esVolta has closed a US$139.6 million project financing package with MUFG Bank for its 300MWh Boxcar energy storage project in Texas, US.

Transgrid has shortlisted nine utility-scale battery storage projects, totalling up to 2GW, to provide critical system strength services.

New Zealand’s fragmented electricity market structure is creating both opportunities and obstacles for industrial battery storage, as demonstrated by CentrePort Wellington’s upcoming deployment.

The New South Wales IPC has approved Ausgrid’s 400MWh Steel River East BESS located within the Hunter and Central Coast REZ.

5.5GWh of battery energy storage projects have been added to Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.

Eku Energy and Valent Energy have recorded separate milestones in their respective expansions of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Australia.

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has received environmental clearance for its Supernode North battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Queensland, Australia.

A collaborative team of Australian scientists from CSIRO, the University of Melbourne and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) has successfully developed and tested the world’s first proof-of-concept quantum battery system.

“When we started back in two years ago, there was a lack of understanding in the market about how the grid-forming inverters operate,” said Ghasem Jahedi, principal grid engineer at AGL.

Professor Tim Nelson has urged energy storage developers and market participants to actively engage in implementing sweeping market reforms.