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Uruguay eyes 20GW of renewables for green hydrogen push
placing it near prices of other essential green hydrogen markets like Spain, Australia as well as Algeria. "We are hoping this is the start of a long work that will
Jun 21, 2022 // Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, South america, Uruguay, green hydrogen, renewables, electrolysers, renewables export, green hydrogen strategy
BP partners with thyssenkrupp to supply solar, green hydrogen for steel manufacturing
a 40.5% risk in the Asian Renewable Energy Hub, which is prepared for Western Australia and might generate around 1.6 million tonnes of green hydrogen or 9 million
Jul 12, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, PPA, Europe, green hydrogen, decarbonisation, Thyssenkrupp
New photovoltaic panel brand Star Solar to go for RE+.
property owners and also businesses.". Star Solar modules are manufactured in Australia. The company does want to one day bring producing to the
Sep 15, 2022 // Manufacturing News, solar panel, Star Solar, Lexie Lucas
Risen to develop 100-MW/400-MWh battery near Neoen-owned PV park in NSW
battery system blocks with a power conversion system (PCS) each. Risen Energy Australia anticipates the project's construction and commissioning phase to take in
Jan 24, 2023 // Storage, neoen, new south wales, Risen
Capital Dynamics reaches monetary close for Eagle Shadow Mountain project
in credit report facilities led by MUFG Union Bank, with Commonwealth Bank of Australia as well as Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation also providing a letter of
Dec 3, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Capital Dynamics, USA, PV project, North America, Benjamin Droz
Utility SP Group getting 150-MWp rooftop solar portfolio in China
and gas transmission as well as circulation businesses in Singapore as well as Australia as well as offers lasting energy remedies in Singapore, China, Thailand and
Apr 17, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, China, Asia, sp group
Akaysha Secures $163M Debt for Aussie Battery Storage
Australian battery energy developer Akaysha Energy Pty Ltd, backed by BlackRock Inc, has secured AUD 250 million in debt financing for the construction of two battery energy storage systems in Queensland. The funds will support the 155-MW/298-MWh Ulinda Park project and the 205-MW/410-MWh Brendale project, both serving the National Electricity Market.Ulinda Park will utilize Powin Battery technology, while Brendale will be equipped with Tesla Megapack. The debt raise was arranged by a group of seven lenders, including CBA, DBS, ING, Mizuho, MUFG, Rabobank, and SMBC, with a tenor of three years and over AUD 100 million in letters of credit to support security obligations. The projects are set to enhance energy storage capacity in Australia. What is the total capacity of the two battery energy storage systems in Queensland? The total capacity of the two battery energy storage systems in Queensland is 360 MW/708 MWh Ulinda Park has a capacity of 155 MW/298 MWh Brendale has a capacity of 205 MW/410 MWh Ulinda Park will utilize Powin Battery technology Brendale will be equipped with Tesla Megapack
May 1, 2024 // Storage, queensland, Akaysha
Australian rooftop PV might face grid restraints
Australian houses have actually taken on roof PV with unprecedented enjoyment, with households and local business both contributing towards the shift away from polluting fossil fuels while decreasing energy expenses. While a recession is expected on the back of Covid-19, setup prices are still going beyond most projections. Nonetheless, the right to install a rooftop system is not a provided and people wanting to install small planetary systems as soon as this years might face substantial limitations to grid exports of their PV power and also their capability to attach a system reduced by grid drivers. The end result could be rooftop PV possessions that are not able to press every one of the power they generate right into the grid-- pushing out presumed repayment periods. " It would certainly be damaging for the sector and also for customers," explains Ben Cerini, a professional with Cornwall Insight Australia. "Households might find themselves with stranded assets, which is a bigger concern for them than institutional capitalists due to the fact that they are not as innovative [investors]". The warning comes on the back of recent