Origin Energy has referred a new BESS project, Eraring BESS North, for assessment under Australia’s EPBC Act.

Origin Energy has confirmed that its 300MW/650MWh Mortlake BESS in south-west Victoria has commenced commercial operations.

The Port of Newcastle has become the first port in New South Wales, Australia, to be approved to safely store grid-scale lithium-ion battery storage systems.

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has commenced commercial operations for the 619MWh Stage One of its Supernode battery energy storage system (BESS) project, located at the South Pine substation in Queensland, Australia.

Fox ESS and Origin Energy have partnered to enable home battery storage systems to participate in Origin’s Loop VPP programme in Australia.

Origin Energy has begun generating revenue from the initial stage of the Supernode and the Eraring Stage 1 battery storage projects, located in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia.

Origin Energy has announced the commercial commencement of the 1,770MWh Eraring Battery 1 in New South Wales, Australia.

Utility Origin Energy has hired Wärtsilä to expand its battery storage installation at the Eraring coal power plant site in New South Wales, Australia.

Origin Energy has secured unconditional connection agreements with AEMO for its 300MW/650MWh grid-forming BESS at Mortlake Power Station in Victoria.

Two battery energy storage systems (BESS) from Origin Energy and Eku Energy, totalling 2,200MWh, have been submitted to Australia’s EPBC Act.