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"The developer of what stands to be Australia’s biggest battery says the new
breed of hybrid solar and storage projects starting to dominate the national
renewables pipeline can power new and existing industrial energy needs at an
“incredibly competitive” cost – and without government handouts.
The comments, from Quinbrook managing partner David Scaysbrook, come as
Australia’s biggest aluminium smelter, Tomago in New South Wales, enters
closure talks amid claims it cannot secure a commercially viable energy
contract beyond 2028.
“We continue to engage with stakeholders on a viable pathway for Tomago,” the
smelter’s chief Jerome Dozol said earlier this week.
“Unfortunately, all market proposals received so far show future energy prices
are not commercially viable, and there is significant uncertainty about when
renewable projects will be available at the scale we need.”
Quinbrook, however, is forging ahead with its own $8 billion plans to build a
smelting facility in Townsville, in Queensland, to convert high purity quartz
into silicon.
The company hosted a lunchtime briefing for journalists in Melbourne on
Tuesday, to set out why one of the world’s biggest investors in infrastructure
is so confident about Australia’s prospects to host new green industries,
powered by renewables."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
