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Rendering of CS Energy's 200MWh Chincilla BESS project, announced by the state-owned group earlier this year. Image: CS Energy.

Queensland state budget funds battery storage buildout ‘blitz’

June 27, 2022
Queensland’s state government has identified batteries as the fastest way to add energy storage to the electricity network.
Astoria Generating Station. New York's largest single peaker plant site has an important legacy with a dark side. It's also among the first to have a committed plan to replace some of its capacity with batteries, by owner Eastern Generation. Image: wikimedia user tim1337

Eastern Generation gets permit for 135MW battery storage at New York fossil fuel plant site

June 23, 2022
Approval has been granted for construction of a large-scale BESS at the site of an existing fossil fuel power plant in New York.
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LDES Council: ‘significant policy support’ for sector needed until 2030-35

June 23, 2022
Significant policy support for the long duration energy storage (LDES) sector may be needed until 2030-35 when the market matures, says a new LDES Council policy toolbox report.
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.

Australia’s capacity mechanism ‘shouldn’t lock in reliance on aging and polluting generators’

June 22, 2022
A capacity mechanism for Australia’s National Electricity Market needs to catalyse investment in renewable energy and energy storage.
Artist's concept drawings of how VSUN's residential flow battery could look. Image: VSUN.

Australian projects trial benefits of distributed neighbourhood and flow battery energy storage

June 21, 2022
The government of Victoria, Australia, has opened a round of funding for ‘neighbourhood-scale’ battery storage.
Battery storage project in New York. Image: Convergent Energy + Power.

New York grid operator says wholesale market will drive investment in energy storage

June 20, 2022
There could be nearly 13GW of energy storage on the grid in New York by 2052, according to the state’s grid operator NYISO.
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Europe needs 600GW of energy storage by 2050, says trade body EASE

June 20, 2022
Europe will need a total of 187GW of energy storage by 2030 and 600GW by 2050 to meet its renewable energy targets, according to the European Association of Energy Storage (EASE).
1414 Degrees early concept art for the Aurora project. Image: 1414 Degrees.

Australia large-scale hybrid CSP-battery-PV project revived after pull-out of investors

June 17, 2022
Novel project in development in Australia combining CSP, molten silicon thermal storage, solar PV and grid-scale BESS appears to be revived.
Muja coal power plant is scheduled for phased retirement by the end of 2029. Image: Wikimedia user nachoman-au

Western Australia invests A$3.8 billion to manage coal to renewables-plus-storage transition

June 17, 2022
Western Australia will retire its two state-owned coal power plants by 2030 and invest in renewable energy and energy storage.
Sembcorp has been involved with UK BESS projects like the one pictured, which uses Fluence's containerised battery units. Image: Sembcorp.

Sembcorp to build 200MW battery storage at Singapore’s industrial hub Jurong Island

June 16, 2022
Sembcorp is building 200MWh of battery storage systems on Singapore’s Jurong Island, home to much of the country’s industrial activity.

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