Australia’s 58 grid-scale battery storage systems in the NEM generated a combined AU$28.79 million in estimated gross energy and FCAS revenue.

Octopus Australia has referred the Blackstone battery energy storage system (BESS), a 500MW/2,000MWh standalone facility, to Australia’s federal government for assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.

EDF Power Solutions Australia has referred the Wala Wala Pumped Hydro Energy Storage project, a 300-400MW facility in NSW.

Copper theft has become a recurring security issue at Australian battery storage sites, with one regulator reporting multiple incidents.

OptiGrid has been selected by Vena Energy to provide trading optimisation services for the 408MW Bellambi Heights BESS in Australia.

Energy Vault has completed the acquisition of the underlying project land for its 125MW/1,000MWh Stoney Creek battery energy storage system (BESS) in northern New South Wales, Australia.

CIP has acquired full ownership of the 104MW Gawara Baya wind-plus-storage project in North Queensland, Australia, from developer Windlab.

Octopus Australia has submitted a 1.2GW/4,800MWh standalone BESS for assessment under Australia’s EPBC Act.

AMPYR Australia has selected OptiGrid’s OptiBidder platform to optimise the battery storage systems in its portfolio, following a benchmarking process that compared the platform’s revenue performance against rival optimisation systems.

HMC said it has committed equity to develop its first new-build battery storage project in Australia, a 300MW/1,200MWh facility in Victoria.