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pv magazine author

pv magazine author

Ev Foley

Ev is new to pv magazine and brings three decades of experience as a writer, editor, photographer and designer for print and online publications in Australia, the UAE, the USA and Singapore. Based in regional NSW, she is passionate about Australia’s commitment to clean energy solutions.

ev.foley@pv-magazine.com

Articles written by Ev Foley

Industry

Neoen lands $890m loan for additional 1.3 GW of renewables in Australia The operational, 270 MW/540 MWh first stage of the Western Downs battery and the under-construction 341 MW/1,363 MWh second phase of the Collie battery are covered by a new AUD 1.4 billion ($889 million) package of loans.

4 hours ago

Grid-scale

Batteries key to Australia’s 82% renewables 2030 target Doubts about Australia’s ability to power its National Electricity Market (NEM) with 82% renewable energy by 2030 have been put to bed by a Climate Energy Finance (CEF) report citing off-the-charts battery energy storage growth.

Dec 17, 2024

Grid-scale

Lightsource starts construction of 640 MWh Australian battery Lightsource bp has started construction of its Woolooga battery energy storage system (BESS) in Queensland and its million-panel Goulburn River hybrid project in New South Wales (NSW).

Dec 16, 2024

Distributed

Western Australia activates 2,500-home-battery VPP to prevent blackouts Western Australia’s clean energy solutions company Plico has seen its virtual power plant activated twice during recent heatwave warnings for the state, operating to stabilize the South West Interconnected System and prevent blackouts.

Dec 13, 2024

Tenders

Australia’s CIS Tender 1 catalyzes 3.6 GWh of colocated storage Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen has selected 19 projects which will provide 6.38 GW of clean energy generation capacity. Among them, eight hybrid projects will also bring 3.6 GWh of energy storage capacity.

Dec 11, 2024

Flow batteries

New milestone for Australia’s 100 MW vanadium flow battery Project Lumina Vanadium producer Australian Vanadium’s subsidiary VSUN Energy’s vanadium flow battery Project Lumina has progressed with the appointment of service providers GenusPlus Group, Sedgman, and Austrian company CellCube.

Dec 10, 2024

Grid-scale

HMC Capital aquires Neoen’s Victoria assets for $611m The French developer has sold the sites after Canadian asset manager Brookfield agreed a deal with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to acquire a controlling stake in Neoen.

Dec 05, 2024

Grid-scale

Synergy completes 800 MWh Kwinana battery in Western Australia Western Australia’s state-owned gentailer Synergy has completed the installation of Kwinana battery Stage 2, and together with Stage 1 will power 450,000 Perth households for up to four hours.

Nov 28, 2024

R&D

Eku Energy gives Australian National University $326,000 for battery research London's Eku Energy has committed AUD 500,000 ($326,000) to the battery energy storage and grid integration program at the university as construction begins on the Williamsdale big battery.

Nov 22, 2024

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