Category: News

6th December, 2021 | energyrenaissance
A (very) busy end to 2021 at our Tomago facilities

Sydney, AUSTRALIA – 6 December 2021 – Construction of our lithium battery gigafactory in Tomago, NSW (Renaissance One) is progressing well, thanks to some sterling wet-weather work from our ...

18th November, 2021 | energyrenaissance
Construction of Australian gigafactory accelerates

Sydney, AUSTRALIA – 15 November 2021 – Work on our lithium battery gigafactory in Tomago, NSW (Renaissance One) is picking up pace, with our development partner ATB Morton now erec...

2nd November, 2021 | energyrenaissance
New industry award to advance energy storage research

Sydney, AUSTRALIA – 2 November 2021 – The Australian Battery Society, a networking, information and training hub for the battery industry, announced today that it has launched the Energ...

13th September, 2021 | Julie Frikken
Utility-scale battery fire risk: prioritising safety & security

Just as momentum and confidence in Australia builds for batteries to be installed in households, businesses, or their neighbourhoods, the Tesla Megapack battery fire in Geelong, Victoria wakes us up ...

21st July, 2021 | Julie Frikken
AMGC provides funding to support our pilot facility.

Energy renaissance receives additional funding from AMGC for advanced lithium-ion battery manufacturing. Sydney, AUSTRALIA – 20 July 2021 – Energy Renaissance, Australia’s first lithi...

13th April, 2021 | Julie Frikken
Security. Batteries and our men in uniform.

In an article by Air Vice Marhsall John Blackburn, Blackburn creates the causal link where “Energy security is fundamental to our way of life. Without energy security and without resilien...

25th March, 2021 | energyrenaissance
Energy renaissance, IMCRC, CSIRO partner on secure BMS

Sydney, AUSTRALIA – 25 March 2021 – Energy Renaissance, an Australian lithium-ion battery manufacturer, announced today that it will develop a defence-grade cybersecure Battery Management Sy...

8th March, 2021 | energyrenaissance
Energy Renaissance host Prime Minister for national launch

Mar 4, 2021 Energy Renaissance, an Australian lithium-ion battery manufacturer, has welcomed the Resources Technology and Critical Minerals Processing road map in the Commonwealth Government’s M...

22nd October, 2020 | Julie Frikken
Energy Renaissance appoints Dr Bruce Godfrey as chair

Energy Renaissance, Australia’s first lithium-ion battery manufacturer, announced today that it has appointed Dr Bruce Godfrey as its new Chair. Bruce takes over from Su McCluskey, following her...

13th October, 2020 | Julie Frikken
Australia’s first gigafactory will call the Hunter home

Sydney, AUSTRALIA – 13 October 2020 Energy Renaissance, Australia’s first lithium-ion battery manufacturer, announced today that it will build Renaissance One, a new A$28 million battery manuf...

27th August, 2020 | Julie Frikken
Storage Heartland – Australia can move from Global Testbed to Export Powerhouse

To understand the potential economic impact of leading a large, booming global industry, one need only look to what tech has done for the US. Some argue that tech alone has propped up confidence acro...

4th August, 2020 | Julie Frikken
AMGC backs Australian battery manufacturer heading for export markets

Sydney, AUSTRALIA – 31 July 2020 – Australia’s capabilities to produce lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries for hot-climate operating environments has been strengthened by a co-funding grant fro...

28th July, 2020 | Julie Frikken
Focus on Recovery – ER’s Su McCluskey joins National Covid-19 Commission

Energy Renaissance would like to congratulate Su McCluskey, Chairman of Energy Renaissance on her appointment as a Commissioner to the National COVID-19 Commission Advisory Board. With Su’s new ...

30th June, 2020 | Julie Frikken
Rebuilding Australia’s Post-COVID Economy – Jobs, Exports & Manufacturing

Mark ChilcoteManaging Director, Energy Renaissance Following 29 years of uninterrupted economic growth, the Australian economy is now beginning to contract as a result of the lockdown measures tak...

24th January, 2020 | Julie Frikken
An exponential problem. Will safety drive the future of the Lithium-Ion Battery?

Lithium-ion batteries offer a light and highly efficient way to store and reuse energy. As a result, they account for the vast majority of “installed power and energy capacity”, according to ...

11th February, 2019 | Julie Frikken
CSIRO and Energy Renaissance enter research collaboration agreement

CSIRO and Energy Renaissance are seeking to collaborate on joint research projects to develop enhancements and applications to solve the technology challenges within the energy sector and the develop...

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