Australia’s biggest utility company looks set to be in ownership of the country’s biggest battery storage facility.

Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced financial support for four technology sector manufacturing projects, including a vanadium processing plant.

Australian pension fund Hostplus will invest in a JV to build a 1.5GW renewable energy park.

Reliance New Energy Limited, part of the massive Indian conglomerate, has acquired LFP battery manufacturer Lithium Werks for US$61 million two months after buying a sodium-ion battery producer.

Fluence’s software will be used at the first battery storage project in Australia by Spain’s Gransolar Group. 

New guidelines for procurement and utilisation of battery energy storage systems (BESS) as assets for generation, transmission and distribution and ancillary services have been published by India’s Ministry of Power.

Lithium-ion battery producer SVOLT has announced an energy storage system (ESS) solution having until now predominantly focused on batteries for the electric vehicle (EV) market.

Construction will commence in New Zealand on the country’s biggest battery energy storage system (BESS) project so far, in July.

The new edition of PV Tech Power is now available to download.

Origin Energy has outlined how a virtual power plant (VPP) and large-scale battery storage will allow it to replace coal.