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Australian innovator uses Lego as template for coal-free iron smelting technology
Australia-based thermodynamic smelting technology group Metal Logic is using Danish toy maker Lego as the template to cut the carbon footprint of steelmakers. Metal Logic CEO Joel Nicholls told Renew Economy the goal is to disrupt the high-emissions steelmaking industry by revamping the centuries -old blast furnace process by installing small modular furnaces near iron mines.
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Boosting profits and cutting emissions: How resource companies are embracing digital fuel management
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Embracing the digital revolution in commodities: How inventory management is transforming terminals, trading and banking
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Digitalisation is unlocking a multitude of real-time benefits for terminal operators, commodities traders and lenders, promising to make full transparency in inventory management and transaction flows the new normal.
Australia risks losing out in global green hydrogen race, as US speeds ahead
Aggressive policy moves by the United States to fast-track its renewable energy industry – namely the $US738 billion Inflation Reduction Act – could drastically undermine Australia’s future green hydrogen exports unless urgent public and private action is taken, a new report has warned.
Gas prices boost Origin’s profit, as “green” takeover bidder seeks partners
By Jim Regan Origin releases dramatically higher earnings guidance amid speculation over the commitment of suitors Brookfield and EIG. The post Gas prices boost Origin’s profit, as “green” takeover bidder seeks partners appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy (Visited 1 times, 1 visits today) Comments comments
Gas prices boost Origin's profit, as "green" takeover bidder seeks partners
Takeover target Origin Energy on Friday released dramatically higher earnings guidance for its energy markets division, amid reports that bidder Brookfield is looking for equity partners for its share of the proposed $18.4 billion takeover. The bid by US-gas company EIG and Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management has been held up as the bidders dive into the target’s books, and amid concerns about the impact of the federal government gas price and coal price caps.
EPA details its carbon crackdown on industry, and fossil fuel generators are not happy
By Jim Regan EPA unveils its carbon crackdown. Coal generators say it is all too much, and environmentalists say it is not nearly enough. The post EPA details its carbon crackdown on industry, and fossil fuel generators are not happy appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy (Visited 1 times, 1 visits today) Comments comments
Origin gives Brookfield and EIG more time to consider $18bn bid and gas price cap
By Jim Regan Origin gives bidders Brookfield and EIG more time as they weigh the implications of the federal government’s move to control domestic gas prices. The post Origin gives Brookfield and EIG more time to consider $18bn bid and gas price cap appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy (Visited 1 times, 1 visits today) Comments comments
Australian fund managers snap up 49 pct stake in Australia’s biggest wind farm
By Jim Regan Asset managers to buy 49% stake in Australia’s largest wind farm from global turbine giant Goldwind. The post Australian fund managers snap up 49 pct stake in Australia’s biggest wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy (Visited 1 times, 1 visits today) Comments comments
Australian fund managers snap up 49 pct stake in Australia's biggest wind farm
Asset manager Palisade Investment Partners and Aware Super say they will acquire a 49 per cent stake in Australia’s largest operating wind farm, Stockyard Hill, from turbine giant Goldwind. Stockyard Hill, near Ballarat in Victoria, has a total capacity of 528MW and after lengthy connection delays finally reached “practical completion” in September this year and will produce enough renewable energy to power around 425,000 homes.
Origin gives Brookfield and EIG more time to consider $18bn bid and gas price cap
Origin Energy has agreed to extend the exclusive due diligence period for takeover bidders Brookfield Asset Management and EIG Group, as they weigh the implications of the federal government’s hotly contested move to control domestic gas prices. Origin says the bidders have confirmed they are on track to complete due diligence early in 2023 and that to date no “material adverse matters” have been identified.
Fortescue signs deal to produce hydrogen-fuelled green steel
By Jim Regan Fortescue signs another MoU to produce green steel on a commercial scale without burning fossil fuels. The post Fortescue signs deal to produce hydrogen-fuelled green steel appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy (Visited 1 times, 1 visits today) Comments comments
Fortescue signs deal to produce hydrogen-fuelled green steel
Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue group is has announced new plans to produce green steel on a commercial scale – and without burning fossil fuels. Fortescue has signed a memorandum of understanding with Austria’s only crude steel producer, voestalpine, Mitsubishi Corp and Primetals Technologies aimed at designing and engineering an industrial-scale prototype plant with a new process for net-zero-emission ironmaking.
