5.5GWh of battery energy storage projects have been added to Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.

Australian utility AGL has started commissioning its 500MW/1,000MWh Liddell battery energy storage system (BESS) in New South Wales.

“When we started back in two years ago, there was a lack of understanding in the market about how the grid-forming inverters operate,” said Ghasem Jahedi, principal grid engineer at AGL.

A 500MW/1,000MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) with grid-forming inverters has gone into commercial operation in Cambodia.

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Origin Energy’s 300MW/650MWh Mortlake BESS has entered AEMO’s MMS, marking the facility’s transition into its commissioning phase.

3.6GWh of solar-plus-storage developments have progressed in Australia this week, with Edify Energy partnering with DT Infrastructure and Flow Power acquiring a 60MW project.

A second-round auction in the UK for grid stability services, including inertia, concluded without any wins for grid-forming battery energy storage system (BESS) projects.

Large-scale renewable energy power plant developers in the Philippines have been instructed to integrate energy storage into their proposed facilities.

The 200MW/400MWh New England battery energy storage system (BESS) in New South Wales has registered with the Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) Market Management System (MMS).