Genex Power

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Genex Power is an Australian electricity generation company.

The firm owns the Kidston Solar Project{{cite web |url=https://genexpower.com.au/50mw-kidston-solar-project/ |title=50MW Kidston Solar Project |publisher=Genex Power |access-date=23 November 2023}} which has been generating up to 50 MW of electricity since 2017, as well as the Jemalong Solar Project.{{cite web |url=https://genexpower.com.au/50mw-jemalong-solar-project/ |title=50MW Jemalong Solar Project |publisher=Genex Power |access-date=23 November 2023}} It is developing the associated Kidston Pumped Hydro storage{{cite web |url=https://genexpower.com.au/250mw-kidston-pumped-storage-hydro-project/ |title=250MW Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro Project |publisher=Genex Power |access-date=23 November 2023}} using the abandoned Kidston Gold Mine.

Genex Power also operates the Bouldercombe 50MW/100MWh battery,{{cite web |url=https://genexpower.com.au/bouldercombe-battery-project/ |title=50MW/100MWh Bouldercombe Battery Project |publisher=Genex Power |access-date=23 November 2023}} located near Rockhampton. The company is also proposing to expand the solar farm and add a wind farm in the same area,{{cite web |url=https://genexpower.com.au/258mw-kidston-wind-project/ |title=258MW Kidston Wind Project |publisher=Genex Power |access-date=23 November 2023}} as well as a solar farm and battery at Bulli Creek, Queensland.{{cite web |url=https://genexpower.com.au/bulli-creek-clean-energy-project/ |title=Bulli Creek Clean Energy Project |publisher=Genex Power |access-date=23 November 2023}}

In 2024, it was announced that the Japanese J-Power had completed the purchase of the Australian company in a deal valued at $228 million.{{Cite web|url=https://asian-power.com/news/j-power-completes-acquisition-genex|title= J-POWER completes acquisition of Genex |work=Asian Power|access-date=2024-10-30|language=en}}

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