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David Carroll

David Carroll

David Carroll

David is a senior journalist with more than 25 years’ experience in the Australian media industry as a writer, designer and editor for print and online publications. Based in Queensland – Australia’s Sunshine State – he joined pv magazine Australia in 2020 to help document the nation’s ongoing shift to solar.

david.carroll@pv-magazine.com

Articles written by David Carroll

Supply chain

Battery companies can access funds in Poland, Indo-Pacific markets Two separate renewables funding announcements have made grants and loans available to battery companies on opposite sides of the planet.

David Carroll, Patrick Jowett

Sep 23, 2024

Grid-scale

Work packages awarded for 48 GWh Australian pumped hydro project Queensland Hydro has announced more than AUD 190 million ($128 million) in work packages linked to the construction of the 2 GW/48 GWh Borumba pumped-hydro energy storage project being developed near Gympie in southeast Queensland.

Sep 17, 2024

Grid-scale

Huge 450 MW solar farm, 1.8 GWh battery approved for coal hub in Australia The government of Victoria has greenlit construction of the state’s largest solar farm, approving an AUD 651 million ($433 million) solar and battery energy-storage project in the Latrobe Valley.

Sep 11, 2024

Flow batteries

Australian startup Allegro to ramp flow battery capacity after AUD 17.5m funding round The redox flow battery developer aims to “rapidly accelerate” its manufacturing capacity after closing a funding round that attracted major domestic and international investors.

Sep 10, 2024

Projects & Applications

600 MW solar, 1.2 GWh battery project lands Australian government approval The Australian federal government has given the green light to a huge solar farm collocated with a two-hour battery energy storage system in central west New South Wales (NSW).

Sep 09, 2024

Grid-scale

Waratah Super Battery energized in Australia Battery storage developer Akaysha Energy says it has completed the first stage of energisation for the 850 MW / 1,680 MWh Waratah Super Battery that will help stabilise the New South Wales grid during the Australian state’s transition from coal-fired power.

Sep 03, 2024

Products

Enervenue signs Australian supply deal for nickel-hydrogen storage solution Western Australian energy solutions provider Avid Group has signed a master supply agreement with US-headquartered Enervenue, which manufactures nickel-hydrogen batteries it says are capable of more than 30,000 duty cycles at two- to 12-hour discharge rates.

Aug 28, 2024

Grid-scale

Australia’s Origin building 650 MWh battery in Victoria Utility Origin Energy has announced construction has started on a 300 MW/650 MWh battery at Mortlake in southwest Victoria, with completion expected in late 2026.

Aug 27, 2024

Projects & Applications

Neoen to build 540 MWh second stage in Australia after signing ‘virtual battery’ agreement French renewables developer Neoen has pressed go on the 270 MW / 540 MWh second stage of its Western Downs Battery being built in the Australian state of Queensland after striking a long-term “virtual battery” contract with energy generator and retailer AGL Energy.

Aug 27, 2024

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