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ARENA funds national community battery roll out

Australia's renewable energy agency conditionally allocates up to $143 million to twenty named recipients for a national rollout of as many as 370 community batteries, with a second grant round flagged.

New battery technologies tested at regional WA microgrids

ARENA grants $2.85 million toward Horizon Power's trial of Redflow zinc-bromine and BASF sodium-sulphur batteries at two remote Western Australian microgrids, within a $5.7 million storage project.

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VSUN Energy completes first vanadium flow battery

VSUN Energy has built its first residential vanadium flow battery in Western Australia, backed by $3.69m from the Modern Manufacturing Initiative, with another unit heading to Horizon Power.

Grid Connections: Who’s going where in Australia’s energy transition

A rolling roundup of Australian energy-sector job moves, listing dozens of executives, directors and ministers joining or leaving utilities, regulators, developers and industry bodies between May and December 2023.

First “stand-alone” renewable hydrogen system plugs in at manufacturing facility

Boundary Power's solar-and-hydrogen off-grid unit, built with LAVO technology, is now operating at Ampcontrol's Ringwood plant, backed by a Victorian government hydrogen grant.

Ampcontrol launches hydrogen standalone power generator

Ampcontrol has unveiled a hydrogen-based off-grid power system built by its subsidiary Boundary Power with utility Horizon Power, supported by a Victorian government grant, at its Ringwood factory.

Manufacturing news briefs – stories you might have missed

Australian manufacturing roundup: IDT Australia's shareholder raise, EV charger rollouts, a mining equipment hire, a plastics recycling plant completion, research collaborations and government funding moves.

Powering regional and remote Australia with renewable hydrogen

ARENA grants Horizon Power money for a renewable hydrogen microgrid demonstration in Denham, Western Australia, with extra state government funding also supporting the remote power project.

ClimateClever raises expansion capital

WA climate-tech social enterprise ClimateClever has secured second-round investment from a private trust during the pandemic, taking total funds to $450,000, and earlier won a Lotterywest grant for a Billbuddy app due in August.