With the opening of the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) tender 3 in Australia last Wednesday (13 November), one major question from the state allocations presented in the market briefing was why Queensland had been granted no capacity.
Whitehaven Energy, a subsidiary of coal producer Whitehaven Coal and renewable energy generator and retailer Pacific Blue, landed key milestones in developing solar-plus-storage projects in Australia last week.
Progress on another US Department of Energy (DOE) loan for the battery sector has been announced, this time by NeoVolta, the third in the space of a week since the US election.
A double-header of tax equity news from the California BESS market, with IPPs Ormat Technologies and esVolta both completing deals for grid-scale projects in the state.
Australian transmission system operator Transgrid has contracted Edify Energy’s 300MWh Riverina and Darlington Point battery energy storage system (BESS) to increase its network capacity in New South Wales by 120MW.
Battery energy storage developer Eku Energy has reached a financial close for 250MW/500MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Canberra, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).
CATL is the world’s largest lithium-ion manufacturer, and a major player in BESS too, and made headlines earlier this year when it claimed five years of ‘zero degradation’ for its new grid-scale product Tener.
A 1,800MWh wind-plus-storage project being pursued by developer Squadron Energy in New South Wales, Australia, has been recommended for approval by the NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPCN).
