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Major BESS projects internationally, including the Victorian Big Battery in Australia (pictured) and Zenobe's upcoming project in Scotland are providing inertia via their inverters. Image: Victoria State government.

Grid inertia measurement trial at Australia’s biggest battery storage project

April 25, 2023
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.
Rendering showing Wärtsilä GridSolv Quantum BESS units with Origin Energy branding. Image: Wärtsilä / Origin Energy

Origin Energy to proceed with US$400 million battery project at retiring coal power plant in New South Wales

April 20, 2023
Work is set to begin “within weeks” on a BESS project at the site of a coal power plant in New South Wales, Australia.
Energy minister Chris Bowen (left) at Wallgrove, a 50MW/75MWh BESS project in Western Sydney, NSW, Australia. Image: Transgrid.

Australia had over 2GWh of large-scale battery storage under construction at end of 2022

April 18, 2023
Nearly double the megawatt-hours of large-scale BESS under construction in Australia by the end of 2022 compared to 2021.
The ACT government posted this picture, described as a 'generic artist impression,' although regular readers might note the similarity of the units' design to those of Fluence's Gridstack and Cube products. Fluence is also working with Eku on its 400MWh project with Shell Energy. Image: ACT Government

Australian Capital Territory awards 500MWh BESS project to Macquarie-backed developer Eku Energy

April 13, 2023
ACT government has partnered with developer Eku Energy to deliver its flagship Big Canberra Battery project.
An artist's rendering of the Mornington BESS project. Image: Maoneng.

Maoneng begins 480MWh BESS project to help Australian tourist region manage electricity demand

April 11, 2023
Maoneng joint venture has begun work on a 240MW/480MWh battery energy storage system project in Mornington Peninsula region of Victoria.
An example of a neighbourhood battery system in West Australia, installed in a trial by Western Power. Image: Western Power.

Australia injects AU$120 million funding to ‘fix knowledge gap’ on community battery storage

April 4, 2023
An AU$120 million (US$81.34 million) government funding round has opened in Australia for community battery energy storage projects.
Then-state premier Steven Marshall speaks at the 2018 opening of a factory in South Australia by home ESS maker Sonnen. The state accounted for 27% of market volume in 2022 and leads in per-household installations. Image: Sonnen.

Australia’s residential energy storage market grew 55% in 2022

April 3, 2023
The Australian market for residential battery storage grew by an estimated 55% in 2022 from the previous year, according to SunWiz.
The Minety BESS project, developed by Luminous Energy and at one time the largest BESS in Europe. Image: Shell Energy Europe / Penso Power / Luminous.

Macquarie’s Green Investment Group, Shell to develop 400MWh BESS in Melbourne

March 31, 2023
Green Investment Group (GIG) and Shell Energy have announced a 200MW/400MWh battery storage project in Victoria, Australia.
Major BESS projects internationally, including the Victorian Big Battery in Australia (pictured) and Zenobe's upcoming project in Scotland are providing inertia via their inverters. Image: Victoria State government.

Australia needs major energy storage investment to face ‘wicked challenge’ of net zero, CSIRO says

March 29, 2023
National science agency CSIRO has said Australia needs multiple energy storage technologies at massive scale to achieve its transition.
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1GWh+ of BESS projects from Synergy, SkyLab, Queensland gov progress in Australia

March 21, 2023
Battery storage projects at least 1GWh of capacity have been proposed or progressed in Australia by companies Synergy, SkyLab and the Queensland government.

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