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Energy Storage Battery

POSCO to Set Up Joint Venture Lithium Production Plant with Australian Company

POSCO will establish a joint venture with Australian mining company Pilbara Minerals to build a lithium hydroxide production plant at the Yulchon Industrial Com…

Solar Power Plant

Australian Average Solar System Capacity Continues Upwards

As small-scale solar power installations proliferate in Australia, also growing is average system capacity.

Pumped Storage

Australian Coal Mine to Transform into Pumped Hydro Facility

Australian utility AGL is transforming its operations in a number of ways, from restructuring the company itself, to building energy storage facilities for flex…

Hydrogen Project

RWE and H2U Partner to Develop Global Hydrogen Trading Between Australia and Germany

RWE Supply & Trading and Australian hydrogen project developer The Hydrogen Utility Pty Ltd have joined forces to develop hydrogen trading between Australia and…

Coal Price

South Korean Coal Prices Ease

Thermal coal prices for South Korea softened this week, as Australian fob prices came under pressure from a weaker demand outlook in India and Japan.

Pumped Storage

Australian Developer Advances 250 MW Pumped Hydro Project

Genex Power is set to begin building a 250 MW pumped hydro facility next to an existing 50 MW solar farm later this month, as it has secured the financing it ne…

Geothermal Power Plant

Australian Firm’s Mission to Repurpose North Sea Platforms for Geothermal Energy

An Australian company says its “unique” technology could lead to oil and gas rigs in the UK North Sea being repurposed as key infrastructure for geothermal en…

Hydrogen Project

Green Hydrogen Systems Chosen as Electrolysis Provider for Australian Poject

Green Hydrogen Systems, a leading provider of efficient pressurised alkaline electrolysers used in onsite hydrogen production based on renewable electricity, an…

Cooperation case

Australian Resource, Energy Exports Set to Hit Record High

The value of Australia's resources and energy exports are expected to hit a record high in financial year 2020/21, government data showed.

Natural Gas

Santos Takes FID on $3.6bn Barossa Gas Project

Australian energy giant Santos has taken a final investment decision to proceed with Barossa, the $3.6 billion gas and condensate project, located offshore Aust…

Crude Oil

Santos Restarts Production from Offshore Field Trio

Australian energy giant Santos has restarted production from the Ningaloo Vision FPSO following scheduled maintenance in Singapore.

Pumped Storage

Australian Renewable Agency Approves Funding for Pumped Hydro Plant

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has committed to provide $35.8m to support a pumped hydro storage project.

Coal Trade

Severe Storms Disrupt Australian Coal Exports

Rail network manager Australian Rail Track has closed the Hunter Valley railway, halting coal deliveries to the 211mn t/yr capacity port of Newcastle in New Sou…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Coal Plant Closures Loom Large As NSW Backs Hydrogen for the Hunter

The future of NSW’s coal-fired power plants is under increasing threat from cheap renewable energy, which this week forced Victoria’s Yallourn coal plant to b…

Hydrogen Production

Kawasaki and Partners Begin Hydrogen Production from Coal in Australia

A Japanese-Australian consortium has commenced the production of hydrogen from brown coal in a $388m (A$500m) pilot project in Australia.