An AU$120 million (US$81.34 million) government funding round has opened in Australia for community battery energy storage projects.

It is “vital” that energy storage systems are incorporated into the energy infrastructure of the Philippines, president has said.

The Australian market for residential battery storage grew by an estimated 55% in 2022 from the previous year, according to SunWiz.

Green Investment Group (GIG) and Shell Energy have announced a 200MW/400MWh battery storage project in Victoria, Australia.

Sembcorp has pulled the plug on Indonesia solar-plus-storage project, shortly after completing Southeast Asia’s biggest battery storage project.

National science agency CSIRO has said Australia needs multiple energy storage technologies at massive scale to achieve its transition.

A total of 16GW was added last year, equivalent to a 68% of year-on-year growth.

Canadian Solar doubled its energy storage shipments to 1.79GWh in 2022 although expects significant lower growth in 2023 due to transitioning its utility-scale product.

Adopting an “agile working method” without taking any shortcuts on safety or other standards was crucial to DNV testing and certifying a 200MW battery project in Singapore in “record time”.

At World Smart Energy Week in Japan last week CATL, Jinkosolar and Sungrow exhibited battery storage products.