The first utility-scale battery project in Tonga officially opened today at an event attended by the South Pacific Kingdom’s prime minister.

Australia is developing a National Critical Minerals Strategy, including materials for batteries and other clean energy technologies.

ARENA funding will support Hydrostor’s advanced compressed air energy storage (A-CAES) project in New South Wales.

Maoneng Group has received equity investment to fast track some of Australia’s biggest battery storage projects.

Liquid metal battery company Ambri is to deliver a pilot system to Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, which invested in the company last year.

Australia’s government has put its support behind two major transmission projects which will increase the utilisation of renewable energy.

Akaysha Energy has been selected for the Waratah Super Battery project in New South Wales, with Powin Energy as key equipment supplier.

Long duration energy storage technologies like flow batteries, compressed air or gravity-based solutions look set to enter the market at scale in the second half of the 2030s, according to the DNV Energy Transition Outlook.

Any new energy technology asset class comes with risk that needs to be recognised, write Liam McEneaney and Daniel Stevens at AXIS Insurance.

Development of battery systems to help integrate renewables and boost grid reliability continues to pick up pace in New South Wales.