Tag: renewables

WA Budget delivers $2.8bn battery and renewables package

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A $2.8 billion package for energy storage, wind power generation, and transmission network upgrades along Western Australia’s main electricity grid is contained in the state’s 2023-24 Budget. The funding...

Australia and UK sign new agreement on critical minerals

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Cooperation on critical minerals processing and value-added manufacturing capabilities between Australia and the United Kingdom will be expanded following the signing of a new Statement of Intent. The deal...

Proposed energy transition authority hits Senate roadblock

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A Greens proposal to establish a National Energy Transition Authority has been shot down by a Senate committee report, although an alternative coordinating body for the transition to renewable...

Port of Newcastle, Macquarie hydrogen hub canned

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A green hydrogen and ammonia production joint venture between the Port of Newcastle, Macquarie Capital, and Macquarie’s Green Investment Group has been cancelled, releasing a $41 million federal grant...

NERA confirmed as first Industry Growth Centre to close

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National Energy Resources Australia is the first Industry Growth Centre to announce it will shut down after federal funding is discontinued in July. In its seven years of operation,...

GreenTech opportunity ‘phenomenal’ in Australia: Bill Gates

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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was surprised by the former Coalition government’s lack of ‘climate commitments’, despite the economic advantages that the energy transition presents to Australia. The world’s seventh wealthiest...