A 1,200MWh solar-plus-storage twin project is set to be developed in North Queensland, Australia, after success in the recent Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) tender.
The first Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) tender round in Australia successfully awarded 3.5GWh of co-located battery energy storage systems (BESS) as renewables-plus-storage projects.
Global average lithium-ion battery prices have fallen 20% to US$115 per kWh this year, going below US$100 for electric vehicles (EVs), BloombergNEF said.
We get the reaction from other BESS suppliers, consultancies, research firms, optimisers, investors and IPPs to BYD launching a BESS using sodium-ion battery cells, a technology many see as a potential competitor to lithium-ion.
China-headquartered electronics firm Huawei has secured a supply agreement to provide a 4.5GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) for the Meralco Terra Solar project in the Philippines.
Australia-based investor Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has submitted plans to the federal government for a 750MW battery energy storage system (BESS) co-located with a proposed polysilicon plant in Townsville, Queensland.