The state government of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) will pledge funding towards a BESS rollout.

Construction has begun on a large-scale hybrid renewable energy project combining wind, solar PV and energy storage in Australia.

Aware Super has identified a “significant strategic opportunity” to invest in an energy storage project developer.

Quinbrook developing A$2.5 billion ‘Supernode’ site in Queensland for storing energy and data that would include 2,000MWh of battery storage.

Nearly A$4 billion (US$2.72 billion) of battery projects in Australia are in the running to receive financial support from ARENA.

Grid-scale battery storage has emerged as the preferred option to ensure reliable electricity supplies in regions of New South Wales, Australia.

As the role of coal declines and ends in Australia’s NEM, huge growth in dispatchable energy storage capacity will be needed in the mix.

Australia’s Clean Energy Council calls for an energy storage target, while arguing that a plans for a capacity mechanism should be scrapped.

The government of Western Australia has begun a drive to deploy at least 1,000 renewable energy off-grid power systems.

A capacity mechanism for Australia’s National Electricity Market needs to catalyse investment in renewable energy and energy storage.