Australia’s battery energy storage sector faces mounting operational pressures, following the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) issuing its latest direction to AGL’s Torrens Island battery energy storage system (BESS) on 9 March.
Three battery energy storage system (BESS) developments across Australia have been submitted to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, representing a combined capacity of 1,220MWh.
Australia’s AGL Energy has agreed to divest 19.9% of its equity interest in Tilt Renewables to Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) and a Future Fund-led consortium for AU$750 million (US$488 million).