Genex Power says all 40 Tesla Megapack units have arrived on site at the 50MW/100MWh Bouldercombe battery project near Rockhampton in Queensland, marking a “key milestone” for the company’s first big battery.
RENEW ECONOMY: Solar farms drive first profit for Genex as focus turns to battery and hydro storage
Genex Power, the only remaining listed company in Australia whose business is focused around wind, solar and storage, has revealed its first ever net profit as it works on delivering its first battery storage and pumped hydro projects.
RENEW ECONOMY: Government steps in to pave way for wind addition to solar and hydro hybrid
The Queensland state government has stepped in to effectively guarantee the delivery of the 258MW Kidston wind farm that will form a crucial part of the country’s first solar, wind and pumped hydro project.
QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT: Kidston hydro project to deliver jobs and clean energy
Minister for Employment and Small Business, Di Farmer, and Assistant Minister for Hydrogen Development, Lance McCallum are visiting the Kidston pumped storage hydrogen project which is set to play a key role in delivering jobs for Far North Queensland, while creating renewable energy.
RENEW ECONOMY: Chart of the Day – Australia’s best performing solar farms
Larges-scale solar plants have put in a solid performance for the first month of the Australian Spring, bumping up total national output by 20%, year-on-year, to 943GWh up from 784GWh in September 2021.
CAIRNS POST: Striking gold on job front
Open-cut mine west of cairns set to unleash treasures on region as work kicks into gear a repurposed open-cut gold mine west of Cairns is set to deliver a jobs boom as major earth, electrical and mechanical works hit top gear following a construction start of the Kidston pumped hydro project’s upper reservoir.
International Journal on Hydropower & Dams Issue 2, 2022: The global renaissance of pumped storage
In order to succeed in changing to a sustainable energy supply and also achieve climate protection goals, we have to build hydropower plants and also wind and solar farms all over the world. However, as wind turbines and solar cells don’t provide a regular supply of electricity, electrical energy storage devices will be needed on a large scale. Technologies like lithium-ion batteries alone will not suffice.
Andritz Annual Report 2021: Success Story Hydro – Solar Gold
In order to succeed in changing to a sustainable energy supply and also achieve climate protection goals, we have to build hydropower plants and also wind and solar farms all over the world. However, as wind turbines and solar cells don’t provide a regular supply of electricity, electrical energy storage devices will be needed on a large scale. Technologies like lithium-ion batteries alone will not suffice.
RENEW ECONOMY: Genex secures funds for Bouldercombe battery, flags more big battery projects
Renewable energy and storage developer Genex says it wants to grow its portfolio of big battery projects after securing funding to construct its first big battery project in Queensland.
CLEAN TECHNICA: There’s A New Kind Of Gold In Them Pits
An abandoned gold mine in far north Queensland is set to become the world’s first co-located solar and pumped storage hydropower plant.