A plan to turn Australian island state Tasmania into the ‘Battery of the Nation’ has taken a step forwards.

Fluence has won another contract to use its bidding platform to maximise market participation for renewable energy facilities in Australia.

A 100MW/200MWh battery energy storage system comprising Tesla Megapacks will be built by a state-owned power company in Queensland.

Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and the Octopus Group have followed up their recent development deal for a mixed renewables hub.

A major new vanadium processing facility is set to open in Finland in late 2024 after the formation of a joint venture (JV) to deliver the project.

Australia logged its first year of annual battery storage deployment exceeding 1GWh in 2021.

A 50MW/50MWh BESS will demonstrate the ability of smart inverter technologies to support the stability of the power grid in Australia. 

The state government of New South Wales in Australia is opening up a competitive procurement process for Waratah Super Battery.

Tesla has been contracted to provide 300MWh of its Megapack BESS for projects in development by Edify Energy in Australia. 

Australia’s biggest utility company looks set to be in ownership of the country’s biggest battery storage facility.