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Rendering of Synergy's Kwinana BESS 2 project, on which construction began a few months ago. Image: Synergy.

Western Australia awards key contracts for 2.8GWh of BESS to CATL, Power Electronics

September 19, 2023
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.
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California regulator approves rules for US$200 million utility microgrid programme

April 13, 2023
CPUC approved rules of programme to offer US$200 million funding for microgrid projects in the service areas of investor-owned utilities.
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Maryland targets 3GW of energy storage by 2033

April 12, 2023
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.
An existing community, or neighbourhood battey site in Western Australia. ARENA has called for systems of between 500kW and 5MW from applicants. Image: Horizon Power.

Queensland rolling out neighbourhood batteries to maximise rooftop solar benefits

February 3, 2023
Government-backed energy storage announcements continue to roll out of Queensland, with the Australian state set to begin a ‘Neighbourhood Battery’ programme.
Ceremony to start construction of a pumped hydro plant by Jagan Mohan Reddy, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, India. The project is one of a number by Greenko, a prolific participant in tenders. Image: CMO Andhra Pradesh via Twitter.

‘India’s first dispatchable renewables company’ Greenko plans 11GWh Madhya Pradesh pumped hydro plant

January 11, 2023
Greenko, an Indian power producer creating a 24/7 renewable energy proposition has announced US$1.2 billion PHES project.
Elsewhere in Australia, Neoen's 100MW/200MWh Capital Battery project reached financial close in October and construction underway. Image: Neoen via Twitter.

Neoen begins construction of 400MWh BESS next to ‘Australia’s biggest solar farm’

January 3, 2023
Neoen has begun construction of its 200MW/400MWh Western Downs Battery in Queensland, Australia.
Rendering of a New South Wales battery storage project currently under construction through Shell and state-owned energy developer Edify Energy. Image: Edify.

Shell battery project in New South Wales would add 1GWh energy storage to growing market

October 17, 2022
Development of battery systems to help integrate renewables and boost grid reliability continues to pick up pace in New South Wales.
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Resilient community microgrid with 10MWh flow battery gets California Energy Commission funding approved

October 13, 2022
California Energy Commission approved funding for solar-plus-storage microgrid project which will include Invinity’s largest flow battery to date.
The first BESS in Australia to deliver grid-forming capabilities, Hitachi Energy's 30MW/8MWh project in Dalrymple, South Australia. Image: Hitachi Energy.

State’s first ‘big battery’ project enters construction phase in Australia’s Northern Territory

September 1, 2022
A state-owned power company has begun the construction phase of a 35MW grid-scale battery storage project in Australia’s Northern Territory.
The renewable microgrid at Onslow. Its integration with the local network enabled the continuing adoption of rooftop solar PV in the town. Image: Horizon Power.

Western Australia utility replicating success of 100% renewable energy town

August 9, 2022
Onslow, Western Australia, is powered almost entirely by renewables, and the utility behind the project wants to roll out the technology.

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