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.

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.

State-owned utility Western Power has commissioned five new community batteries in Perth suburbs as part of a federally funded initiative in Western Australia.

Australian network company Ausgrid has commissioned its largest community battery to date, a 5MW system in Cooranbong in the Central Coast region of New South Wales.

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).

Distributed energy company Scale Microgrids has closed US$275 million to support 140MW of distributed generation projects, including battery storage installations in several US states.