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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.

Articles written by Ev Foley

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Grid-scale
New South Wales rail company trains sights on 30 MW grid-scale batteries State government agency Transport for NSW (New South Wales), is investigating the deployment of multiple 30 MW battery energy storage systems (BESS) to help decarbonize its Sydney heavy rail network.
Ev Foley
Nov 04, 2024
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Projects & Applications
New South Wales battery, VPP incentives target peak electricity demand reductions Home and business battery installation incentives are now available in Australia's New South Wales, in state government efforts to make the grid more reliable and stable and allow further reduction of reliance on fossil fuels during peak demand.
Ev Foley
Nov 01, 2024
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Green Gravity MOU signing
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2GWh gravitational energy storage project earmarked for mine in Mount Isa, Australia Green Gravity will look to repurpose shafts in two Queensland copper mines scheduled to close in 2025, to store renewable energy.
Ev Foley
Oct 30, 2024
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Blue Grass solar farm is located near Chinchilla in Queensland's Western Downs region.
Grid-scale
Australian big battery announcements from Amp Energy, Sunrise Energy, X-Elio The three developers have announced plans for major battery energy storage system (BESS) sites across the states of South Australia (SA), Western Australia (WA), and Queensland.
Bella Peacock, David Carroll, Ev Foley
Oct 24, 2024
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Markets
Sweden’s OX2 buys wind-plus-storage project in Western Australia Sweden-headquartered global renewable solutions company OX2’s purchase of a proposed Western Australia 1 GW wind farm, includes an indicative 100 MW battery energy storage system north of Perth.
Ev Foley
Oct 18, 2024
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Grid-scale
Green Gravity’s long-duration storage solution attracts $6m in early-stage funding The gravity-based storage system, which repurposes former mine shafts, can store up to 10 kWh per 100 m of shaft depth at the deepest sites.
Ev Foley
Oct 16, 2024
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Grid-scale
Australia approves 828 MWh of battery energy storage from Lightsource bp and X-Elio The federal government has greenlit plans for grid-scale solar-plus-storage sites in the states of Queensland and New South Wales (NSW).
Ev Foley
Oct 16, 2024
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Flow batteries
Australian grid-scale battery supplier gets $2m for electrolyte production Energy Storage Industries Asia Pacific has received a grant from the Queensland government to increase production of its iron flow battery electrolytes by 40 million litres per year.
Ev Foley
Oct 14, 2024
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Grid-scale
Western Australia’s 2 GWh battery powers toward 2029 closure of local coal mines Western Australian government-owned utility Synergy has installed the first 80 of 640 containerised battery units assigned to its Collie battery energy storage system, located 16 kilometres northeast of coal mining town Collie and 200 kilometres south of Perth.
Ev Foley
Oct 09, 2024

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