Australian startup MGA Thermal has bagged around US$1 million in government funding for a 5MWh thermal energy storage project while Israel-based Brenmiller Energy has inaugurated a 1MWh unit in Brazil.

Genex Power has bought up a 2GW clean energy project which it intends to build in five stages in Queensland, Australia.

Onslow, Western Australia, is powered almost entirely by renewables, and the utility behind the project wants to roll out the technology.

Wirsol Energy has received development approval for its Maryvale solar and energy storage project in New South Wales (NSW), Australia.

E-mobility and energy storage company New HOrizons Ahead (NHOA) has started installation work on an LFP-based 100MW/200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Western Australia, the state’s largest.

Bechtel has been selected to work on design and planning of a large-scale pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project in Queensland.

The Department of Planning and Environment in New South Wales gave development approval to a proposed 500MW/1,000MWh battery storage project.

Neoen saw its energy storage revenues triple in the first half of this year, driven by its Victorian Big Battery in Australia.

Hornsdale Power Reserve battery storage system in South Australia now has upgraded capabilities, enabling it to provide inertia to the grid.

The state government of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) will pledge funding towards a BESS rollout.