Transgrid, has indicated that 4.8GW of grid-forming BESS will be necessary to stabilise the grid in New South Wales to support renewable energy deployment.

Aaron Philipp Gerdemann explores some of the grid-forming technologies emerging as alternatives to traditional solutions for safeguarding the grid.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is funding trial deployments of two different non-lithium battery technologies at microgrids in Western Australia.

Fluence has been issued the required Notice to Proceed on a battery storage project in Australia, which will provide inertia services via the system’s advanced inverter equipment.

An Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) programme to put AU$120 million (US$78.17 million) towards community battery storage received applications for more than ten times that amount.

RayGen, a startup with a novel high-temperature thermal energy storage tech, has marked opening of a 50MWh plant in Victoria, Australia.

What has been described as the largest battery storage project to date in the state of New South Wales, Australia, has been brought online by Edify Energy.

The Australian government is funding grid inertia measurement trial at the Victorian Big Battery, aiming to develop real-time, accurate assessments of the status of the network.

An AU$120 million (US$81.34 million) government funding round has opened in Australia for community battery energy storage projects.

French renewable energy company Neoen has kicked off 200MW/400MWh battery project in Australia, its third under construction in the country.