Australia has opened a public consultation for scheme widely expected to be a game changer in rollout of clean energy technologies.

Australia’s government has made a AU$100 million (US$66.35 million) investment into the Waratah Super Battery, part of a total AU$500 million capital raise by the project’s developer.

What has been described as the largest battery storage project to date in the state of New South Wales, Australia, has been brought online by Edify Energy.

Work is set to begin “within weeks” on a BESS project at the site of a coal power plant in New South Wales, Australia.

ACT government has partnered with developer Eku Energy to deliver its flagship Big Canberra Battery project.

National science agency CSIRO has said Australia needs multiple energy storage technologies at massive scale to achieve its transition.

Australia has an “urgent need” for long-duration energy storage, along with new generation resources and transmission infrastructure.

Australian energy ministers’ agreement to tender for renewable energy and energy storage is a “major breakthrough in federal policy”.

Approval granted in Australia for the first battery storage project to share grid connection point with an existing generation asset in National Electricity Market.

Development of battery systems to help integrate renewables and boost grid reliability continues to pick up pace in New South Wales.