Iberdrola, Abel to build giant renewable hydrogen and green fuels plant in Tasmania
By Jim Regan Spanish energy giant Iberdrola to work with Abel Energy to build a world-scale green hydrogen and methanol production plant in Tasmania. The post Iberdrola, Abel to build giant renewable hydrogen and green fuels plant in Tasmania appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy (Visited 1 times, 1 visits today) Comments comments
Iberdrola, Abel to build giant renewable hydrogen and green fuels plant in Tasmania
Spanish energy giant Iberdrola will work jointly with green-focused developer Abel Energy to build a world-scale hydrogen and methanol production plant in Tasmania, with initial output set for 2026 and costing $1.7 billion.
Toyota to trial vehicle-to-grid technology to allow EVs to share power with utilities
Toyota says it is setting up a pilot plant in the US to work on vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology that will allow vehicles to transfer energy from their battery back onto the electric grid. V2G is widely regarded as an added incentive to motorists to go electric as they will be able to sell the car’s excess energy back to the power company, though few vehicles to date are equipped with the necessary technology.
GE’s monster Haliade-X offshore wind turbine now officially most powerful in world
By Jim Regan GE’s Haliade-X wind turbine receives full type certificate for operations up to 14.7 MW from DNV GL, the world’s largest independent certification body. The post GE’s monster Haliade-X offshore wind turbine now officially most powerful in world appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy (Visited 1 times, 1 visits today) Comments comments
GE's monster Haliade-X offshore wind turbine now officially most powerful in world
When it comes to wind turbines, the bigger the better. That’s the message from developers worldwide as a push to establish offshore wind farms accelerates. GE Renewable Energy on Friday said its Haliade-X wind turbine, the first 12 MW+ turbine built, has received a full type certificate for operations up to 14.7 MW from DNV GL, the world’s largest independent certification body.
FFI steps up plan to turn old coal mine into green hydrogen plant
By Jim Regan Fortescue Future Industries teams with Puget Sound Energy to convert shuttered US coal mine into a green hydrogen-making plant. The post FFI steps up plan to turn old coal mine into green hydrogen plant appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy (Visited 1 times, 1 visits today) Comments comments
Australian researchers making sound waves to produce cheaper green hydrogen
By Jim Regan Australian researchers say high frequency vibrations used to “divide and conquer” individual water molecules during electrolysis can boost production of green hydrogen 14-fold. The post Australian researchers making sound waves to produce cheaper green hydrogen appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy (Visited 1 times, 1 visits today) Comments comments
FFI steps up plan to turn old coal mine into green hydrogen plant
Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Future Industries in partnership with Puget Sound Energy intends to convert an old coal mine in the US into a green hydrogen-making plant in a bid to accelerate a clean energy transition in the North American Pacific Northwest. FFI earlier this year said it was evaluating the feasibility of transforming the former Centralia coal mine in Washington state – closed in 2006 – into a green hydrogen operation to help decarbonise hard-to-abate sectors.
Australian researchers making sound waves to produce cheaper green hydrogen
Sound waves could hold the key to producing hydrogen cheaper and more efficiently without a need for fossil fuels, Australian researchers say. In the fight against climate change low-cost hydrogen made with renewable electricity is increasingly seen as useful for hard-to-abate industrial emissions sectors, including heavy equipment manufacturing. The big question, however, is about costs.
Two big Australian solar projects get green light after securing $540m in funding
By Jim Regan Lightsource bp says it will be the biggest solar developer in Australia after securing funding for two new large solar farms. The post Two big Australian solar projects get green light after securing $540m in funding appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy (Visited 1 times, 1 visits today) Comments comments
Two big Australian solar projects get green light after securing $540m in funding
Solar developer Lightsource bp is ready to kick off full construction of its Wellington North and Wunghnu solar projects in Australia, which should see combined generation of 515 MWdc in commercial operation in 2024, after securing $540 million in financing from various lenders.
Digital fuel monitoring lays the groundwork for decarbonising mines sites
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Recognition at the COP27 climate summit that “old economy” minerals are critical to the global energy transition brings new demands for the extractive industry to track their own emissions if they are to meet internal pledges to decarbonise.
WA clears way for grid and land deals to fast-track wind, solar and hydrogen plans
Western Australia is seeking to fast track investment in major renewable and green hydrogen projects, and has set a goal to see hydrogen comprise one per cent of the main state’s grid electricity generation. The policy shift follows stakeholder input on the preliminary design of the target for electricity generation in the South West Interconnected System (SWIS) that revealed further work is needed if the scheme is to balance benefits to the grid with demand stimulation.