evaluation from Cornwall Insight Australia, which located that 24.5 GW of sub-100kWp solar is set to be contributed to Australian roofs with to 2030-- if, that is, such restraints are not established. Some electrical network drivers, or DSNPs, have actually magnified their efforts in interacting that the capability of a home to export power a rooftop PV system is far from being a given "right." Victorian DNSP Powercor, which services the western suburban areas of Melbourne and also the west of the state, is encouraging homes in the regions it offers to explore whether PV export is permitted. " If no action is taken by 2026, customer care by nearly half of our zone substations will experience problems when they attempt to export energy to the grid," said Steven Neave, Powercor GM of Electricity Networks stated in a declaration, released in late May. In the very same news release, Powercor kept in mind that the number of roof PV systems on its network enhanced from 142,200 at the beginning of 2020, to 150,500 by April-- suggesting the solar installment rate was likely to enhance by 18% in 2020, up from 14% in 2019. DNSPs clearly have a passion in highlighting the challenges caused by roof solar in running their networks. At the same time, so do solar installers, that want to highlight the quick investment repayments delivered by roof solar. Nevertheless the formulas utilized by solar salesmen may be based on the capacity to feed solar power into the grid-- something that is not given. Distribution market. Cornwall Insight Australia's Cerini states that the price of roof solar installations shows that pursue producing a distribution-level market should be increased. Cerini keeps in mind that ventures such as Energy Networks Australia and also the Australian Energy Market Operator's (AEMO) OpEN job must be pushed forward, provided the current uptake of roof PV. The Open Energy Network (OpEN) project looks for to investigate the way in which distributed power sources (DER) can be incorporated right into existing networks, in a manner that minimizes power expenses for customers. A first OpEN conversation paper was launched in May. Circulation markets are one of the actions suggested by the OpEN job, because they might promote technologies such peer-to-peer trading of electricity as well as recognizing alternative value streams for DER, such as rooftop solar as well as residential battery storage. They stand for an essential change in the direction of a two-sided electrical energy market at the circulation degree-- a concept included in the term "energy prosumer.". Cornwall's Cerini suggests that, given current installment levels, these initiatives must be sped up. He keeps in mind that the OpEN paper thinks lower solar setup prices than are presently underway, adding that by delaying the service a circulation market might "guarantee that consumers ... incur unneeded prices. " We are years away from getting that [circulation markets] up and running and also not far away from hitting the limits for integration," says Cerini. He includes that this "run rate" is not likely to decrease: "Rooftop solar is not even as cost delicate as huge range renewables ... as there is a series of reasons consumers want DER on their residential property.". Limitations on grid exports by DNSPs will likely stimulate need for power storage space-- which, while pricey, enable homes to get some worth for every single electron produced by their roof system. Sector onlookers do note that AEMO as well as various other bodies are working at an unmatched speed to develop a setting in which the rapid solar uptake can be suited. Cerini as well as the Cornwall experts note that the company's analysis is based upon both there being a pandemic-related decline in the small solar market and also average PV system sizes being available in at 4.5 kWp.
Jul 17, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, Australia, rooftop PV, Oceania, Ben Cerini
Swansea University to set up Redflow battery at its solar class
of the globe's biggest greenhouse gas emitters and also power customers. In Australia, for example, structures represent over 50% of electrical energy usage and
Mar 27, 2020 // Technology, Storage, UK, Europe, Redflow, Tim Harris
Australian scientists make lithium removal innovation
need from electrical lorries as well as the power storage space market rises. Australia is just one of the globe's most significant providers of lithium.
