Work has begun on Australia’s biggest battery storage system to date, the Waratah Super Battery.

Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) is seeking 2,250MW of so-called ‘Round-the-Clock’ (RTC) energy from renewable sources.

Canadian Solar was behind a successful bid in Chile’s July auction with 253MWp of solar PV and 1GWh battery energy storage.

Bidding took place in reverse auction to contract for 500MW/1,000MWh of standalone BESS with the Solar Energy Corporation of India.

Gujarat will sign power purchase agreements for renewables paired with energy storage to bring electricity to off-grid villages.

The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has received proposals for more than 34GW of solar, wind and energy storage for its South-West Renewable Energy Zone (REZ), more than 10 times the likely capacity of the site.

Neoen has started full commercial operations at its Bulgana Green Power Hub in the state of Victoria, Australia, which includes a 20MW / 34MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) paired with a 204MW wind farm. 

The need for energy storage solutions in India to enable huge renewable energy growth makes it a promising market, Tata Power has said, after its solar subsidiary was awarded the country’s largest solar-plus-storage project to date. 

Neoen said yesterday that its 100MW / 200MWh battery storage project in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is underway, after the developer issued a notice to proceed to its construction partners Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction and Doosan GridTech.

Efforts by the Chilean government and US-headquartered energy infrastructure company AES Corporation will boost the Latin American country’s installed base of battery storage.