On Friday (4 October), the US Department of Energy (DOE) announced Australia as an international collaborator on its Long Duration Storage Shot initiative.
Australian utility Origin Energy is set to focus on energy storage and renewable energy generation, announcing last week it will exit the hydrogen market.
Frontier Energy will pursue alternative funding solutions after missing out on Reserve Capacity Credits (RCCs) from the AEMO for its 360MWh Waroona Renewable Energy Hub in Western Australia.
Eku Energy has begun its first battery storage project in Japan, while Gore Street Capital has raised funding for the country’s first energy storage-dedicated fund.