Australia’s New South Wales has seen 532MW of firming projects contracted through its seventh infrastructure tender, securing two projects designed to strengthen electricity supply during periods of peak demand and system stress in the Sydney-Newcastle-Wollongong region.
China-headquartered energy storage firm Gotion and US power electronics manufacturer Richardson Electronics have partnered to manufacture BESS. It comes at a time when Chinese companies are starting to sell down stakes in US assets amid new FEOC rules.
Long-duration energy storage (LDES) developer-operator Hydrostor intends to enter its compressed air storage project into Ontario, Canada’s recently announced LDES procurement.
A total of 4.5GW/12.8GWh of large-scale BESS capacity when into operation around the world last month, with Asia and South America showing strong figures.
Developer Akaysha Energy has received federal environmental clearance for its 400MW/1,600MWh Glenrowan battery energy storage system (BESS) in Victoria, with the project deemed “not a controlled action” under Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.
Australia has clawed back AU$1.3 billion (US$940 million) in uncommitted clean energy manufacturing funding, with the Solar Sunshot Program and Battery Breakthrough Initiative among the programmes hit by budget cuts announced this week.
In this US news roundup, battery energy storage system (BESS) project updates from Spearmint Energy in Texas, Polaris Renewable Energy in Puerto Rico, and Clearway Energy Group in Utah.
Solar PV and wind are now the cheapest sources of power, with co-located hybrids increasingly delivering round-the-clock electricity at fossil fuel-competitive costs in high-resource regions, according to a new report by IRENA.
