Amazon has announced nine new renewable energy PPAs in Australia totalling 430MW of capacity, eight of which include co-located BESS.

Alinta Energy has commenced main construction works on its 1,000MWh Stage 1 of its Reeves Plains BESS in South Australia.

Fluence’s chief growth officer, Jeff Monday, and Australia strategy lead, Sam Markham, discuss hyperscale opportunities, grid-forming evolution, and the company’s high-density Smartstack deployment plans.

Australian mining giant Fortescue has accelerated its timeline for deploying 4-5GWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) paired with 1.8GW of renewable energy generation, which it now expects to begin commercial operation by 2028.

Engineering firm UGL is progressing the construction of two battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Australia, totalling 2,125MWh.

Over 1.4GW/3.4GWh of grid-scale BESS came online in Europe, likely its best month ever, accounting for almost a fifth of global figures.

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners has sold its 240MW/960MWh Summerfield Battery to Palisade Investment Partners in South Australia.

Envision’s Behzad Naderi believes that Australia’s hybridisation rules are reshaping development and connection processes across the NEM.

We catch up with Tamara de Gruyter, president of Wärtsilä Energy Storage, to discuss the system integrator’s strategy under new leadership.

A 150MWh system has been granted approval in Australia, whilst a 1,000MWh system has been submitted for federal consideration.