Samsung C&T’s Australian renewables arm has referred an 800MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Victoria’s Gippsland region to the federal government under Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.

Battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) earned an estimated AU$5.63 million (US$3.88 million) in two hours on 12 October, as wholesale electricity prices peaked at AU$23,107/MWh.

ACE and the IEA say the main obstacles to battery energy storage system (BESS) deployment in Southeast Asia are policy and market rules.

Eku Energy has signed CBAs with Gladstone Regional Council and Western Downs Regional Council for two BESS projects in Queensland.

EDF Power Solutions Australia has referred a wind-plus-storage project featuring an 800MWh BESS for assessment under Australia’s EPBC Act.

e-STORAGE has signed an agreement to supply and commission a 100MW/200MWh BESS for OX2’s Muswellbrook solar-plus-storage site in Australia.

Atmos Renewables has reached financial close on the 400MW/1,600MWh Teebar battery energy storage system (BESS) in Queensland, Australia.

Australia’s 59 grid-scale BESS earned a combined AU$88.91 million in estimated gross energy and FCAS market revenue in the NEM.

Origin Energy has referred a new BESS project, Eraring BESS North, for assessment under Australia’s EPBC Act.

Statkraft and Greenvolt Power have signed a 10-year tolling agreement covering 400MW of BESS across two operating projects in Poland.