Adopting an “agile working method” without taking any shortcuts on safety or other standards was crucial to DNV testing and certifying a 200MW battery project in Singapore in “record time”.

Battery storage projects at least 1GWh of capacity have been proposed or progressed in Australia by companies Synergy, SkyLab and the Queensland government.

The government of New Zealand considering viability of pumped hydro among its options to plug energy deficits of between 3TWh and 5TWh.

Australian Vanadium has secured a site and progressed the design and development of a flow battery electrolyte facility in Western Australia.

A solar-plus-storage project combining 300kW of PV and a 2MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) has been installed in the Polynesian archipelago nation of Tonga.

The government of Queensland has said keeping energy sector in public ownership will be key to an orderly transition away from fossil fuels.

Utility Zen Energy has acquired a large-scale 2.5 hour battery storage project from developer and IPP RES in Australia, expected to be online by the end of next year.

The Premier of Queensland announced a major transmission line project to unlock 6GW of renewable energy, enabling the Australian state to create a homegrown clean energy value chain.

Infradebt has made the first close of a fund dedicated to investing in large-scale battery storage projects around Australia.

Planning approval has been given for Waratah Super Battery in Australia to help fill gap in energy supply from a retiring coal power plant.