
Electrify or electrolyse? We can – and should – do both
Electrify Everything! says Saul Griffith. The Hydrogen Economy! says Andrew Forrest. What if we didn’t have to choose?
ACT backs six renewable energy projects, including panel recycling and hydrogen
Six new local renewable energy projects in ACT will share in funds designed to support renewable energy innovation.
MPower signs up Evergen to boost earnings from distributed solar and battery projects
MPower signs up Evergen to boost returns from its distributed solar and battery projects, starting with Lakeland in north Queensland.
Victoria gives SEC $1 billion to fast-track wind and solar
The state will spend $1.78 billion on achieving its energy goals, but the lion's share goes to SEC to deliver 4.5GW of new wind and solar.
100 new towers: Powerlink cements plan to connect Australia’s biggest wind precinct by 2024
Powerlink says it has erected the 100th transmission tower as part of its plan to connect Australia's biggest wind precinct.
What do you call a coal plant on a 2050 grid? “Incredibly expensive insurance”
What is a forecast of 14GW of coal in Australia in 2050 doing in a net zero scenario?
Australia’s green hydrogen export dream could require 812GW of wind and solar
BNEF report finds Australia would need a massive total of 812GW of mostly onshore solar and wind power by 2050 to export green hydrogen and meet its climate targets.
New study unlocks secrets of solid state batteries heading to households and EVs
A study partly funded by Australia helps to unlock some of the secrets of solid state batteries, which are less prone to runaway chemical fires, and will deliver more power.