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

Enel X will pilot battery storage systems at two shopping centres in Australia with commercial real estate group Vicinity Centres.

Newly announced funding support from ARENA is enabling the expansion of a planned large-scale battery project in New South Wales.

Quinbrook developing A$2.5 billion ‘Supernode’ site in Queensland for storing energy and data that would include 2,000MWh of battery storage.

Nearly A$4 billion (US$2.72 billion) of battery projects in Australia are in the running to receive financial support from ARENA.

As the role of coal declines and ends in Australia’s NEM, huge growth in dispatchable energy storage capacity will be needed in the mix.

Hornsdale Power Reserve in South Australia has been fined for breaching National Electricity Rules over a three month period in 2019.  

Australia’s Clean Energy Council calls for an energy storage target, while arguing that a plans for a capacity mechanism should be scrapped.

Battery storage is leading provider of frequency control ancillary services (FCAS) in the National Electricity Market.