Tag: Battery

$14m battery growth centre to be run by CRC

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The Powering Australia Industry Growth Centre will be run by a cooperative research centre, with the Albanese government awarding $14 million to the WA-based Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research...

EV battery manufacturing opportunities focus of new inquiry

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Battery manufacturing opportunities in Australia will be a focus of a new parliamentary inquiry into the transition to electric vehicles. The House Standing Committee on Climate Change, Energy, Environment,...

Australia’s largest grid-forming battery green-lit

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Australia’s largest grid-forming battery will be built in the New South Wales Hunter region from early next year after a final investment decision was reached by AGL Energy on...

Global competition spurs WA’s critical minerals strategy update

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The Western Australian government is updating its battery and critical minerals strategy to keep pace with global competition in value-added manufacturing. Building on its abundant reserves of battery critical...

WA to trial vanadium battery utility storage

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Horizon Power in Western Australia will be the first utility company in Australia to begin trialling the use of a vanadium redox flow battery. The state-owned energy company has...

Battery industry rejects Productivity Commission advice

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Australian battery industry stakeholders have rejected the Productivity Commission’s doubts on the effectiveness of industry support, with one innovation expert describing it’s claims as “tiresomely predictable”. Released on Thursday,...

Productivity Commission doubts battery industry competitiveness

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Australia is unlikely to have a comparative advantage in exporting locally made batteries according to the Productivity Commission’s latest report, as it warns against adopting the “old-school protectionism” growing...