Article written by Matt Hayes, Phillip Riley As we begin a new decade a hot topic in the Australian renewable market is the potential of energy storage. It is predicted by many that grid scale storage will significantly evolve over the next decade. While there have been some notable grid…
In December 2019, sonnen received a Research & Development Investment Award at the 57th Australian Export Awards in Canberra for its direct investment in Elizabeth, South Australia to manufacture sonnenBatteries bringing new skills and capabilities to Australia and creating export opportunities for its home batteries to Asia Pacific. The Investment Award…
In late 2019, Akuo, a global renewable energy independent power producer and developer, and Tonga Power Limited, Tonga Islands grid’s public operator, signed an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for a 23.4 MWh / 6 MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project. This is the second of its kind in Tonga and named “Tonga 2”….
Zinc-bromine flow batteries from Australian company Redflow Limited have stored and supplied more than 50 MWh (megawatt-hours) of renewable energy for a Vodafone telecommunications tower in New Zealand during the past three years. Vodafone NZ’s Kauaeranga Valley tower site is located east of Thames by the Coromandel Forest Park in a…
