Victoria, Australia, has seen just under 5GWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) granted approval for development by the state and federal governments.

Green Gravity has signed an agreement with mining company Wollongong Resources to trial its gravitational energy storage in NSW, Australia.

Someva Renewables and AGL Energy have received the federal greenlight to develop a 2GWh wind-plus-storage project in NSW, Australia.

Developer Lightsource bp has commenced construction on a 49MW/562MWh BESS co-located at the 585MWdc Goulburn River solar plant in Australia.

Tesla has issued a product recall on its Powerwall 2 residential battery storage solution across Australia due to a “battery cell defect” from a third-party supplier.

Hydrostor has secured US$55 million in funding from Export Development Canada (EDC) to advance development activities for its 200MW/1,600MWh Silver City Energy Storage Centre project in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.

Chinese PV module manufacturer Trina Solar has received the green light from the Victoria government in Australia to build a 500MW/1,000MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).

Australia’s Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) has awarded 4.13GW/15.37GWh of battery storage capacity in its third tender round, exceeding initial targets and attracting 135GWh of bids.

China again dominated global battery storage deployments in August, accounting for two-thirds of what came online, but Europe, North America and Oceania/Australia had good months too.

Hithium will supply battery storage and SMA the power conversion systems for a 500MWh grid-forming project in Australia for Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV).