German solar and storage developer ib vogt has received state planning approval for the 120MW/480MWh Wagga North battery energy storage system (BESS) in New South Wales, Australia.

Gloucester Coa has received planning approval from the New South Wales government for the 3.6GWh Stratford Pumped Hydro and Solar project.

Australia’s federal government has added 11 new generation and energy storage projects to its National Renewable Energy Priority List.

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Arash Shojaie of QIC Infrastructure outlines how Queensland’s North West Energy Fund will approach cost reduction, technology selection and more.

Singapore-headquartered clean energy developer Vena Energy has raised AU$1.4 billion (US$970 million) in green finance to support 614MW of solar PV capacity and 1,141MWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Australia.

A lot of work and thought still needs to go into maximising the potential for co-location of solar and BESS technology, panellists at the Clean Power 2030 Summit said yesterday (30 June).

Energy North has submitted a proposed 1GW hyperscale data centre campus with a co-located 16GWh BESS to Australia’s EPBC Act.

French independent power producer (IPP) Neoen Australia has begun construction of a 215MW/963MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at its 440MWp Culcairn Solar Farm in New South Wales, Australia.

Goldwind Capital has submitted the Milpulling Wind Farm, a 1GWh wind-plus-storage site for assessment under Australia’s EPBC Act.