Western Power has started construction on 18 community battery energy storage systems across Perth and Bunbury in Western Australia.

Yarra Energy Foundation (YEF), a not-for-profit organisation, has commissioned a community battery storage system and two wheelchair-accessible electric vehicle (EV) charging bays in Clifton Hill, an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, Australia.

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has completed its first network of community batteries with the commissioning of a 450kWh system in Dickson.

The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has confirmed that 244 community battery energy storage systems (BESS) are now connected to the country’s distribution networks.

Chinese solar PV inverter and energy storage provider Sungrow has deployed two C&I community batteries, marking the first in South Australia to undergo Common Smart Inverter Profile for Australia (CSIP-AUS) testing.

Several new community batteries have been launched in Victoria and Queensland, Australia, to soak up distributed solar PV.

Australian distribution network company Endeavour Energy has launched a new community battery in East Bowral, New South Wales.

The Victoria government has launched the third round of its 100 Neighbourhood Batteries Program, allocating AU$6.6 million (US$4.34 million).

Australian distribution network company Endeavour Energy has expanded its partnership with Israel’s mPrest to optimise its community BESS.

Yarra Energy Foundation has secured funding to install three new community batteries in and around Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.