Australian network company Ausgrid has launched a new energy storage-as-a-service (ESaaS) offering alongside Origin Energy and EnergyAustralia whilst launching its ninth community battery energy storage system (BESS) in Bondi, the eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.

Australian utility Origin Energy has approved the second stage of the Eraring battery energy storage project in New South Wales, Australia.

Work is set to begin “within weeks” on a BESS project at the site of a coal power plant in New South Wales, Australia.

The Australian state of Victoria has been given a “taste of what’s possible” with the launch of utility Origin Energy’s first virtual power plant (VPP) project to date.