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Clean tech bags big bucks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... from Woodside to $2.75 million. The new funding will go towards its ongoing commercial development SiBox, a heat storage battery that uses silicon bricks. The unit harnesses silicon's extremely high latent heat capacity, powered by intermittent renewables ...

Treasury spruiks CEFC role in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... new Household Energy Upgrades Fund will support investment in energy efficiency upgrades, high performing appliances and battery-ready solar PV," the strategy paper said. "This builds on the CEFC's well-established model of supporting clean energy investments ...

Australian Ethical backs infrastructure debt funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... specifying the precise figure or the split to each fund. The Energy Transition Fund is dedicated to financing grid scale battery projects in Australia. The fund will provide senior debt finance to 6-8 battery projects with a total capacity of 1.5-2GW ...

A portfolio approach for renewable investment: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... communities. One challenge that needs to be managed is the fact that renewable energy generation isn't matched with enough battery storage. The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) noted in its report on the third quarter of 2023 that higher ...

Blackstone and Vista to acquire energy market software

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... managing director Bilal Khan commented that the software is "mission-critical" to "supporting the growth of renewable energy, battery storage, and transmission grid investment required for the energy transition". "Blackstone's energy market expertise ...

CEFC allocates $100m to NSW infrastructure roadmap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... zones (REZs) and priority transmission infrastructure projects, including delivery of the 850 MW/1680 MWh Waratah Super Battery. The CEFC investment provides the SFV with a liquidity facility to support cashflow as infrastructure projects are advanced. ...

Aware Super plugs in to renewable energy platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Aware's direct investment in the Birdwood Distributed Energy Platform will see the fund partner to develop renewable and battery energy storage system solutions (BESS) in Australia. The allocation "complements" the fund's existing more than $2 billion ...

New NZ gov scraps 2030 emissions goal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... second investment in New Zealand's renewable sector since it last year acquired New Zealand-based rooftop solar and battery technology provider SolarZero. The renewables share of electricity generation in the country is now at its highest level on ...

Three-fold bang for the buck when investing in research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... of new technology in the decarb [decarbonisation] space. "As an example, Australia was an early leader in innovation in battery storage but now China has taken over as the global leader. This was a missed opportunity." Georgia King-Siem, KPMG enterprise ...

Renewables round up: BlackRock launches US$1.9b NZ renewables fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... for decarbonisation and boost skilled job creation, funding green energy solutions like solar, wind, green hydrogen and battery storage. It will look to crowd in investment from Crown companies and entities, superannuation funds, and private sector funds ...