Western Australia (WA) has said it will provide funding for two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects that will be among the biggest in Australia to date.

Neoen has proposed building a gigawatt-scale BESS in a region of Australia with close and continuing ties to the coal industry.

Western Australia will retire its two state-owned coal power plants by 2030 and invest in renewable energy and energy storage.

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