{"id":381411,"date":"2025-06-04T16:05:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T14:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=381411"},"modified":"2025-06-04T16:05:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T14:05:36","slug":"looming-us-battery-company-shutdown-imperils-aussie-net-zero-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=381411","title":{"rendered":"Looming US Battery Company Shutdown Imperils Aussie Net Zero Push"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by<\/strong> Eric Worrall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026 If Powin LLC\u2019s present business circumstances do not improve, it is currently anticipated that a layoff will occur on or before 28 July 2025 \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Main supplier to Australia\u2019s most powerful big battery warns it may go out of business
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Giles Parkinson<\/a>
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The US-based Powin, the main supplier to the Waratah Super Battery in New South Wales, the most powerful big battery to be built in the country, has warned that it may go out of business and be forced to lay off all its staff within weeks.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Powin has filed a letter with regulatory authorities in the US state of Oregon, where it is based, warning that it may be forced to shut down by July 28, or earlier, if business conditions do not improve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a letter dated May 29, Powin warns that \u201cdue to unforeseen business circumstances, Powin LLC\u2019s situation, as well as the economy generally, remain dynamic and fluid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter, signed by Powin\u2019s VP for human resources, Scott Getman, says. \u201cIf Powin LLC\u2019s present business circumstances do not improve, it is currently anticipated that a layoff will occur on or before 28 July 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It said: \u201cBoth Waratah Super Battery and Ulinda Park are well advanced, with 100% of Powin battery packs installed and commissioning activities progressing. Waratah Super Battery currently has around 240 MW available and is progressing through hold point testing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAkaysha has mobilised its deep in-house engineering, delivery, asset management, and market operations teams to mitigate any risks to seamless project delivery.\u00a0

\u2026Read more:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/reneweconomy.com.au\/main-supplier-to-australias-most-powerful-big-battery-warns-it-may-go-out-of-business\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Powin is the main supplier for the big battery which is supposed to replace Eraring Coal Plant. The NSW government last year agreed to pay a billion dollars to Eraring to stay open until 2027, to stabilise the New South Wales state grid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Not Zero? NSW State Government to Pay up to $225 Million per Annum to a Single Coal Plant to Remain Open<\/a><\/blockquote>