News in brief from around the world in energy storage.

Quinbrook developing A$2.5 billion ‘Supernode’ site in Queensland for storing energy and data that would include 2,000MWh of battery storage.

Construction has begun of a factory for long-duration flow batteries using iron and saltwater electrolyte in Queensland, Australia.

Nearly A$4 billion (US$2.72 billion) of battery projects in Australia are in the running to receive financial support from ARENA.

Fluence has signed a deal for its third battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Taiwan, its biggest in the region so far.

Grid-scale battery storage has emerged as the preferred option to ensure reliable electricity supplies in regions of New South Wales, Australia.

The first 500MWh of SMC Global Power’s battery storage portfolio has been installed.

As the role of coal declines and ends in Australia’s NEM, huge growth in dispatchable energy storage capacity will be needed in the mix.

Hornsdale Power Reserve in South Australia has been fined for breaching National Electricity Rules over a three month period in 2019.  

Australia’s Clean Energy Council calls for an energy storage target, while arguing that a plans for a capacity mechanism should be scrapped.