The state of Queensland, Australia, has committed to investing AU$448 million into battery storage technology at a coal power plant.

New York’s governor Kathy Hochul has welcomed the start of commercial operations at the US state’s first BESS project in public ownership.

Queensland gets about 21% of its energy from renewables, but the state government has just set an increased target of 70% renewables by 2032.

Asset manager Capital Dynamics has purchased the mammoth Eland solar-plus-storage complex under development by 8minute Solar Energy in California.