Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) in Australia has set out its requirements for lithium-ion battery storage rooms and diesel generator structures in data centres.

In this news roundup, Unigrid, Inlyte Energy, CIUDEN, and Sunamp are advancing non-lithium energy storage technologies worldwide.

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

Hamilton Locke partner Matt Baumgurtel warns of a seismic shift as distributed energy resources with “zero marginal cost” emerge.

Energy-Storage.news speaks with Isshu Kikuma, energy storage analyst at BloombergNEF (BNEF), ahead of the upcoming Energy Storage Summit USA.

Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with Claire McConnell, VP business development for Redwood Materials’ energy storage business, Redwood Energy, about its recent backing from Google and Nvidia, and what it has planned next.

Speaking to ESN Premium, Tom Best and Rachel Rundle of Eku Energy explore some of the key policies and drivers of Australia’s ESS market.

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has submitted the 780MW second stage of its Supernode BESS to Australia’s EPBC Act process for review.

“Australia remains a multi-gigawatt proving ground for utility-scale energy storage systems,” says Kashish Shah of Wärtsilä Energy Storage.

The Victoria government has approved two large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects totalling 700MW through its Development Facilitation Program (DFP).