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Lily D'Ambrosio, Victoria's Energy Minister, announced the winners yesterday. Image: Friends of the Earth.

Winning solar PV projects in Victoria renewables auction include 365MW/600MWh of battery storage

October 7, 2022
Second Renewable Energy Target auction held in Victoria, Australia, won by six solar PV projects, four of which include battery storage.
Elsewhere in Australia, Neoen's 100MW/200MWh Capital Battery project reached financial close in October and construction underway. Image: Neoen via Twitter.

Australia’s CEFC lends AU$35.5 million towards cost of Neoen’s Capital Battery project

October 5, 2022
Australia’s national Clean Energy Finance Corporation has invested to help a 100MW/200MWh battery storage project reach financial close.
Australian energy minister Chris Bowen (left) visiting battery storage manufacturer Gelion's premises. Image: Gelion.

Zinc bromide battery production begins in Australia using legacy lead-acid production know-how

October 3, 2022
Zinc bromide battery startup Gelion has started up manufacturing operations in Australia which lean on existing production techniques for lead-acid batteries.
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CellCube in 8MWh flow battery pilot to target Australia’s C&I market prospects

September 30, 2022
CellCube has formed an R&D partnership in Australia in anticipation of establishing a presence in the country’s long-duration energy storage market.
AGL brought forward the closure date of Loy Yang (pictured), where it plans to deploy a large-scale BESS. Image: Wikimedia user Marcus Wong.

225MW of grid-forming battery storage supported by state government in Victoria, Australia

September 29, 2022
Alongside unveiling of an energy storage deployment target, Victoria government announced funding for large-scale battery storage projects.
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.

Australian state of Victoria introduces bigger energy storage deployment target than New York

September 27, 2022
Victoria, Australia, will target 6.3GW of renewable energy storage by 2035, one of the world’s most ambitious storage policy goals.
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Alinta Energy’s 35MW battery storage to help halve emissions at BHP iron ore port in Western Australia

September 20, 2022
Australian mining group BHP will use a 45MW solar, 35MW battery energy storage system from Alinta Energy to halve emissions at its WA Iron Ore port facilities at Port Headland by end-2024.
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.

Neoen proposes 1GW/4GWh BESS at ‘ideal location’ in Australian coal region

September 15, 2022
Neoen has proposed building a gigawatt-scale BESS in a region of Australia with close and continuing ties to the coal industry.
A vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) system manufactured by E22, a subsidiary of Spanish renewables company Gransolar. VRFB is among the broad suite of technologies that can deliver long-duration storage. Image: E22 / Gransolar.

Aquila Capital buying 440MWh of battery storage projects in South Australia

September 12, 2022
Aquila Capital will acquire a pipeline of large-scale battery storage projects in development in Australia, from Spain’s Gransolar Group.
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Australian mining consortium launches long duration energy storage challenge

September 7, 2022
The Australia-based Electric Mine Consortium is seeking long duration energy storage solutions to help with decarbonising mining operations.

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