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Anthony Albanese (pictured) and the Labor Party have taken on board the need for storage in making clean energy dispatchable, Dr Bruce Mountain said. Image: Anthony Albanese's office via Twitter.

Australia’s new government ‘should consider Renewable Electricity Storage Target policy’

May 31, 2022
An energy storage target policy could be an effective way for Australia’s new government to follow through on decarbonisation promises.
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Data availability and resource planning challenges for grid operators as more energy storage comes online

May 26, 2022
Alongside its many benefits, growing deployments of energy storage will pose complex challenges around availability of data and resource planning for grid and distribution network operators.
Vanadium redox flow battery-based electric vehicle charging unit, at a trial project in Western Australia.

Australian Vanadium signs flow battery project development MoU

May 26, 2022
Australian Vanadium has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with developer North Harbour Clean Energy (NHCE).
Groundbreaking in March 2022 for th site's BESS, attended by local Member of Parliament Adam Marshall (centre). Image: Office of Adam Marshall.

Philippines’ Ayala Group kicks off battery install at 720MW solar farm in New South Wales

May 25, 2022
Progress is being made at one of Australia’s biggest co-located solar and energy storage projects.
LG's RESU 10H units were previously recalled, but other manufacturer systems are now thought to potentially be affected. Image: LG Energy Solution / SolarEdge.

Fire risk recall for LG home battery storage equipment owners in Australia

May 24, 2022
Buyers of home energy storage systems in Australia should check if batteries in their devices come from a batch recalled.
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Maoneng gets grid connection approval on 480MWh BESS in Victoria

May 19, 2022
Renewable energy developer Maoneng has received grid connection approval on its 240MW/480MWh Mornington Peninsula battery energy storage system (BESS) in Victoria.
Image: AEMO

Batteries are number one at maintaining Australia’s grid frequency

May 16, 2022
Battery storage is leading provider of frequency control ancillary services (FCAS) in the National Electricity Market.
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.

Investigation confirms cause of fire at Tesla’s Victorian Big Battery in Australia

May 11, 2022
A liquid coolant leak caused thermal runaway in battery cells which started a fire at the 300MW/450MWh Victorian Big Battery in Australia.
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Maoneng proposes colocated 1,600MWh BESS in New South Wales

May 9, 2022
Renewable energy company Maoneng has proposed an energy hub in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, with a 550MWac solar farm and 400MW/1,600MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).
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What role is large-scale battery storage playing on the grid today?

May 5, 2022
With a handful of leading regions deploying grid-scale storage at a faster rate than ever, what sort of impact are these additions having so far on the problems they are intended to solve?

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