Tariffs announced on ‘Liberation Day’ have already caused battery storage project deals to fall through in the US, Energy-Storage.news has heard.

ACE Power has announced that the Australian government has permitted the development of 5.6GWh of BESS in Queensland.

Samsung C&T Renewable Energy Australia has submitted plans for a 320MWh battery storage system in New South Wales to Australia’s EPBC Act.

Rob Hills, APAC vice-president of engineering and commissioning, Fluence, said: “A lot of stars need to align” for BESS as virtual transmission.

Australian electricity distributor Essential Energy has confirmed that vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging technology is now market-ready in Australia.

Wärtsilä will supply what it claims is the first large-scale DC-coupled hybrid battery connected to Australia’s NEM for Octopus Group.

A 238.5MW/477MWh standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) has been commissioned in South Australia, and an optimisation deal signed for another of the state’s largest BESS assets.

The Queensland government has announced plans to release a five-year Energy Roadmap and transferred oversight of a 20GWh PHES project.

A total of 10.9GWh of grid-scale BESS entered commercial operations in March, up 29% year-on-year and 3% month-on-month. 

Australia’s energy minister has argued that the upcoming federal election is a “sliding doors moment” for the country’s energy transition.