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Major BESS projects internationally, including the Victorian Big Battery in Australia (pictured) and Zenobe's upcoming project in Scotland are providing inertia via their inverters. Image: Victoria State government.

Grid inertia measurement trial at Australia’s biggest battery storage project

April 25, 2023
The Australian government is funding grid inertia measurement trial at the Victorian Big Battery, aiming to develop real-time, accurate assessments of the status of the network.
Rendering showing Wärtsilä GridSolv Quantum BESS units with Origin Energy branding. Image: Wärtsilä / Origin Energy

Origin Energy to proceed with US$400 million battery project at retiring coal power plant in New South Wales

April 20, 2023
Work is set to begin “within weeks” on a BESS project at the site of a coal power plant in New South Wales, Australia.
Energy minister Chris Bowen (left) at Wallgrove, a 50MW/75MWh BESS project in Western Sydney, NSW, Australia. Image: Transgrid.

Australia had over 2GWh of large-scale battery storage under construction at end of 2022

April 18, 2023
Nearly double the megawatt-hours of large-scale BESS under construction in Australia by the end of 2022 compared to 2021.
Commercial rooftop solar installation in Vietnam, which has plenty of solar PV, but very little energy storage. Image: Sungrow

Asian Development Bank partnership prioritises Vietnam BESS rollout, Indonesia coal phaseout

April 18, 2023
Vietnam’s energy storage sector a priority for Asian Development Bank and Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet funds.
The ACT government posted this picture, described as a 'generic artist impression,' although regular readers might note the similarity of the units' design to those of Fluence's Gridstack and Cube products. Fluence is also working with Eku on its 400MWh project with Shell Energy. Image: ACT Government

Australian Capital Territory awards 500MWh BESS project to Macquarie-backed developer Eku Energy

April 13, 2023
ACT government has partnered with developer Eku Energy to deliver its flagship Big Canberra Battery project.
Fluence has delivered nearly 600MW of BESS in the Philippines to date, including this project for SMC Global Power. Image: Fluence.

ROUNDUP: Fluence in Philippines, Asahi Kasei’s US$100 million VC funds, Leclanché builds LeBlock

April 12, 2023
News in brief from around the word in energy storage with another edition of the Energy-Storage.news roundup.
The launch of MYBESS, with MITI's minister Aziz in the centre. Image: Citaglobal Genetec BESS.

Malaysia government minister welcomes country’s first ‘homegrown’ BESS solution

April 12, 2023
Locally-produced BESS product will support energy transition and boost industrial competitiveness, a government minister has said.
An artist's rendering of the Mornington BESS project. Image: Maoneng.

Maoneng begins 480MWh BESS project to help Australian tourist region manage electricity demand

April 11, 2023
Maoneng joint venture has begun work on a 240MW/480MWh battery energy storage system project in Mornington Peninsula region of Victoria.
Vanadium ore. Image: Australian Vanadium.

Startup Elcora wants vanadium pentoxide plant near mine in Morocco to feed flow batteries

April 6, 2023
Elcora is developing a vanadium pentoxide plant in Morocco to complement raw materials extraction.
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Non-lithium battery storage tech from Invinity, BASF deployed in new markets

April 4, 2023
Invinity and BASF have announced the first deployments of their non-lithium battery storage tech in Hungary and Australia respectively.

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