Amazon has announced nine new renewable energy PPAs in Australia totalling 430MW of capacity, eight of which include co-located BESS.

Alinta Energy has commenced main construction works on its 1,000MWh Stage 1 of its Reeves Plains BESS in South Australia.

Fluence’s chief growth officer, Jeff Monday, and Australia strategy lead, Sam Markham, discuss hyperscale opportunities, grid-forming evolution, and the company’s high-density Smartstack deployment plans.

How can the industry prepare for when the first wave of utility-scale BESS projects begin to reach end-of-life?

Thermal management means cost, complexity and aux power consumption for battery storage projects, writes William Lauwers of Enertis Applus+.

Australian mining giant Fortescue has accelerated its timeline for deploying 4-5GWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) paired with 1.8GW of renewable energy generation, which it now expects to begin commercial operation by 2028.

Engineering firm UGL is progressing the construction of two battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Australia, totalling 2,125MWh.

Over 1.4GW/3.4GWh of grid-scale BESS came online in Europe, likely its best month ever, accounting for almost a fifth of global figures.

Vietnam’s government will “amend policies” to support production of clean energy technologies, a minister has said at the opening of a battery energy storage system (BESS) factory.  

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners has sold its 240MW/960MWh Summerfield Battery to Palisade Investment Partners in South Australia.