Suppliers of equipment to two landmark battery storage projects in Western Australia have been awarded contracts worth more than a billion dollars from the state’s government.

CPUC approved rules of programme to offer US$200 million funding for microgrid projects in the service areas of investor-owned utilities.

Legislators in the US state of Maryland have voted to approve a bill requiring the deployment of at least 3,000MW of energy storage by 2033, the latest US state to make such a move.

Government-backed energy storage announcements continue to roll out of Queensland, with the Australian state set to begin a ‘Neighbourhood Battery’ programme.

Greenko, an Indian power producer creating a 24/7 renewable energy proposition has announced US$1.2 billion PHES project.

Neoen has begun construction of its 200MW/400MWh Western Downs Battery in Queensland, Australia.

Development of battery systems to help integrate renewables and boost grid reliability continues to pick up pace in New South Wales.

California Energy Commission approved funding for solar-plus-storage microgrid project which will include Invinity’s largest flow battery to date.

A state-owned power company has begun the construction phase of a 35MW grid-scale battery storage project in Australia’s Northern Territory.

Onslow, Western Australia, is powered almost entirely by renewables, and the utility behind the project wants to roll out the technology.