A large-scale battery system has been brought online at the site of the former Hazelwood Power Station coal plant in Victoria, Australia.

Battery storage can give the millions of Australian households going solar “a sense of empowerment and control”.

Australian Vanadium, targeting vertically integrated involvement in the flow battery market, has received the first payment from a government grant to support its manufacturing plans.

New South Wales has approved plans to increase maximum sizing of battery storage at what could be Australia’s largest project of its type.

UGL has been selected to design, test and commission a BESS which will provide power for BHP’s iron ore port in Western Australia.

Global battery energy storage system (BESS) integrator Powin has selected South Korea-based ACE Engineering as a contract manufacturer for a portion of its Waratah Super Battery in New South Wales, Australia.

All 192 of the 3.5-tonne batteries at the first large-scale battery storage system (BESS) in the Northern Territory have been installed.

Western Australia (WA) has said it will provide funding for two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects that will be among the biggest in Australia to date.

What has been described as the largest battery storage project to date in the state of New South Wales, Australia, has been brought online by Edify Energy.

Australia’s Federal Budget included AU$4 billion new investment in energy, confirmation of tenders for renewables and energy storage.