More than AU$1 billion (US$0.65 billion) of financial commitments to large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects were made in Australia in the second quarter of this year.

Australia’s second largest battery storage facility has been brought into commercial operation by project owner AGL and system integrator Wärtsilä.

Alinta Energy will deploy a battery energy storage system (BESS) in Western Australia at the site of one of its thermal power plants.

Australia has opened a public consultation for scheme widely expected to be a game changer in rollout of clean energy technologies.

Two projects in Queensland using different flow battery technologies have been given the financial backing of the state’s government.

A “farmer-led” utility-scale solar PV and battery storage agrivoltaics project in New South Wales, Australia, has been granted development consent.

Pre-construction activities commenced this week on Rangebank BESS, a 200MW/400MWh project in Victoria, Australia.

Australian high voltage grid operator Transgrid will host a competitive solicitation for large-scale battery storage resources in areas of New South Wales facing increasing electricity demand.

Synergy has begun its second large-scale battery project in Western Australia as the company’s first nears its start of commercial operations.

Australian renewables and storage developer Genex Power has switched on its first battery storage project and entered a joint development agreement (JDA) with Japan’s J-Power.