Melbourne-based battery technology company Relectrify has installed its first AC1 battery energy storage system (BESS) in Renmark, South Australia, in partnership with YES Energy.

UNSW receives AU$6.52 million to study how solar, wind and battery storage interact with grid protection systems as Australia transitions to renewables.

EDP Renewables Australia has secured AU$3 million in funding from ARENA to develop the Braidwood Renewable Microgrid Project.

ARENA is supporting two First Nations-led microgrid projects in the Northern Territory (NT) with AU$11 million in funding.

Victorian energy storage designer and manufacturer PowerPlus Energy has secured AU$2.3 million (US$1.65 million) in funding from ARENA.

MGA Thermal has secured AU$3.25 million in funding from ARENA to conduct up to five FEED studies for its thermal energy storage technology.

ARENA has committed AU$25 million to support startup Relectrify’s world-first ‘inverterless’ battery energy storage system (BESS).

The Australian government has officially launched the AU$500 million Battery Breakthrough Initiative (BBI).

Australian distribution network company Endeavour Energy has expanded its partnership with Israel’s mPrest to optimise its community BESS.

Mark Croudace, executive representative of the LDES Council, questioned what technologies will join lithium-ion on the energy storage podium.