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The BlackRock and Akaysha Energy teams together. Image: BlackRock.

BlackRock commits AU$1 billion capital for Australian battery storage developer’s 1GW buildout

August 16, 2022
A real estate and infrastructure investment arm of BlackRock has committed to investing US$700 million into Akaysha Energy’s pipeline.
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Australian flow battery player Redflow halts stock trading as it prepares capital raise

August 11, 2022
Australia-based zinc-bromine flow battery company Redflow, which has a market cap of nearly US$60 million, has halted stock market trading as it prepares a capital raise.
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Vanadium flow battery M&A: SPAC ups CellCube stake to 25%, up-downstream deal in Australia

August 10, 2022
SPAC Mustang Energy PLC is increasing its effective stake in CellCube to around 25% while a company launching a vanadium mine project in Australia has injected US$3.5 million in a new flow battery maker.
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Thermal energy storage solutions gain traction in Brazil and Australia

August 10, 2022
Australian startup MGA Thermal has bagged around US$1 million in government funding for a 5MWh thermal energy storage project while Israel-based Brenmiller Energy has inaugurated a 1MWh unit in Brazil.
Genex's solar power plant at Kidston, where the company is building a 2,000MWh PHES plant. Image: Genex Power.

Genex Power developing Queensland clean energy project with 1,400MWh battery storage

August 10, 2022
Genex Power has bought up a 2GW clean energy project which it intends to build in five stages in Queensland, Australia.
Design sketch for the project, which will allow dual land use activities, with sheep grazing planned on site. Image: Wirsol.

Wirsol gets New South Wales development approval for 235MW solar plant paired with grid-scale battery storage

August 8, 2022
Wirsol Energy has received development approval for its Maryvale solar and energy storage project in New South Wales (NSW), Australia.
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NHOA starts installing Western Australia’s biggest BESS

August 5, 2022
E-mobility and energy storage company New HOrizons Ahead (NHOA) has started installation work on an LFP-based 100MW/200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Western Australia, the state’s largest.
Lake Cressbrook, Queensland. Image: Flickr user Allan Henderson.

Bechtel to work on 4GWh pumped hydro plant with battery storage in Queensland

August 5, 2022
Bechtel has been selected to work on design and planning of a large-scale pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project in Queensland.
Wallerawang coal power plant, pictured in 2007, closed down in 2014, but New South Wales still has much more work to do to replace coal on its energy networks. Image: Wikimedia user Amitch.

Development approval given for 1,000MWh battery storage at Australian coal plant site

August 5, 2022
The Department of Planning and Environment in New South Wales gave development approval to a proposed 500MW/1,000MWh battery storage project.
Major BESS projects internationally, including the Victorian Big Battery in Australia (pictured) and Zenobe's upcoming project in Scotland are providing inertia via their inverters. Image: Victoria State government.

Australia projects drive trebling of energy storage revenues for Neoen

August 4, 2022
Neoen saw its energy storage revenues triple in the first half of this year, driven by its Victorian Big Battery in Australia.

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