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AGL's 53MW solar PV plant at Broken Hill. Image: AGL Energy.

AGL begins construction of Broken Hill ‘grid-forming’ BESS in Australia

November 10, 2022
Construction has begun on battery storage project to demonstrate advanced inverter technology, in historic mining region of Broken Hill, New South Wales.
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Australia throws AU$45 million support behind advanced compressed air energy storage project

October 25, 2022
ARENA funding will support Hydrostor’s advanced compressed air energy storage (A-CAES) project in New South Wales.
UK Battery Industrialisation Centre director Jeff Pratt (left) with business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg inspecting battery production lines. Image: BEIS.

UK government confirms availability of US$235 million for battery R&D

October 21, 2022
UK government initiative will make $211 million (US$235 million) available over the next three years.
6K Inc, got a US$50m grant, to which it will add US$107m of its own funding, to investigate LFP cathode production techniques using a patented microwave plasma process. Image: 6k Inc.

US government awards US$2.8 billion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grants for batteries

October 20, 2022
US government grants worth US$2.8 billion to support domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and the grid announced.
Anthony Albanese (pictured) and the Labor Party have taken on board the need for storage in making clean energy dispatchable, Dr Bruce Mountain said. Image: Anthony Albanese's office via Twitter.

Australia’s AU$20 billion transmission initiative supports Tasmania’s ‘Battery of the Nation’

October 19, 2022
Australia’s government has put its support behind two major transmission projects which will increase the utilisation of renewable energy.
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BlackRock-acquired developer awarded 1.4GWh ‘Super Battery’ contract in New South Wales

October 18, 2022
Akaysha Energy has been selected for the Waratah Super Battery project in New South Wales, with Powin Energy as key equipment supplier.
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Resilient community microgrid with 10MWh flow battery gets California Energy Commission funding approved

October 13, 2022
California Energy Commission approved funding for solar-plus-storage microgrid project which will include Invinity’s largest flow battery to date.
AGL brought forward the closure date of Loy Yang (pictured), where it plans to deploy a large-scale BESS. Image: Wikimedia user Marcus Wong.

225MW of grid-forming battery storage supported by state government in Victoria, Australia

September 29, 2022
Alongside unveiling of an energy storage deployment target, Victoria government announced funding for large-scale battery storage projects.
Aerial view of SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Image: Olivier Bonin/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory from official Flickr

US National Laboratory leaders target next generation of stationary storage technologies

September 16, 2022
US National Laboratory leaders talk about the importance of the right kind of storage for the grid.
Workers fitting out iM3NY's recently opened lithium battery factory in Endicott, New York. Image: iM3NY via Twitter.

New York battery tech innovators get share of US$1 billion Department of Commerce funds

September 6, 2022
New York consortium working to accelerate battery tech and manufacturing awarded US$63.7 million through the US Department of Commerce.

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