Alinta Energy’s 100MW/200MWh BESS at its Wagerup thermal power plant in Western Australia has been operating commercially since September.

EnergyAustralia has paid AU$750,000 (US$519,300) in penalties after the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) alleged that four battery energy storage systems (BESS) it manages failed to deliver frequency services offered into the market.

Delta and partner Samsung Vista C&I Australia have lodged an EIS for an 800MWh BESS at the Vales Point Power Station site in NSW.

The Western Australian (WA) government has awarded AU$15 million for a relocatable vanadium electrolyte manufacturing facility.

Two Australian BESS projects in South Australia and Victoria have been submitted to the federal government under the EPBC Act.

Australia’s federal Cheaper Home Batteries Program has passed 600,000 home battery storage systems sold, roughly 16.8GWh.

Australian renewable energy generator and retailer Pacific Blue has referred an 855MWh BESS in Victoria to Australia’s EPBC Act.

Energy held in battery energy storage systems (BESS) across Australia’s NEM reached a record 20.17GWh on 6 November.

EnergyAustralia has taken delivery of the final battery storage units for its 50MW/250MWh Hallett BESS in South Australia, as construction continues at the site.

Eku Energy has fully commissioned its 250MW/500MWh Williamsdale BESS in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).