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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.

AVL finishes electrolyte factory, no word on when first vanadium flow batteries will be made

Australia Vanadium has completed its WA electrolyte factory, though commissioning now expected in early 2024; output will supply subsidiary VSUN Energy's vanadium flow battery projects, with a federal grant covering most of the build.

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.

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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.