SECI has launched a 500MW/1,000MWh pilot tender for standalone battery storage.

A plan to turn Australian island state Tasmania into the ‘Battery of the Nation’ has taken a step forwards.

Australia’s biggest utility company looks set to be in ownership of the country’s biggest battery storage facility.

New guidelines for procurement and utilisation of battery energy storage systems (BESS) as assets for generation, transmission and distribution and ancillary services have been published by India’s Ministry of Power.

Origin Energy has outlined how a virtual power plant (VPP) and large-scale battery storage will allow it to replace coal.

Genex Power has now achieved financial close on its 50MW/100MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Queensland, Australia. 

Genex Power has “secured the final piece” of its project finance package for Bouldercombe Battery Project in Queensland. 

Construction has started on a 3.5GWh pumped hydro plant in Gran Canaria, Spain, and progress has been made on two other projects totalling 18GWh of storage in mainland Spain and Nevada, US.

Genex Power has received credit approvals on a AU$35 million (US$25.26 million) debt finance facility for its 50MW/100MWh Bouldercombe battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Queensland, Australia.