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Queensland's Wivenhoe PHES plant, which has been in operation since 1985. Image: Queensland State Archives via Flickr / Public Domain.

Queensland puts A$48 million into studies for potential large-scale pumped hydro sites

June 13, 2022
Australia’s first new large-scale pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant in nearly 40 years is being built in Queensland and the state’s government is now exploring options for more.
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Solar-plus-storage project with up to 4,500MWh of batteries proposed in Philippines

June 13, 2022
An infrastructure group owned by Philippine billionaire Enrique K Razon has proposed construction of one of the biggest solar-plus-storage projects in the world.
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Guidehouse: VPP-enabled distributed energy storage deployment to reach 3GW by 2030

June 10, 2022
Annual deployments of distributed energy storage connected to virtual power plants (VPP) is expected to reach 3GW by 2030, according to research firm Guidehouse Insights.
Rendering of a New South Wales battery storage project currently under construction through Shell and state-owned energy developer Edify Energy. Image: Edify.

‘Super Battery’ first to benefit from New South Wales government’s A$1.2 billion spending pledge

June 10, 2022
New South Wales’s single biggest ever investment in infrastructure will go towards enabling renewable energy additions across its networks.
Flow battery demonstration plant in Hubei, China, where the world's biggest VRFB system, at 100MW/400MWh, went online recently. Image: VRB Energy.

Rising flow battery demand ‘will drive global vanadium production to double by 2031’

June 8, 2022
Vanadium redox flow battery industry poised for significant growth in the coming years according to new forecasting.
Black coal, the closest competitor to battery storage, will be all but off the system by the mid to late 2030s. Image: Flickr user John Englart.

After the Climate Wars: Why does Australia need an electricity storage target?

June 8, 2022
How a deployment target scheme could transform the economics of storage in Australia and help the government fulfil its promises to voters.
The 6MW ground mounted PV array. Image: GPM / Mahindra Susten.

India’s first 24/7 solar-powered town enabled with battery storage and smart controls

June 7, 2022
Modhera is India’s first fully solar powered town, demonstrating that battery storage can enable 24/7 clean energy.
TCC, together with another subsidiary, TCC Green Energy, inaugurated Taiwan's first large-scale energy storage system for frequency regulation, in late March 2021. Image: TCC.

Taiwan Cement Corporation adds to 420MWh BESS order from subsidiary NHOA

June 6, 2022
TCC has ordered additional 22MWh of battery storage from NHOA, the energy storage and electric mobility company it acquired from ENGIE.
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China’s compressed air energy storage industry makes progress

June 1, 2022
A 300MWh compressed air energy storage system capacity has been connected to the grid in Jiangsu, China.
Anthony Albanese (pictured) and the Labor Party have taken on board the need for storage in making clean energy dispatchable, Dr Bruce Mountain said. Image: Anthony Albanese's office via Twitter.

Australia’s new government ‘should consider Renewable Electricity Storage Target policy’

May 31, 2022
An energy storage target policy could be an effective way for Australia’s new government to follow through on decarbonisation promises.

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