The Australian arm of Spain-based utility and IPP Iberdrola has started building a solar-plus-storage project with a 180MW/260MWh BESS in Queensland.

Construction has started at the 600MW/1,600MWh Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub (MREH), one of the largest energy storage projects in Victoria, Australia.

Energisation has begun at Waratah Super Battery, the energy storage project contracted as a ‘giant shock absorber’ for the grid in New South Wales, Australia.

Today (29 August), the Victoria government announced it has streamlined the planning process to deliver the state’s “largest” battery energy storage system (BESS), ACEnergy’s 350MW/700MWh Joel Joel project.

Commissioning has been completed on the first commercial-scale project using Energy Vault’s gravity energy storage technology, while the firm has also secured a 400MWh BESS order for a project in Australia. However, it expects revenues this year to be 70-85% lower than 2023.

Australia’s energy storage sector has seen trio of significant announcements around major battery energy storage system (BESS) projects.

G7 nations have agreed a new global energy storage target of 1500GW by 2030, a six-fold increase from today’s levels.

IPP Neoen has launched construction on the the second phase of its Collie BESS project in Western Australia, following a capacity services contract award.

Developer Someva Renewables and utility AGL have proposed a project in New South Wales combining wind, solar and up to 500MW/2,000MWh of energy storage.

An official opening took place this morning for the new vanadium flow battery electrolyte factory in Western Australia build by Australian Vanadium (AVL).