Rooftop solar and utility-scale energy storage growth led renewable energy to fulfil almost 40% of Australia’s electricity supply in 2023.

System integrator Powin is working on a new grid-scale BESS product to compete with increasingly competitive product from China, senior VP Danny Lu told us, while also discussing its Waratah project in Australia and fire safety.

Two new BESS projects have been announced in Australia, with the DK BESS 2 in the Northern Territory and a 200MW BESS project in New South Wales.

Developer Someva Renewables and utility AGL have proposed a project in New South Wales combining wind, solar and up to 500MW/2,000MWh of energy storage.

Fluence has been issued the required Notice to Proceed on a battery storage project in Australia, which will provide inertia services via the system’s advanced inverter equipment.

We catch up with the president of Canada-headquartered Hydrostor, Jon Norman, about the firm’s advanced compressed air energy storage (A-CAES) tech, current projects, future plans and being a developer versus system integrator.

Equis Australia and the State Electricity Commission have secured AU$400 million in financing for their Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub (MREH) battery storage project.

Utility-scale BESS market action in Australia, with developers Akaysha Energy, Firm Power and ACE Power receiving key project approvals.

Origin Energy will invest around AU$400 million (US$263.7 million) in a battery storage project at the site of one of its gas power plants in the state of Victoria.

A new grid-scale battery storage development platform has launched in Australia with Oliver Yates, former CEO of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), as its chairman.