Infradebt has made the first close of a fund dedicated to investing in large-scale battery storage projects around Australia.

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

‘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.

Shell Energy Australia will build, own and operate a planned 500MW/1,000MWh battery storage asset at former coal plant.

Neoen has begun construction of its 200MW/400MWh Western Downs Battery in Queensland, Australia.

Australian energy ministers’ agreement to tender for renewable energy and energy storage is a “major breakthrough in federal policy”.

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

MidAmerican’s plan to continue burning coal at five Iowa power plants environmentally harmful, more costly than low-carbon alternatives.

EnergyAustralia is tentatively planning to build a 500MW battery energy storage system (BESS) on land it owns in New South Wales.