Technology provider and system integrator Wärtsilä has been selected to provide its Quantum High Energy storage technology for a 300MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in South Australia.

Flow Power’s chief operating officer, Byron Serjeantson, believes solar-plus-storage projects represent an upcoming trend in Australia’s PPA market.

Six energy storage projects, totalling 3,626MWh of energy, have secured support via the Australian government’s Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS).

The Clean Energy Council (CEC) of Australia has revealed that six large-scale energy storage projects totalling 573MW/2,047MWh reached financial commitment in the second quarter of 2024.

US-headquartered developer Pacific Green Technologies has received planning consent from the South Australian government to develop grid-scale battery energy storage systems on the Limestone Coast of South Australia.

ARENA has approved US$94 million in funding for community battery energy storage installations in Australia.

ZEN Energy’s 138MW/330MWh Templers battery storage project in South Australia has broken ground after clearing the grid connection approval process in ‘record time,’ according to technology provider Sungrow.

ZEN Energy has raised financing from US infrastructure investor Stonepeak towards a 111MW/290MWh battery storage project in South Australia.

Vertically integrated solar PV company Canadian Solar has sold a grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) project in South Australia to Epic Energy.

The Australian government has announced that the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) South Australia-Victoria tender is now open for bids.