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Major BESS projects internationally, including the Victorian Big Battery in Australia (pictured) and Zenobe's upcoming project in Scotland are providing inertia via their inverters. Image: Victoria State government.

Australia’s capacity mechanism ‘shouldn’t lock in reliance on aging and polluting generators’

June 22, 2022
A capacity mechanism for Australia’s National Electricity Market needs to catalyse investment in renewable energy and energy storage.
Artist's concept drawings of how VSUN's residential flow battery could look. Image: VSUN.

Australian projects trial benefits of distributed neighbourhood and flow battery energy storage

June 21, 2022
The government of Victoria, Australia, has opened a round of funding for ‘neighbourhood-scale’ battery storage.
Muja coal power plant is scheduled for phased retirement by the end of 2029. Image: Wikimedia user nachoman-au

Western Australia invests A$3.8 billion to manage coal to renewables-plus-storage transition

June 17, 2022
Western Australia will retire its two state-owned coal power plants by 2030 and invest in renewable energy and energy storage.
Queensland's Wivenhoe PHES plant, which has been in operation since 1985. Image: Queensland State Archives via Flickr / Public Domain.

Queensland puts A$48 million into studies for potential large-scale pumped hydro sites

June 13, 2022
Australia’s first new large-scale pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant in nearly 40 years is being built in Queensland and the state’s government is now exploring options for more.
Black coal, the closest competitor to battery storage, will be all but off the system by the mid to late 2030s. Image: Flickr user John Englart.

After the Climate Wars: Why does Australia need an electricity storage target?

June 8, 2022
How a deployment target scheme could transform the economics of storage in Australia and help the government fulfil its promises to voters.
hydrostor silver city australia compressed air energy storage

1.5GWh compressed air project is preferred energy storage option for Australian city

May 27, 2022
An advanced compressed air energy storage has been selected as the preferred option for a city in rural New South Wales, Australia.
Image: AEMO

Batteries are number one at maintaining Australia’s grid frequency

May 16, 2022
Battery storage is leading provider of frequency control ancillary services (FCAS) in the National Electricity Market.
Tesla battery storage at a site in Australia. The company said customer appetite for battery storage remains strong. Image: Elgar Middleton.

Australian utility AGL signs ‘virtual’ agreement for Neoen’s 100MW Capital Battery

April 14, 2022
Neoen has been contracted by AGL to provide a “virtual” charge or discharge of a battery system in Australia. 
A solar and battery project Gannawarra, Victoria, completed in 2018 with some support from ARENA. Image: ARENA.

EnergyAustralia to take 180MWh of battery storage into the NEM for Edify Energy

April 13, 2022
EnergyAustralia will control and operate two large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) in a portfolio in development by Edify Energy. 
1414 Degrees early concept art for the Aurora project. Image: 1414 Degrees.

State Grid of China, Singapore Power pull out of hybrid renewables and long-duration storage project in Australia

April 11, 2022
Group co-owned by State Grid Corporation of China and Singapore Power has halted investment into a hybrid project in South Australia. 

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