Western Australia’s Premier Roger Cook of the Labor Party has pledged to invest AU$150 million (US$92.4 million) into a 500MWh 10-hour duration vanadium battery energy storage system (BESS) should it be re-elected in the upcoming state election.
A few weeks ago, a battery recycling deal was announced for a 640MWh BESS project in Australia, but the project isn’t even built yet and the cells have 25-year warranties – we caught up with the company recycling the batteries to hear more.
Acen Australia has submitted a 320MW solar-plus-storage project featuring a 1,400MWac battery energy storage system (BESS) in New South Wales to Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.
The cancellation of the 5GW/120GWh Pioneer-Burdekin Pumped Hydro Project in Queensland, Australia, has seen power price forecasts jump by over 60% for 2035.
Engineering group Gamuda and infrastructure developer Ferrovial have been signed up in an early contractor involvement (ECI) deal for a 12GWh pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project being developed in Queensland.
TotalEnergies, a French energy major, is seeking approval from the federal government’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act for a 320MW solar-plus-storage site in New South Wales, Australia.
Renewable energy developer ACE Power has submitted its 3.6GWh 4-hour duration Nebo battery energy storage system (BESS) in Queensland to the Australian government seeking approval under its Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.
ESN Premium discusses the technology enabling Australia’s Waratah Super Battery to fulfil its critical System Integrity Protection Scheme (SIPS) duties.
Not-for-profit consultancy Yarra Energy Foundation (YEF) has said that its Fitzroy North community battery in Melbourne, Australia, generated AU$8,423 in revenue, excluding goods and services tax (GST), for the 2023-24 financial year.