Santos loses appeal over Barossa gas field but insists it will hold to schedule
Santos says it will stick to its original schedule to deliver the first gas from its controversial $3.6 billion Barossa offshore gas field in northern Australia in 2025, despite losing a legal appeal on Friday to restart drilling.
Woodside beats Fortescue for lead role in "world's largest" green hydrogen project
Oil and gas giant Woodside Energy is set to partner with Meridian Energy on the development of what is claimed to be the “world’s largest” green hydrogen project in New Zealand, after beating out Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Future Industries for the lead role in the venture. The Southern Green Hydrogen project, according to an early development blueprint, is aiming to produce 500,000 tonnes of ammonia annually by utilising electrolysis from renewable power.
First Australian graphite pilot plant marks new supply source for battery makers
International Graphite says it has successfully produced specialised graphite material at a newly-commissioned pilot plant in Western Australia, a first step in becoming a vertically integrated producer of the key ingredient used in lithium battery manufacturing.
ARENA maps out path for Australia's 'hard-to-abate' alumina makers to reach net zero
Researchers claim to have finally devised a way for Australia’s energy-gobbling alumina-making industry to achieve net-zero emissions through a range of new technologies and by replacing widespread reliance on fossil fuels with renewable energy.
UNSW solar researcher wins prestigious PM's prize for science
The highly respected solar research and development team at the University of New South Wales has bagged another prestigious award, this time for the work of Associate Professor Brett Hallam. Hallam was announced on Tuesday as a winner of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science 2022, an award celebrating achievements in the commercialisation of research with economic, social and environmental benefits.
BHP clinches $9.6 billion bid to buy OZ Minerals to gain more control over EV battery metals
While a number of metals, including lithium, cobalt, manganese are fundamental elements in most EV batteries, copper is prized for its superior ability to conduct electricity. S&P Global Report has warned of a “chronic gap” between worldwide copper supply and demand projected to begin in the middle of this decade that will bring serious consequences across the global economy and will affect the timing of net-Zero emissions by 2050.
FRV secures new finance for Australia's first solar farm to use tracking technology
Solar energy developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures Australia says a recent refinancing of its Moree solar farm – one the first large-scale solar farms in New South Wales — ensures it will continue to provide clean energy to the surrounding communities for years to come. Spanning over 740 acres with net annual energy production capacity of some 149,000 MWh, the solar farm has an output of 70 MWdc (56MW ac) capable of meeting the energy demand of up to 26,000 households.
BlueFloat and partners step up plans to build offshore wind farms in New Zealand
Spanish renewable developer BlueFloat Energy and its consortium partners Energy Estate and Elemental Group are stepping up efforts to develop up to 5GW from offshore wind projects in New Zealand. The consortium has detailed a multibillion-dollar investment plan for offshore wind projects in South Auckland and West Waikato, Aotearoa — the second investment to be announced by the partnership in New Zealand.
Santos splits future energy team, commits to large scale fossil fuels "into the 2040s"
Australian oil and gas major Santos is flagging a potential 10% fall in oil and gas production next year, but is showing no signs of backing away from any of its major fossil fuel projects, even as it splits its “future energy” business into a new entity.
Australia helping fund homegrown effort to commercialise green iron, steel industries
Australian environmental technology company Calix will use a nearly $1 million government grant to further its studies to substitute hydrogen for gas to produce green steel, in hopes of providing a pathway for one of Australia’s most lucrative exports to become sustainable in a low carbon world.
"Structural failure" takes Callide coal plant offline 18 months after dramatic explosion
The Callide coal-fired power station in central Queensland has gone completely offline following a series of malfunctions at the troubled plant, CS Energy has said. CS Energy says a structural failure at a cooling plant sent a unit of Callide C offline on Monday, and then on Tuesday afternoon the Callide B2 unit tripped during scheduled testing.
Saudi Arabia to start making EVs to help break away from oil's economic dominance
Saudi Arabia is roll out a line of electric vehicles in 2025 in partnership with BMW and Taiwan’s Foxconn, saying it hopes to “ignite a new domestic industry and ecosystem” that attracts local and international investors as it seeks to cut economic dependence on fossil fuels.
Victoria speeds up neighbourhood battery installations to maximise rooftop solar
Victoria is accelerating its $10.9 million neighbourhood batteries program in an aim to maximise the broad uptake of rooftop solar to store cheap, clean renewable energy at a local level and deliver it back to the communities that supply it. As part of the second round of the state’s Neighbourhood Battery Initiative (NBI), the government says it is investing $1.5 million for another two neighbourhood batteries in the suburbs of Richmond and Docklands.
Australian miner aims to jump-start European lithium mining for growing EV market
An Australian mining company wants to become Europe’s first lithium producer in hopes of supplying a fast-growing EV supply chain on the continent, the latest entrant in a push to establish a European battery-grade lithium industry.
Forrest dives deeper into European green hydrogen with investment in Zhero
Iron ore billionaire and renewables advocate Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Future Industries says it is investing in green hydrogen and renewable energy developer Zhero in a bid to accelerate climate action and combat the global energy crisis. FFI says it is joining renewables investment groups Three Cairns Group and Galvanize Climate Solutions in a funding and shareholding agreement with Zhero as is it approaches a final investment decision for 5GW of innovative projects by 2026.
"Curtain call" for fossil fuels: IEA says Ukraine war locks in shift to renewables
The International Energy Agency has – for the first time – flagged demand peaks for fossil fuels in all its scenarios after acknowledging they are almost entirely responsible for the past year’s energy price hikes, The IEA, in its 2022 World Energy Outlook, says global demand for coal will start to drop off in the next few years, followed by a peak in gas use by the end of the decade and a slow decline in oil demand as sales of electric-powered vehicles rise and investment in renewables...
Sun Cable joins forces to find ways to build a green grid across Asia
Sun Cable – the ambitious solar and storage developer backed by billionaires Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew Forrest – has set up a new partnership to pursue an interconnected “green grid” to transmit renewable electricity across Asia. Green grids are carbon-free electricity grids that transmitting power generated from renewable resources such as wind, hydropower and solar energy.
EnergyAustralia backs heavy vehicle shift to "clean" electric
EnergyAustralia says it will support the transition to heavy vehicle electrification by working with large transport and bus operators to plan and build charging infrastructure. This includes helping with depot development, grid connections, renewable energy, energy management and contracts, the energy retailer and generator says, adding that an electric truck with a 600-kilometre range is already achievable, with batteries getting better and cheaper all the time.
Zen Energy shoots for ten fold leap in market share with focus on solar and battery storage
Zen Energy is aiming to boost its share of Australia’s electricity market by a factor of ten over the next three years, with the focus on a combination of solar and battery storage. The Ross Garnaut-led Zen, in releasing its first ESG report, says it aims to increase the amount of electricity sold each year from 1 terrawatt hour to 10TWh by 2025, which would give it a 5 per cent share of the National Electricity Market, versus just over 0.5 per cent now.
Origin counts on profit boost from gas as it prepares for shift to clean energy
ACCR had filed a shareholder resolution with Origin that sought the inclusion of a climate sensitivity analysis in the notes to the company’s financial statements. Origin subsequently committed to doing this starting in the current financial year, leading the ACCR to withdraw the proposal. “Origin’s commitment to disclose the impacts of a 1.5C climate sensitivity from next year acknowledges that climate risk is financial risk,” Hillman said.
WA boosts green hydrogen export plans with land allocation, new funds
Western Australia has allocated land and $5.5 million in new state funding to fast-track the development of the Mid West Hydrogen Hub, which it hopes to build into a “world class exporter” of renewable hydrogen. The state’s Industrial Lands Panel has agreed to allocate land to six companies, including BP and Fortescue Futures Industries, to develop hydrogen-related projects at the Oakajee Strategic Industrial Area, pending the finalisation of key terms.
Are fossil fuels on the nose? Opposition spreads to government and the cricket pitch
Social and financial support for Australia’s fossil fuel industry continues to deteriorate amid reports of greenwashing, harmful subsidies and soured alliances in elite-level cricket. Recent Australian floods survivors, traditional land owners and climate and social justice groups this week are ramping up calls for the federal Labor government to use the October national budget to put an end to handouts to gas companies.
Due to fossil fuel crisis, payback from renewables drops to one year
Capital investment in renewables worldwide is set to outstrip oil and gas spending on new projects by almost $US50 billion this year, with soaring electricity prices reducing the payback period for solar and wind installations to less than a year, new research shows. A Report from Rystad Energy says investment in renewables is forecast to reach US$494 billion in 2022 versus $US446 billion for oil and gas – the first time investment in renewables is set to be higher than for oil and gas.
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