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.

Construction has begun on battery storage project to demonstrate advanced inverter technology, in historic mining region of Broken Hill, New South Wales.

Newly announced funding support from ARENA is enabling the expansion of a planned large-scale battery project in New South Wales.

Nearly A$4 billion (US$2.72 billion) of battery projects in Australia are in the running to receive financial support from ARENA.

A five-year long project to trial the use of energy storage at community-scale in a Western Australian suburb achieved an 85% reduction in consumption of energy from the grid at peak times for participating households. 

Renewable Energy Hub has announced the first transactions as part of its new ‘Virtual Storage’ electricity swap contract in Australia..

In the past couple of weeks, national and state government organisations in Australia have announced various stages of development for solar projects with a range of advanced and innovative storage solutions attached.

Australia’s national Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has said it will commit AU$50 million (US$34.14 million) to help fund expansion of landmark Hornsdale battery project in South Australia.