Hydrostor has secured US$55 million in funding from Export Development Canada (EDC) to advance development activities for its 200MW/1,600MWh Silver City Energy Storage Centre project in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.

A 12GWh pumped hydro project and a 1,200MWh battery energy storage system in New South Wales (NSW) have been submitted to Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.

“It’s the most powerful BESS in the world,” Nick Carter of Akaysha Energy, tells ESN Premium after switching on the Waratah Super Battery in New South Wales, Australia.

A 130MWh battery energy storage system owned by the Australian arm of Iberdrola has officially entered AEMO’s Market Management System.

Stor-Energy has submitted plans for a 730MWh battery storage project in New South Wales to Australia’s EPBC Act.

Energy storage developer and system integrator Energy Vault has acquired the 125MW/1,000MWh Stoney Creek BESS in New South Wales, Australia.

Ampyr Australia has officially started construction on its 300MW/600MWh Wellington Stage 1 BESS in New South Wales.

Australian energy major AGL Energy has confirmed that two transformers for the 1,000MWh Liddell battery energy storage system (BESS) in New South Wales have been delivered.

Pacific Green has inked a 10-year tolling agreement with ZEN Energy across three BESS in Australia, totalling 1.5GWh of capacity.

“We need some form of policy or expansion of the CIS for LDES,” Nick Hawke, director of Australia’s CEFC, tells ESN Premium.