Australia has clawed back AU$1.3 billion (US$940 million) in uncommitted clean energy manufacturing funding, with the Solar Sunshot Program and Battery Breakthrough Initiative among the programmes hit by budget cuts announced this week.

Western Australia to expand renewable energy and energy storage across the Southwest Interconnected System (SWIS). 

Envision’s Behzad Naderi believes that Australia’s hybridisation rules are reshaping development and connection processes across the NEM.

New South Wales has been warned that it must accelerate the development of battery energy storage systems to meet its 2030 targets.

The NSW IPC has approved Spark Renewables’ Dinawan Solar Farm, an 800MW solar project paired with a 356MW/1,574MWh BESS.

The legislative body of Nebraska, US, has advanced a bill to clarify and expand the state’s use of battery energy storage systems (BESS).

We hear about the progress made and challenges ahead at the policy level from Jacopo Tosoni of the trade association Energy Storage Europe.

The LDES Council’s policy team discusses the role of policy and markets in scaling long-duration energy storage globally with ESN Premium.

The NSW Independent Planning Commission has approved Edify Energy’s 400MWh Burroway solar-plus-storage project in Australia.

The Australian government is reportedly exploring additional modifications to its Cheaper Home Batteries Program, including the possibility of an early wind-up, as the government seeks budget savings ahead of the May federal budget.