Startup · $24m raised
Australian start-up using super-heavy weights in legacy mine shafts for gravitational energy storage
Wollongong, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Green Gravity raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| BlueScope | Unnamed stage | - |
| BlueScopeX | Series A · Unnamed stage | - |
| HMC Capital | Series A · Unnamed stage | - |
| Pacific Channel | Series A · Unnamed stage | - |
| Sumisho Coal | Series A · Unnamed stage | - |
| Sumisho Coal Australia Holdings | Unnamed stage | - |
Companies Green Gravity acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
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Green Gravity has begun early studies for a gravitational energy storage project in Mount Isa mine shafts, working with Glencore and the local council, weeks after landing $9 million to advance its technology.
Wollongong energy storage venture Green Gravity has secured $9 million from HMC Capital, BlueScopeX, Pacific Channel and SCAP H to advance testing of its system that repurposes disused mineshafts for gravitational energy storage.
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Steel maker BlueScope commits money and site space at Port Kembla for startup Green Gravity to build a gravity-based energy storage research lab, with construction beginning this month.
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Green Gravity will trial its gravity energy storage in a closed NSW coal mine under an MoU with Yancoal, with a pre-feasibility study due in 2023, after a May capital raise.
Green Gravity, a new Australian venture developing gravity-based power storage inside abandoned mine shafts and led by Mark Swinnerton, formerly of BHP, has early private backing and is in talks with governments and VCs.