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Big battery investment hits record high

New investment in large-scale battery storage in Australia has hit a record annual high despite a huge slump in commitments to large-scale wind and solar farm projects, according to...

AirTrunk overtakes NextDC as biggest data centre emitter

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Airtrunk has marginally overtaken NextDC as the data centre provider with the largest greenhouse gases emissions in Australia, as total emissions from the sector hit record levels. On Wednesday,...

Industry partners for Marshall-era SA hydrogen hub confirmed

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The South Australian government has confirmed the companies expected to develop projects at its Port Bonython Hydrogen Hub, more than two years after projects were shortlisted by the former...

$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...

Govt adds critical minerals link to NAIF mandate

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The Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility’s investment mandate has been updated to tie it more closely to the government’s critical minerals strategy, emissions reduction targets, and ambition to become a...

Two hydrogen hubs secure $147m in funding

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More than two years after the first round of the hydrogen hubs program opened under the former Coalition government, the last $147 million in grant funding has been committed...

Clean tech innovation endorsed in Indo-Pacific framework

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Australia on Friday joined Indo-Pacific Economic Framework partners in endorsing the acceleration of research and commercialisation of clean energy and climate technologies, as other agreements on regional trade stalled....

German-Canadian consortium to deliver SA hydrogen plant

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The South Australian government has named energy infrastructure firm ATCO and gas firm BOC as the preferred partners to deliver the core of its $593 million hydrogen jobs plan....

Qld pipeline regulation repurposed for hydrogen

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Hydrogen pipelines in Queensland will be regulated in the same way as fossil fuel gases after new legislative amendments were passed by the state Parliament, paving the way for...