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EnviroMission

EnviroMission is an Australian company founded on 2 November 2000 as an Australian public company. It has, since 2001, proposed to build a solar updraft tower power generating station known as Solar Tower Buronga in western New South Wales at a site 25 km northeast of Mildura. As of 12 February 2007, EnviroMission claimed to be conducting feasibility studies to build a tower or towers in Texas. None of these projects have progressed beyond the planning stage.

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EnviroMission
EVM
IndustryRenewable energy
Founded2 November 2000 (2000-11-02)
Headquarters
City of South Melbourne Edit this on Wikidata
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Australia Edit this on Wikidata
ServicesProposing solar updraft towers
Websitewww.enviromission.com.au Edit this on Wikidata

EnviroMission (ASX: EVM) is an Australian company founded on 2 November 2000123 as an Australian public company.3 It has, since 2001, proposed to build a solar updraft tower power generating station known as Solar Tower Buronga in western New South Wales at a site 25 km northeast of Mildura. As of 12 February 2007, EnviroMission claimed to be conducting feasibility studies to build a tower or towers in Texas.4 None of these projects have progressed beyond the planning stage.5

In 2008 the company merged with US-based SolarMission Technologies, Inc.6

EnviroMission has begun moving forward to build two 200 MW solar updraft towers in Arizona.7 In October 2010, they received approval from the Southern California Public Power Authority to sell electricity generated from the facilities.8 EnviroMission lost a deal with the Southern California Public Power Authority after EnviroMission was unable to guarantee a completion date of their solar tower. As of 2014, construction had not begun.9

The company was delisted from the Australian Securities Exchange in April 2019.10

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  1. "EnviroMission Ltd". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  2. "EnviroMission Ltd. - Relationship Science". relationshipscience.com. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  3. "ABN Lookup". Australian Business Number. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  4. Davey, Roger C. (12 February 2007). "Solar Tower Prospects Firm in Ward County" (PDF). EnviroMission. Retrieved 9 March 2007..
  5. "Delay possible for solar tower". ABC News. 8 May 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2007.
  6. "DESERTEC-UK". www.desertec-uk.org.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  7. "Updraft Technology" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  8. Pentland, William. "World's Largest Solar Tower Takes Next Step Forward". Forbes.
  9. "Update on EnviroMission's Arizona Solar Tower Project « Roy Spencer, PhD". www.drroyspencer.com.
  10. EnviroMission Limited - Removal from Official List EnviroMission 13 May 2019
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