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Four new community batteries will store renewable energy – generated from rooftop solar – for use by hundreds of residents living in Alphington, Bellfield, Coburg and Flemington in Victoria. Jemena Electricity Networks has been awarded up to $2 million in funding to deliver the community batteries through the Australian Government’s Community Batteries for Household … Continued
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International expert, Adam Hersh, will address the opportunities and challenges presented by Australia’s renewable energy revolution at the National Manufacturing Summit in Canberra on 2 and 3 August. Hosted by Weld Australia in collaboration with the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work, the theme of the National Manufacturing Summit is ‘Manufacturing the Energy Revolution: Industrial … Continued
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One of Australia’s largest renewable hydrogen plants is set to go ahead, with the Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG) reaching financial close on its Hydrogen Park Murray Valley development. On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced a $36.1 million commitment to AGIG for the 10 MW electrolyser deployment … Continued
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CIMIC Group’s UGL and CPB Contractors have been awarded an early works contract by Powerlink for the CopperString 2032 project in North Queensland. The $20 million early works package will cover detailed engineering design, field surveys, geotechnical surveys and geotechnical works. This follows a previous Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) agreement awarded to the UGL and … Continued
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An environmental group is appealing to the community to join in to stop Victorian brown coal from being burned to produce hydrogen. Friends of the Earth Melbourne’s No More Gas campaigner Freja Leonard today announced the launch of a petition to oppose the controversial new Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain project proposed by an international consortium … Continued
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CIMIC Group’s UGL has been contracted by Neoen to design and construct Stage 1 of Collie Battery, a 219MW/877MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) and associated energy infrastructure in Western Australia. UGL will be responsible for the design, construction, testing and commissioning of the 33/330kV substation, the installation of the Tesla2 XL Megapacks and the … Continued
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Hosted by Weld Australia in collaboration with the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work, the National Manufacturing Summit will leverage the opportunities and overcome the challenges presented by the renewable energy revolution. The Australian Government has legislated emissions reductions targets of 43% (on 2005 levels) by 2030 and net zero by 2050. Importantly, these targets … Continued
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THE release of the Grattan Institute’s ‘Getting off gas’ report is telling for what it excludes. The report admits it does not deal with LPG in any detail, so fails to capture the clear, commercially viable and relatively easy pathways for its transition to net zero in the short-term and actual zero emissions by 2045. … Continued
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Underserved youth at the heart of Schneider Electric Pacific Foundation’s work in 2023. Beacon Foundation, ATSIMA, and Raise Foundation have been named as the Schneider Electric Pacific Foundation’s charitable partners. Each chosen Australian partner will receive a share of AUD $800k over the course of three years. All partners have been chosen for their focus … Continued
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Sense and EDMI are collaborating to deliver next generation smart meters that will help accelerate the energy transition, engage customers, and materially reduce the costs of running the energy system. Sense’s real time home intelligence software, running on EDMI meters, will bring intelligence to the grid edge. These will be the first smart meters … Continued
