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Major BESS projects internationally, including the Victorian Big Battery in Australia (pictured) and Zenobe's upcoming project in Scotland are providing inertia via their inverters. Image: Victoria State government.

Grid inertia measurement trial at Australia’s biggest battery storage project

April 25, 2023
The Australian government is funding grid inertia measurement trial at the Victorian Big Battery, aiming to develop real-time, accurate assessments of the status of the network.
Tesla Megapacks at an project site. A Tesla representative spoke at the Brussels launch, as did representatives from ESS Inc and Portguese utility EDP. Image: TagEnergy.

Tesla in highest quarterly energy storage deployments since division launched

April 24, 2023
Tesla has recorded its highest storage deployments to date in the first quarter of 2023, enabled by ramp up of its factory in California.
Construction work at Turkey's largest solar PV plant to date, a 1.35GW project in Karapinar. 'Renewable energy is the trigger' for the changes in storage regulation, Korkut Öztürkmen says. Image: Kalyon PV.
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‘Very promising market’ for energy storage is developing in Turkey

April 24, 2023
Why recent awards of pre-licensing for large-scale projects in Turkey mean a “very promising market” for energy storage is about to open.
Presentation of the company's targets and plan at Auto Shanghai, 2023. Image: PRNewsfoto/Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited.

World’s biggest battery manufacturer CATL targets carbon neutrality across all operations by 2035

April 20, 2023
CATL has committed to a carbon neutrality plan, identifying five ‘key links’ in its value chain to implement emissions reduction measures.
Rendering showing Wärtsilä GridSolv Quantum BESS units with Origin Energy branding. Image: Wärtsilä / Origin Energy

Origin Energy to proceed with US$400 million battery project at retiring coal power plant in New South Wales

April 20, 2023
Work is set to begin “within weeks” on a BESS project at the site of a coal power plant in New South Wales, Australia.
Redflow's first US project was this 2MWh deployment at a biofuels production facility in California. Image: Redflow. Image: Redflow.

US DOE offers funding for flow battery scale-up while providers make inroads in California market

April 19, 2023
DOE has opened a funding opportunity for work to address gaps or weaknesses in manufacturing of solid-state and flow battery technologies.
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Energy storage the ‘centrepiece’ of European decarbonisation, energy commissioner says

April 19, 2023
Kadri Simson has described energy storage as vital for the energy transition, yet often “overlooked” in plans and strategies.
While the 83% year-on-year drop sounds dramatic, Q1 2022 was an outlier due to the inclusion of LG Energy Solution's US$10.7 billion IPO which itself accounted for 83% of that quarter's total. Image: Solar Media using Mercom Capital data.

Corporate funding for battery storage companies slows down in Q1 2023

April 18, 2023
Corporate funding activity into battery storage companies in the first quarter of 2023 fell considerably year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter, according to research from Mercom Capital.  
Energy minister Chris Bowen (left) at Wallgrove, a 50MW/75MWh BESS project in Western Sydney, NSW, Australia. Image: Transgrid.

Australia had over 2GWh of large-scale battery storage under construction at end of 2022

April 18, 2023
Nearly double the megawatt-hours of large-scale BESS under construction in Australia by the end of 2022 compared to 2021.
Commercial rooftop solar installation in Vietnam, which has plenty of solar PV, but very little energy storage. Image: Sungrow

Asian Development Bank partnership prioritises Vietnam BESS rollout, Indonesia coal phaseout

April 18, 2023
Vietnam’s energy storage sector a priority for Asian Development Bank and Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet funds.

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