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A solar and battery project Gannawarra, Victoria, completed in 2018 with some support from ARENA. Image: ARENA.

Australia: Victoria sets new BESS charge and discharge records

June 3, 2025
Victoria achieved a new BESS discharge and charge record over the weekend, with 693.5MW and -704.8MW, respectively.
Image: Fluence.

BESS as virtual transmission in Australia: Unlocking the grid’s true potential

June 3, 2025
Rob Hills, APAC vice-president of engineering and commissioning, Fluence, explains the potential of BESS as virtual transmission in Australia.
CPUC battery and solar programme

California launches US$280 million solar and battery programme for low-income households

June 2, 2025
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has launched a US$280 million initiative to help low-income residents of the state install battery storage and solar panel systems.
Eos and Faraday microgrid in California

Eos and Faraday partner to deploy California microgrid on tribal land

May 30, 2025
Zinc hybrid cathode battery and storage system maker Eos has secured an order with Faraday Microgrids to deploy a 3MW/15MWh system on tribal land in California, US.
Leeward Renewable Energy Antelope Valley BESS

Leeward Renewable Energy’s first standalone BESS enters operations in California

May 30, 2025
Developer Leeward Renewable Energy’s (LRE) 126MW/504MWh Antelope Valley battery energy storage system (BESS), located in Kern County, California, has reached commercial operations.
OCI and LG MOU signing ceremony

OCI Energy signs MOU for Texas BESS, Ormat signs US$62 million tax equity

May 29, 2025
News from Texas and California as OCI Energy signs a memorandum of understanding with LG Energy Solutions, Ormat Technologies signs a US$62 million hybrid tax equity for Texas and California BESS projects.
Image: EnergyAustralia.

Australia: Q1 2025 deemed second-best quarter for financial commitment in grid-scale batteries

May 29, 2025
The Clean Energy Council (CEC) have deemed Q1 2025 the second-best quarter on record for large-scale BESS investment in Australia.
Image: Ampyr Australia.

Ampyr, CIP put 1.96GWh of BESS projects in Australia up for sale – reports

May 29, 2025
Ampyr Australia and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners are seeking buyers for 960MWh and 1,000MWh BESS projects in Australia.
The DOER and the EDCs' joint draft RFP, which is not yet approved, is the first of at least four planned solicitations for securing 5,000MW by 31 July, 2030.

Massachusetts moves toward goal of procuring 5,000MW of BESS by 2030

May 28, 2025
The US state of Massachusetts has taken steps to further its goal of procuring 5,000MW of energy storage by 2030.
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‘If you don’t have the right analysis, you’ll be wasting time or money’: Powin on state of charge estimation

May 27, 2025
ESN Premium speaks with Michael Bennett, chief transformation officer at Powin, about battery management and state-of-charge.

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