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Ev Foley pv magazine editor

Ev Foley pv magazine editor

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

R&D

Australian redox flow water-based battery developer lands state grant Allegro Energy has secured a AUD 2.1 million ($1.3 million) grant from the New South Wales state government to develop an Australian-made, aqueous-based redox flow battery energy storage prototype capable of storing energy for more than 10 hours.

Dec 20, 2024

Auctions

Western Australia capacity pricing benchmark swaps gas for batteries, ups 57% The Western Australian Economic Regulation Authority has determined both the peak and flexible benchmark reserve 2027/28 capacity prices to be AU$360,700 / MW / year, up by 57% on the previous year.

Dec 19, 2024

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.

Dec 18, 2024

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

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