Proposed new ancillary service market rules could adversely impact business case for battery storage, Cornwall Insight Australia says.

Australia’s second largest battery storage facility has been brought into commercial operation by project owner AGL and system integrator Wärtsilä.

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”.