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ROUNDUP: UK large-scale battery news from SSE, EDF, TagEnergy

May 16, 2023
Another edition of news in brief, this time from the UK’s booming large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) market.
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Western Australia state budget commits funding for 2.8GWh battery storage projects

May 12, 2023
Western Australia (WA) has said it will provide funding for two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects that will be among the biggest in Australia to date.
Rendering showing Wärtsilä GridSolv Quantum BESS units with Origin Energy branding. Image: Wärtsilä / Origin Energy

Origin Energy to proceed with US$400 million battery project at retiring coal power plant in New South Wales

April 20, 2023
Work is set to begin “within weeks” on a BESS project at the site of a coal power plant in New South Wales, Australia.
Energy minister Chris Bowen (left) at Wallgrove, a 50MW/75MWh BESS project in Western Sydney, NSW, Australia. Image: Transgrid.

Australia had over 2GWh of large-scale battery storage under construction at end of 2022

April 18, 2023
Nearly double the megawatt-hours of large-scale BESS under construction in Australia by the end of 2022 compared to 2021.
FCAS services remain the biggest revenue stream for most BESS assets in Australia, like the Hornsdale Power Reserve (pictured). Image: Neoen.

Australian tech billionaire Cannon-Brookes’ battery storage fund achieves first closing

February 27, 2023
Infradebt has made the first close of a fund dedicated to investing in large-scale battery storage projects around Australia.
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‘Urgent need’ for Australia to invest in long-duration energy storage, says AEMO

February 21, 2023
Australia has an “urgent need” for long-duration energy storage, along with new generation resources and transmission infrastructure.
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Utility Alliant Energy plans c.400MWh BESS at retiring coal plant in Wisconsin

February 2, 2023
Utility Alliant Energy will deploy a 99MW/396MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at a coal plant which it will retire in 2025.
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US utility Xcel to put Form Energy’s 100-hour iron-air battery at retiring coal power plant sites

January 27, 2023
‘Multi-day’ battery storage startup Form Energy’s proprietary iron-air battery is set to be deployed at the sites of two US coal power plants due for retirement.
Yallourn power plant, scheduled for closured in 2028. Image: Wikimedia user Stephen Edmonds.

EnergyAustralia submits application for 1.4GWh BESS to replace Victoria coal plant

December 6, 2022
EnergyAustralia has filed planning applications for four-hour duration large-scale lithium BESS in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley.
Yallourn power plant, scheduled for closured in 2028. Image: Wikimedia user Stephen Edmonds.

New Jersey’s last coal power plant implodes to make way for energy storage

December 5, 2022
Last coal-fired power station in New Jersey demolished, with facility’s owner committing to deploying energy storage at the site.

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