ARENA is supporting two First Nations-led microgrid projects in the Northern Territory (NT) with AU$11 million in funding.

Pacific Energy has been awarded a contract by Territory Generation to deliver 81MWh BESS across Australia’s Northern Territory.

A joint venture between TotalEnergies and Eren Groupe has submitted a 6GWh solar-plus-storage project for environmental approval in Australia’s Northern Territory (NT).

Whitehaven Energy, a subsidiary of coal producer Whitehaven Coal and renewable energy generator and retailer Pacific Blue, landed key milestones in developing solar-plus-storage projects in Australia last week.

Renewable energy developer Sun Cable has secured approval from the Australian government for the Australian element of its Australia-Asia Power Link (AAPowerLink) interconnector.

Sun Cable has obtained its principal environmental approval from the Northern Territory government and NT Environment Protection Authority for its Australia-Asia PowerLink (AAPowerLink) interconnector.

ARENA has approved US$94 million in funding for community battery energy storage installations in Australia.

Two new BESS projects have been announced in Australia, with the DK BESS 2 in the Northern Territory and a 200MW BESS project in New South Wales.

All 192 of the 3.5-tonne batteries at the first large-scale battery storage system (BESS) in the Northern Territory have been installed.

Battery storage project will deliver nearly AU$10 million annual electricity system cost savings in Australia’s Northern Territory.