Another edition of our BESS Industry Buzz, this week looking at new details on CATL’s sodium-ion technology, BESS availability, BAAJA trade-offs and the price of speed to power.

West Arthur Energy, a project company owned by Western Australian developer Lacour Energy, has referred a wind generation site with a 4,000MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) to Australia’s EPBC Act.

AirTrunk has signed an exclusivity agreement with European Energy Australia covering more than 800MWh of battery storage in NSW.

Alinta Energy’s 100MW/200MWh BESS at its Wagerup thermal power plant in Western Australia has been operating commercially since September.

EnergyAustralia has paid AU$750,000 (US$519,300) in penalties after the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) alleged that four battery energy storage systems (BESS) it manages failed to deliver frequency services offered into the market.

What are semi-solid-state batteries, what potential do they hold for battery energy storage system (BESS) applications, and when are we likely to see them come to market?

RelyEZ has listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, becoming the latest Chinese energy storage system solution provider to list in Hong Kong.

Delta and partner Samsung Vista C&I Australia have lodged an EIS for an 800MWh BESS at the Vales Point Power Station site in NSW.

The Western Australian (WA) government has awarded AU$15 million for a relocatable vanadium electrolyte manufacturing facility.

Battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Japan by Sumitomo Corporation and Greenvolt provide an interesting snapshot of the country’s development landscape.