Licella acquires full ownership of Arbios Biotech Recycling technology company Licella has acquired Canadian wood products company Canfor’s 50 per cent interest in Arbios Biotech, making Arbios a wholly-owned subsidiary of Licella. According to a statement from the company late last week, it “marks a major step forward in Licella’s global expansion, unifying our Cat-HTR™…
Australian Vanadium (AVL) has completed factory acceptance testing (FAT) of a vanadium flow battery (VFB) – the first to be manufactured using Australian manufactured vanadium electrolyte. The 220kWh VFB, to be installed at a Horizon Power site in Kununurra, Western Australia, can deliver up to 78kW of power for long duration energy storage. The battery…
Governments and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency are backing trials of two energy-dense battery types not seen on electric vehicles to test the feasibility of battery micro-grids to supply those living in off-grid communities. With $2.85 million each from ARENA and the Western Australian government, regional energy provider Horizon Power will pilot two battery technologies…
VSUN Energy has completed the manufacture of its first vanadium flow battery (VFB, pictured) at its Western Australian facility with factory testing being undertaken in Q1, 2024. The company, owned by vanadium producer Australian Vanadium, said the prototype residential battery has 5kWH of power and 15kWh storage capacity and would then be installed in a…
Electrical engineering manufacturer Ampcontrol has unveilled a 100 percent Renewable Hydrogen Integrated Stand-alone Power System (HiSAPS) at the company’s factory at Ringwood, Victoria. Powered by solar energy, the system incorporates technology from Ampcontrol, an Australian designed and manufactured Selectronic battery inverter and the Australian made LAVO self-contained hydrogen power system. The project is the first…