Another edition of news in brief from around the world in energy storage, with Powin, ESS Inc and New Zealand’s Counties Energy.

ZEN Energy’s 138MW/330MWh Templers battery storage project in South Australia has broken ground after clearing the grid connection approval process in ‘record time,’ according to technology provider Sungrow.

Global investment group Brookfield intends to acquire French renewables and energy storage developer and independent power producer (IPP) Neoen.

RWE will proceed with an 8-hour duration large-scale battery storage project in New South Wales (NSW), while a tender for more long-duration resources has launched in the state.

National Battery Strategy aims to make Australia a “globally competitive producer” of batteries and battery materials by 2035.

The revenue stack accessible to front-of-the-meter (FTM) battery storage in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) is evolving, as the market dynamics evolve.

The former prime minister of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull, delivered a keynote speech to open the second day of the Energy Storage Summit Australia 2024.

There is “no shortage of investor appetite” and policy support is in place, but there are still some barriers to energy storage deployment on the scale needed to decarbonise Australia’s energy sector.

Energy-Storage.news speaks with Danny Lu of Powin about some of the system integrator’s thoughts on the Australia market and delivery of the Waratah Super Battery.

Battery storage project development costs will continue to fall in 2024 as lithium costs decline “significantly,” according to BMI Research.