State-owned energy company Synergy has completed the 500MW/2,400MWh Collie Battery Energy Storage System (CBESS) in Western Australia, establishing Collie as home to Australia’s largest operational battery energy storage system (BESS).

Palmer Renewable Energy has submitted a referral under the EPBC Act for a 200MW solar-plus-storage project near Collie, Western Australia.

China again dominated global battery storage deployments in August, accounting for two-thirds of what came online, but Europe, North America and Oceania/Australia had good months too.

French independent power producer (IPP) Neoen, which is now fully owned by Canadian investment firm Brookfield, has switched on the second phase of its 560MW/2,240MWh Collie BESS in Western Australia.

All 640 battery packs have been installed at Synergy’s 2,000MWh Collie BESS, which is set to be one of the largest batteries in Australia.

Neoen’s Australia-based energy storage assets have helped boost the company’s 2024 storage revenue by 66% year-on-year.

French independent power producer (IPP) Neoen has secured AU$1.4 billion (US$890 million) in capital to help fund energy storage and solar PV projects in Australia.

French independent power producer Neoen confirmed that stage one of the 219MW/877MWh Collie battery energy storage system in Western Australia has been completed.