Monster thermal battery to test cleaner heavy industry


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

The green energy innovation agency will tip up to $75 million into one of the largest industrial heat battery demonstration projects in the world in Queensland a bid to electrify Australia’s heavy industry.

The project’s initial target is supply for Rio Tinto’s Yarwun alumina refinery in Gladstone, which is searching for ways to extend the refinery’s life.

Energy minister Chris Bowen and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) on Wednesday …

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