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Rendering of Oneida, the 250MW/1,000MWh project on which NRStor is among development partners. Image: NRStor.

Government backing, key agreements in place for 250MW/1,000MWh Ontario BESS

February 14, 2023
Multiple steps forward have been taken in Ontario in the development of Canada’s largest battery storage project to date.
IESA president Dr Rahul Walawalkar (right) at a recent industry event. Walawalkar is also founder of the Alliance, and managing director and president at advisory group Customized Energy Solutions. Image: IESA via Twitter.

India’s Union Budget ‘supports energy storage supply chain, deployment and export potential’

February 8, 2023
“Overall we are very happy with the direction of the budget,” says Dr Rahul Walawalkar, president of the India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA).
An existing community, or neighbourhood battey site in Western Australia. ARENA has called for systems of between 500kW and 5MW from applicants. Image: Horizon Power.

Queensland rolling out neighbourhood batteries to maximise rooftop solar benefits

February 3, 2023
Government-backed energy storage announcements continue to roll out of Queensland, with the Australian state set to begin a ‘Neighbourhood Battery’ programme.
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman (centre) unveiling the 2023-2024 budget this time last year, in New Delhi. Image: Union Gov't of India.

India’s national budget includes viability gap funding for 4GWh of energy storage

February 1, 2023
India has committed to helping fund 4,000MWh of battery storage in its Union Budget and will come up with support mechanisms for pumped hydro.
A 1990s demonstration of vanadium flow technology, used on a golf cart at the University of New South Wales. Inventor Professor Maria Skyllas-Kazacos and engineer Dun Rui Hong from the team are on the left. Image: Courtesy of Maria Skyllas-Kazacos.

Australia’s first critical minerals plant to process vanadium, cobalt, silicon for clean energy

January 26, 2023
A demonstration facility to prove out Australia’s capabilities in critical minerals processing will be built in North Queensland.
Energy minister Chris Bowen (left) at Wallgrove, a 50MW/75MWh BESS project in Western Sydney, NSW, Australia. Image: Transgrid.

New South Wales: AU$7 million for pumped hydro, first grid-scale BESS is delivering inertia

December 20, 2022
New South Wales has pledged financial support to pumped hydro project, while state’s first grid-scale BESS is in full commercial operations.
Rendering of heliostats (mirrors) as used in a Vast Solar CSP plant. Image: Vast Solar.

Sodium-ion battery maker Natron in talks for Australia hybrid CSP and PV plant

December 12, 2022
Natron Energy could supply sodium-ion battery storage to a novel ‘integrated hybrid generator’ project in Queensland, Australia.
Awardee Sunamp makes thermal 'heat batteries'. Pictured is CEO Andrew Bissell at the company's premises in East Lothian, Scotland. Image: Sunamp.

Long-duration energy storage projects get US$40 million from UK government

November 29, 2022
UK government Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has provided US$39.67 million to five energy storage projects.
Granholm again, this time on a visit to Eos' premises. Image: Eos via Twitter.

US government launches US$350 million long-duration energy storage demonstration funding

November 15, 2022
Long-duration energy storage (LDES) projects in the US will be able to compete for a share of “nearly US$350 million” of government funding.
WA energy minister Bill Johnston (second from left) with other project partners last week. Image: Synergy.

Project Symphony: Western Australia’s biggest virtual power plant goes online

November 11, 2022
Virtual power plant in Western Australia will demonstrate how distributed energy resources can help stabilise the electricity grid.

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