Neoen Australia has referred its 3,200MWh Bondo wind-plus-storage project for federal environmental assessment.

Engineering firm UGL is progressing the construction of two battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Australia, totalling 2,125MWh.

IPP Neoen will start construction on large-scale BESS projects in France and Japan in the coming months.

A flurry of BESS project news from big-name players in Western Europe in the run-up to the Energy Storage Summit next week, with Neoen, Statkraft, Zenobē and Infranode moving projects forward in Germany, Ireland, the UK and Denmark. Highlights include a 15-year toll between Drax and Zenobē, and multiple 4-hour duration systems.

ASL (formerly AEMO Services) has completed New South Wales’ (NSW) largest-ever tender for long-duration energy storage (LDES), contracting six new battery projects for a combined 1.17GW/11.98GWh.

Two battery storage offtake agreements have been signed in Australia, representing over 2GWh of storage capacity.

Neoen Australia has announced the successful energisation of the second stage of its 540MWh Western Downs battery energy storage system (BESS) in Queensland, completing the milestone six weeks ahead of schedule.

IPP Neoen has enlisted BESS supplier NHOA Energy for its first energy storage project in Italy.

HMC Capital has completed the acquisition of Neoen’s energy storage and renewables portfolio in Victoria, Australia.

Neoen Australia has increased the size of the BESS co-located at the 440MWp Culcairn solar PV power plant in New South Wales.