The power generation arm of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is developing its second large-scale battery storage project.

AGL Energy has acquired the Yadnarie solar thermal project in South Australia from Photon Energy, featuring 720MWh of LDES.

Neoen Australia has increased the size of the BESS co-located at the 440MWp Culcairn solar PV power plant in New South Wales.

Australian renewables developer Edify Energy has submitted plans for a 2,400MWh solar-plus-storage project to Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.

Gamuda has partnered with landowners for a 1.2GW renewable energy and energy storage portfolio in Tasmania, Australia, which includes up to 600MW of energy storage capacity.

Samsung C&T has submitted plans for a 100MW/400MWh BESS to Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.

JinkoSolar has submitted plans for a 1,440MWh solar-plus-storage project in New South Wales to Australia’s EPBC Act.

The Australian government is set to cut CIS tender process times to around six months as a 576MWh solar-plus-storage site has been approved in Tasmania.

The Philippines Department of Energy (DOE) officially opened its hugely anticipated fourth Green Energy Auction (GEA-4) round to registrants earlier this week.

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