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Philippines’ SMC Global Power past halfway mark in 1,000MWh battery storage rollout – report

July 1, 2022
The first 500MWh of SMC Global Power’s battery storage portfolio has been installed.
Forecasted NEM capacity to 2050 under AEMO’s Step Change scenario. Source: AEMO.

Australia’s National Electricity Market ‘needs 46GW/640GWh of dispatchable energy storage by 2050’

July 1, 2022
As the role of coal declines and ends in Australia’s NEM, huge growth in dispatchable energy storage capacity will be needed in the mix.
FCAS services remain the biggest revenue stream for most BESS assets in Australia, like the Hornsdale Power Reserve (pictured). Image: Neoen.

Hornsdale Power Reserve issued with penalty for failure to deliver contingency services

June 29, 2022
Hornsdale Power Reserve in South Australia has been fined for breaching National Electricity Rules over a three month period in 2019.  
An existing community, or neighbourhood battey site in Western Australia. ARENA has called for systems of between 500kW and 5MW from applicants. Image: Horizon Power.

Australia ‘should adopt energy storage target, drop capacity mechanism plans’

June 29, 2022
Australia’s Clean Energy Council calls for an energy storage target, while arguing that a plans for a capacity mechanism should be scrapped.
Rendering of CS Energy's 200MWh Chincilla BESS project, announced by the state-owned group earlier this year. Image: CS Energy.

Queensland state budget funds battery storage buildout ‘blitz’

June 27, 2022
Queensland’s state government has identified batteries as the fastest way to add energy storage to the electricity network.
Rendering of a New South Wales battery storage project currently under construction through Shell and state-owned energy developer Edify Energy. Image: Edify.

‘Super Battery’ first to benefit from New South Wales government’s A$1.2 billion spending pledge

June 10, 2022
New South Wales’s single biggest ever investment in infrastructure will go towards enabling renewable energy additions across its networks.
The shift represents a break with Illinois' historic past, as pictured in a 1915 book, 'Coal mining in Illinois'. Image: Internet Archive Book Images via Flickr (Public Domain).

Illinois ‘Coal to Solar’ transition scheme awards grants for 255MW of battery storage

June 9, 2022
Companies building battery energy storage facilities at former coal power plant sites in Illinois will get US$280.5 million in grants.
Black coal, the closest competitor to battery storage, will be all but off the system by the mid to late 2030s. Image: Flickr user John Englart.

After the Climate Wars: Why does Australia need an electricity storage target?

June 8, 2022
How a deployment target scheme could transform the economics of storage in Australia and help the government fulfil its promises to voters.
Feldheim, Germany, is a village which has already used a combination of wind, solar and biogas with battery storage to cover all of its energy needs from renewables. Image: LG Chem.

Europe needs a ‘massive rollout’ of energy storage

May 19, 2022
European policymakers appear to have a blind spot when it comes to energy storage and its role in the transition away from fossil fuels.
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Up to 5.9GW of battery storage in Duke Energy carbon reduction plan for Carolinas

May 17, 2022
Duke Energy’s carbon reduction plan for its Carolina businesses includes proposals for a “significant growth” in energy storage deployments.

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