
Water Problems Solved at Townsville
Australian renewable energy company HydroSun calls on all political parties contesting the upcoming Queensland election to back its proposal for a 40MW floating solar farm for Ross River Dam, connected to a 200MWh vanadium flow battery for Townsville. This is firstly about economic value capture from new Queensland mining activity through to the establishment of a vanadium flow battery factory for Queensland. One Nation's pitch to voters in WA was right to the extent that tha

Solving Queensland's Trilemma
The Council Of Australian Governments (COAG) have accepted 49 of the 50 recommendations made in the final report of the Finkel Review into Australia’s National Energy Market (NEM), including the need for battery storage of electrical energy, to ensure integrity of the grid network. In the weeks that followed publication of these recommendations, federal minister for energy and environment Hon Josh Frydenberg MP frequently referred to key energy security challenges as a “trile

Can boring machines win hearts and mines?
New clean tech and storage facilities around Australia provide great opportunities for the tourism industry and maximising economic value capture, says Adam Joseph. When SA Premier mentioned the ‘Big Battery’ being built by US car manufacturer Tesla can double as a tourism attraction it drew howls of ridicule on social media and a gentle dig by former managing director of Tourism Australia (now federal Treasurer) Scott Morrison.... Click here for the full article in Marketing