EDP Renewables Australia has secured AU$3 million in funding from ARENA to develop the Braidwood Renewable Microgrid Project.

Hitachi Energy has entered a 20-year service agreement with Australian developer Akaysha Energy to support the 155MW/298MWh Ulinda Park battery energy storage system (BESS) in Queensland’s Western Downs region.

Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) has opened two tenders seeking 2.5GW of renewable energy generation and 12GWh of long-duration energy storage, marking the largest generation procurement in the state’s history under its Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap.

Malaysian multinational utility company Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) has launched a 100MW/400MWh battery storage project with an opening ceremony.

Yarra Energy Foundation (YEF), a not-for-profit organisation, has commissioned a community battery storage system and two wheelchair-accessible electric vehicle (EV) charging bays in Clifton Hill, an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, Australia.

Swedish independent power producer (IPP) OX2 has confirmed it has started construction activities at the 100MW/300MWh Muswellbrook solar-plus-storage site in New South Wales (NSW), Australia.

Australian energy storage developer Enervest has acquired the Northern Border Battery, a 300MW battery energy storage system in development, from an unnamed Sydney-based developer.

Australia has surpassed 400,000 home battery storage installations under the federal government’s Cheaper Home Batteries Program.

China-based Rept Battero has officially opened its lithium-ion cell and BESS manufacturing facility in Indonesia.

Iberdrola Australia has submitted a 1,000MW battery energy storage system to Australia’s EPBC Act for federal environmental assessment.