Mar 27, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Australia, Oceania, lithium, Monash University, Matthew Hill, Teague Egan, CSIRO
BlackRock keen on C&I PV, storage as new renewable fund hits record close
wind and solar plays in OECD markets, a group spanning Europe, the US, Turkey, Australia, Japan, Israel, Chile and others. In principle, the fund’s US$2.5
Dec 6, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Rooftop PV, USA, BlackRock, Europe, BESS, North America
Sicona Safeguards AU$ 3.7 M to Expand Battery Materials Tech
Australian firm Sicona Battery Technologies Pty Ltd has actually elevated AU$ 3.7 million in a pre-Series A financing round from leading investors to scale battery products innovation around the world. This most current capital injection follows the company's $1 million seed round in July 2020, the honor of a $704k 'Accelerating Commercialisation' Grant by the Australian Federal Government in November 2020, as well as Sicona's involvement in the prominent Startmate accelerator in its Summer 2021 climate technology accomplice. The financing round was led by global endeavor firm Artesian and US-based Riverstone Ventures, an associate of Riverstone Holdings, with significant participation by Chaos Ventures (New York), Bandera Capital (Australia), SDGx Ventures (Singapore), and numerous noticeable Australian climate-tech capitalists and international battery products specialists. Sicona, founded in June 2019 by Christiaan Jordaan and also Andrew Minett, is establishing next-generation battery technology utilized in the anodes (adverse electrodes) of lithium-ion batteries that enables electrical mobility. Sicona is commercialising cutting-edge silicon-graphite composite battery anode as well as binder process technology and also products, established and also perfected over the last 10 years at the Australian Institute for Innovative Materials (AIIM) at the University of Wollongong. Sicona's existing generation silicon-graphite composite anode products supply 50% to 100% greater capability than traditional "graphite-only" products and as a result, its cell manufacturer customers can unlock greater than 50% greater cell energy density than current Li-ion batteries thereby boosting electrical vehicle variety whilst lowering the cost as well as the time it requires to charge. According to a current report prepared by Accenture for the Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre (FBICRC), of which Sicona is an associate individual, diversified battery industries might add $7.4 billion annually to Australia's economic climate as well as assistance 34,700 jobs by 2030. Among the six opportunities recognized in the report for Australia to expand its presence throughout the battery value chain is the establishment of "active materials making capability to offer the global worth chain". Sicona specifies that it can satisfy this duty well as it has strategies to establish residential commercial-scale innovative manufacturing of its next-generation energetic anode materials. The international lithium battery chance is proliferating with more than 4TWh (comparable to 4,000 gigawatt sized factories) of introduced cell production needing in excess of four million tonnes of anode products per year. From its Australian base, Sicona also has its eyes set on releasing commercial-scale production plants in Europe and The United States And Canada. Sicona owner and CEO Christiaan Jordaan stated: "We are incredibly happy for the assistance from our growing global financier base. Our next landmark is the appointing of Sicona's pilot manufacturing plant at our site in Wollongong as well as leveraging its larger-scale manufacturing ability to qualify our products with worldwide battery manufacturers and conduct larger-scale battery testing programs." Kevin Wang, Vice President at Riverstone Holdings, claimed: "We are thrilled to sustain Sicona with this financing round as it is looking to scale its ground-breaking battery materials modern technology and also leverage its successes right into the fast-growing markets developing for lithium-ion batteries in Europe and the United States."
Aug 12, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Australia, Oceania, Christiaan Jordaan, Kevin Wang, Riverstone Holdings, Sicona Battery Technologies Pty Ltd
Supply Squeeze Dangers Are Pushing Lithium Higher and Higher
Winter season Olympics curbs in China, to pandemic-related labor shortages in Australia. That's readied to ratchet up the squeeze on EV manufacturers after a year
Jan 12, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, China, Asia, lithium, Alice Yu, Jessie Cai
Fortescue begins structure hydrogen electrolyser plant that will double international manufacturing
take care of US-based Plug Power to produce its modern technology in Australia. FFI states the electrolyser facility will have an initial capacity of 2
Feb 28, 2022 // Plants, Australia, queensland, Oceania, Fortescue Future Industries, Julie Shuttleworth, Gladstone
SMA Solar's 2021 inverter sales drop because of chip shortage
as 18% from the Asia-Pacific area, with the United States, Germany and also Australia being its primary markets. Regardless of the less than expected outcomes for
Apr 1, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Inverters, sma solar technology, Jürgen Reinert, covid-19, semiconductor shortage, sma solar, inverter supplier, semiconductor chip