Australian energy storage developer Enervest has acquired the Northern Border Battery, a 300MW battery energy storage system in development, from an unnamed Sydney-based developer.

Origin Energy has begun generating revenue from the initial stage of the Supernode and the Eraring Stage 1 battery storage projects, located in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia.

Australian utility Origin Energy has confirmed that the first stage of the Eraring battery energy storage system (BESS) has been energised.

“The projects in Australia are at a scale that is that is not seen anywhere else in the world,” Wärtsilä’s Andy Tang tells Energy-Storage.news

Australian utility Origin Energy has officially approved the third stage of its Eraring battery energy storage system (BESS), bringing its facility in New South Wales to 2,800MWh.

Australian utility Origin Energy yesterday (30 October) confirmed it had started construction on the second phase of its 2.1GWh Eraring battery energy storage system (BESS) in New South Wales, Australia.

AEMO has said that despite concerns about grid reliability in 2027-28, energy storage projects will help alleviate some of these concerns.

Australian utility Origin Energy has approved the second stage of the Eraring battery energy storage project in New South Wales, Australia.

Work is set to begin “within weeks” on a BESS project at the site of a coal power plant in New South Wales, Australia.