Australia’s Clean Energy Council (CEC) has said that energy storage saw a strong year in 2024 with a capacity of 4,029MW/11,348MWh having reached financial commitment.
Australian energy major AGL Energy disclosed in its half-year results that it intends to make a final investment decision (FID) over the next 18 months for 1.4GW of utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS).
Potentia Energy, a joint venture co-owned by Enel Green Power and INPEX, is set to secure several battery energy storage system (BESS) assets across Australia as part of a 1.2GW portfolio acquisition.
Western Australia’s Premier Roger Cook of the Labor Party has pledged to invest AU$150 million (US$92.4 million) into a 500MWh 10-hour duration vanadium battery energy storage system (BESS) should it be re-elected in the upcoming state election.
The cancellation of the 5GW/120GWh Pioneer-Burdekin Pumped Hydro Project in Queensland, Australia, has seen power price forecasts jump by over 60% for 2035.
TotalEnergies, a French energy major, is seeking approval from the federal government’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act for a 320MW solar-plus-storage site in New South Wales, Australia.
Renewable energy developer ACE Power has submitted its 3.6GWh 4-hour duration Nebo battery energy storage system (BESS) in Queensland to the Australian government seeking approval under its Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.
