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Rachel Williamson

Rachel Williamson is a science and business journalist, who focuses on climate change-related health and environmental issues.

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Australia’s first electric prime mover charging hub gets federal funding

  • 11 September 2025
  • 9 comments
  • Rachel Williamson
Australia's first electric prime mover charging hub has received $12 million in federal funding, and will feature 14 charging bays for electric trucks.
Ioniq 5 V2L adaptor in charge socket. Image: Hyundai.
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  • 5 min
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Bidirectional charging hailed as next big thing in Australia as ARENA lays out V2G roadmap

  • 12 February 2025
  • 60 comments
  • Rachel Williamson
Australia's subsidy investment in rooftop solar has set it up to become a global leader in bidirectional charging, but there are some issues to iron out first.
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  • 3 min
  • Charging
  • Electric Cars

Huge EV charging hub to service electric grocery deliveries in Australia’s biggest city

  • 12 September 2024
  • 16 comments
  • Rachel Williamson
ARENA is funding a new last mile delivery charging and trucking hub, with Woolworths signing on to be the first client and a second life battery from repurposed EV batteries.
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  • 3 min
  • Charging

Batteries on wheels: Energy retailer Amber launches trial for bi-directional EV charging

  • 20 June 2024
  • Rachel Williamson
Emerging energy retailer Amber Electric to trial electric vehicle (EV) smart charging and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) services with residential customers.
AGL smart charging trial copy
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  • 3 min
  • Charging
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AGL kicks off EV grid “orchestration” trial with 200 home smart chargers

  • 21 March 2022
  • Sophie Vorrath
AGL Energy kicks off $8m ARENA-backed electric vehicle grid orchestration trial, with installation of 200 EV smart chargers in homes across three states.
Image credit: Viva Energy.
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  • 3 min
  • Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Viva and ARENA fund hydrogen project that will help transport petrol from refinery

  • 1 March 2022
  • Michael Mazengarb
Viva Energy to open $44m hydrogen refuelling facility for heavy vehicles at its Geelong refinery, to support 15-strong demonstration vehicle fleet.
  • Charging
  • Policy

Electric fleet operators get $128m boost for charging infrastructure rollout

  • 21 February 2022
  • Michael Mazengarb
Fleet operators offered funding support for switch to electric models, with a new $128 million fund to support new charging infrastructure.
Wallbox Quasar bidirectional charger
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  • 4 min
  • Charging
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  • Policy

Grid must get itself ready for batteries on wheels and V2G technology, report says

  • 24 February 2021
  • Sophie Vorrath
ANU report calls for fast-tracking reforms to pave the way for electric vehicle to grid (V2G) technology, crucial for managing a future with millions of batteries on wheels.
An example installation of the RT50 DC fast charger. Source: Tritium
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  • 3 min
  • Charging
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  • Policy

First “future fuel” funds to offer $16.5m to remove fast charger “black spots”

  • 15 February 2021
  • Michael Mazengarb
ARENA opens up applications for $16.5 million in grants to support the deployment of new rapid charging infrastructure across Australia.
ev all electric vehicle charging MIT plug car - optimised
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  • 3 min
  • Charging
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Origin rolls out 150 EV smart chargers to customers in trial of future grid

  • 7 August 2020
  • Michael Mazengarb
Origin Energy gets ARENA support for 'smart charger' trial, to allow energy companies to remotely monitor and optimise EV charging.

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