{"id":752230,"date":"2026-06-22T05:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T05:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/752230\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T05:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T05:29:12","slug":"winners-and-losers-battery-biz-rockets-into-space-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/752230\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners and Losers: Battery biz rockets into space – News"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Australian battery technology innovator 1414 Degrees saw its shares rise by more than 85 per cent last week after the company announced two positive pieces of news.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the company announced it had progressed its Aurora Energy Precinct near Port Augusta, having completed the final technical requirements set by the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO).<\/p>\n

This meant the company could proceed to negotiate commercial transmission access with ElectraNet.<\/p>\n

The Aurora project is a 16sqkm precinct combining high-voltage transmission infrastructure with contracted water supply, fibre connectivity and renewable energy generation.<\/p>\n

1414 Degrees hoped its precinct could generate up to 900 MW of renewable electricity from solar and would connect to a transmission line that services BHP\u2019s SA operations.<\/p>\n

\u201cAurora is more than a battery project,\u201d 1414 Degrees executive chairman Dr Kevin Moriarty said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a large-scale energy and industrial precinct with the infrastructure foundations that major customers require: transmission access, water, fibre and renewable energy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two days later, the company announced it had launched \u201cinto space\u201d with a partnership with a space company.<\/p>\n

Italy-based Orbit Boy will test 1414 Degrees\u2019 battery technology for readiness to be deployed in satellites.<\/p>\n

If successful, 1414 Degrees said it would get a \u201ccommercial pathway into the satellite, space and aerospace and defence battery markets\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Orbit Boy agreement gives 14D a direct technical and commercial pathway into satellite power systems as well as joining the space race,\u201d Moriarty said.<\/p>\n

While on Friday, the company entered into a trading halt ahead of a planned capital raising announcement.<\/p>\n

Shares in the firm rose by 85.71 per cent over the course of the week. Over the past year, shares in 1414 Degrees are up by a whopping 622 per cent.<\/p>\n

The full list of Winners and Losers for the week ending June 19:<\/p>\n

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Data via Baker Young Limited analysts.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Australian battery technology innovator 1414 Degrees saw its shares rise by more than 85 per cent last…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":752231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[64,63,128,285],"class_list":["post-752230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=752230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/752231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}