The 360MW Mortlake solar-plus-storage project in Victoria, Australia, has been granted development consent by the state government.

Flow Power’s chief operating officer, Byron Serjeantson, believes solar-plus-storage projects represent an upcoming trend in Australia’s PPA 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.

Philippines President Ferdinand ‘Bong Bong’ Marcos Jr has attended the inauguration of the country’s first lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery factory.

The Australian government’s Department of Industry, Science and Resources has indicated that lithium-ion batteries are poised to “dominate” stationary storage for durations under 4-hours, but alternative technologies could surpass them for long duration energy storage (LDES).

Pacific Green Technologies has applied for approval under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, for its 1GW/2.5GWh Portland BESS in Victoria, Australia.

Sungrow has agreed to supply battery energy storage system (BESS) technology to a large-scale project in Malaysia, one of Southeast Asia’s biggest projects of its type.  

Australian investment bank Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) has agreed to acquire a significant minority stake in US independent power producer D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) in a deal worth up to US$1.73 billion.

Supply chain risk platform Infyos discusses its research into forced and child labour in the battery supply chain, suppliers risk of exposure to it and what business risks that could entail for those in the ESS industry – particularly around the EU Batteries Regulation.

The government of Queensland has committed to investing in a factory in the Australian state that will make flow batteries based on iron electrolyte technology.