Transgrid, has indicated that 4.8GW of grid-forming BESS will be necessary to stabilise the grid in New South Wales to support renewable energy deployment.
We discuss a 40MWh project in Finland with both the BESS provider Merus Power and customer/project owner eNordic, the investment manager in the region for private equity firm Ardian.
The inverters at an upcoming 300MW/600MWh project in Scotland, UK, will enable the asset to deliver inertia that is “essential for the grid to function efficiently”.
Origin Energy will invest around AU$400 million (US$263.7 million) in a battery storage project at the site of one of its gas power plants in the state of Victoria.
The Australian government is funding grid inertia measurement trial at the Victorian Big Battery, aiming to develop real-time, accurate assessments of the status of the network.
