Joshua S Hill

3 weeks ago | reneweconomy.com.au | Joshua S Hill

The global chaos stemming from US President Donald Trump’s haphazard tariff policies will be mirrored in the country’s power sector, according to energy analysts Wood Mackenzie, with prices likely to rise across the board – for wind, solar and conventional technologies – and with big batteries hit the hardest. predict the cost of most power generation technologies will increase anywhere from 6 per cent to as much as 50 per cent for utility-scale storage projects.

3 weeks ago | reneweconomy.com.au | Joshua S Hill

Australian renewables focused energy retailer Amber Electric has raised $45 million in a latest funding round designed to accelerate the company’s growth and expand its battery and electric vehicle (EV) automation technology overseas.

1 month ago | reneweconomy.com.au | Joshua S Hill

San Francisco based floating wind innovator Aikido will get a chance to showcase its “flat-pack” style offshore floating wind technology in Norway as part of a 15MW demonstration project set to be installed in 2027. Founded in 2022, Aikido is hoping to revolutionise the offshore wind sector with its flat-pack, serial produced offshore wind platforms that it says can be assembled in 40 working hours.

1 month ago | reneweconomy.com.au | Joshua S Hill

Chinese state-owned grid operator China Southern Power Grid has switched on the country’s first large-scale lithium-sodium hybrid energy storage station, a 200MW/400MWh behemoth combining both lithium-ion and sodium-ion battery technology. Located in the Yunnan Province of southwest China and operated by the smaller of the country’s two grid operators, China Southern Power Grid, the Baochi Energy Storage Station covers an area measuring over 3 hectares, equivalent to five soccer fields.

1 month ago | reneweconomy.com.au | Joshua S Hill

A contested solar and battery project in the heart of coal country in the Hunter Valley has been approved by the NSW Indpendent Planning Commission, with conditions. The Muswellbrook solar farm will be a 135 MW facility co-located with a 135 MW/270 MWh battery and is being developed by OX2 and Idemitsu Australia on land adjacent to the Muswellbrook coal mine, part of plans to convert the oldest open cut mine into a renewable energy precinct that may also include green hydrogen.