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Monday, October 07

GFG Alliance port to be used for ship scrapping

Engineers are preparing the Whyalla Port in South Australia for new work as Sanjeev Gupta explores steel recycling opportunities.

Sanjeev Gupta to build 280MW solar farm in South Australia

Details of a 280MW solar farm have been unveiled in South Australia as the first part of Sanjeev Gupta’s global GFG Alliance US$1 billion, one‐gigawatt dispatchable renewable energy program.

The former Highbury quarry on the outskirts of Adelaide is slated to become a pumped hydro storage site. Photo: Tony Lewis/InDaily.

Pumped hydro projects to bolster South Australia’s renewable energy push

Five major pumped hydro energy storage projects and another big battery have received government support in South Australia as the state moves to advance its position as a global renewable energy leader.

South Australian Government to be powered by green energy

New electricity retailer SIMEC ZEN Energy has won the contract to supply the South Australian Government until at least 2020.