The state government of New South Wales in Australia is opening up a competitive procurement process for Waratah Super Battery.

Tesla has been contracted to provide 300MWh of its Megapack BESS for projects in development by Edify Energy in Australia. 

Australia’s biggest utility company looks set to be in ownership of the country’s biggest battery storage facility.

Australian energy retailer Origin Energy intends to build a 700MW battery storage system on the site of a coal power plant for which it has brought forward a planned retirement date by seven years. 

The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has received proposals for more than 34GW of solar, wind and energy storage for its South-West Renewable Energy Zone (REZ), more than 10 times the likely capacity of the site.

Stubbo Solar Farm and Battery, a project under development in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, which would pair 400MW of solar with 200MW / 200MWh of battery energy storage, has taken a step closer to going ahead.

Shell Energy is to access operational rights to a 60MW / 120MWh portion of a new battery storage system under development in south-west New South Wales (NSW), Australia.

Construction has started on what claims to be Australia’s largest hybrid solar and battery energy storage facility.

Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has invested AU$160 million (US$127.6 million) in a 300MW battery storage project near Geelong, Victoria.

Electricity distributor Ausgrid has launched its first community battery project in Sydney