Volatility and demand for distributed energy solutions in Australia are among the motivations for UK’s GridBeyond to set up offices there.

EnergyAustralia will control and operate two large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) in a portfolio in development by Edify Energy. 

Experts from LCP, Apricum and law firm CMS look at the development of financing and investment in UK battery storage.

Fluence’s software will be used at the first battery storage project in Australia by Spain’s Gransolar Group. 

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

Energy storage can improve power quality and reduce electricity costs for industrial entities in Mexico.

Australian energy retailer Origin Energy intends to build a 700MW battery storage system on the site of a coal power plant for which it has brought forward a planned retirement date by seven years. 

Hydrostor believes it can get three advanced-compressed air energy storage (A-CAES) projects totalling 1.1GW/8.7GWh built in California and Australia by 2026, but regulators elsewhere need to remove barriers for A-CAES and other long-duration storage technologies to thrive, the company’s CEO has said.

Neoen said yesterday that its 100MW / 200MWh battery storage project in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is underway, after the developer issued a notice to proceed to its construction partners Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction and Doosan GridTech.

Energy-Storage.news spoke to FlexGen CEO Kelcy Pegler about the company’s deal to provide battery energy storage technology and software for a 2,150MWh three-site project in southern California.