Work is set to begin “within weeks” on a BESS project at the site of a coal power plant in New South Wales, Australia.

Nearly double the megawatt-hours of large-scale BESS under construction in Australia by the end of 2022 compared to 2021.

Australia has an “urgent need” for long-duration energy storage, along with new generation resources and transmission infrastructure.

Utility Alliant Energy will deploy a 99MW/396MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at a coal plant which it will retire in 2025.

‘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.

EnergyAustralia has filed planning applications for four-hour duration large-scale lithium BESS in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley.

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

Vistra Energy plans to build battery storage in place of retiring fossil fuel plants handed boost by FERC.

AES Andes, a utility operating in South America owned by AES Corporation, has revealed plans to convert 560MW of thermal power generation into a molten salt-based energy storage plant in Chile.