Three utility-scale long-duration energy storage (LDES) projects have been selected for contract awards in a tender held on behalf of the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Construction has been completed at a factory making electrolyte for vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) energy storage systems in Western Australia

State government-owned energy company Synergy has received planning approval for its 500MW/2,000MWh Collie Battery Energy Storage System (CBESS) project in Western Australia.

Financial commitments into utility-scale battery storage in Australia plummeted to just 13MW in Q3, although roughly ten times as much large-scale storage in megawatts have been commissioned so far this year compared to last.

Work has begun on a 600MW/1,600MWh BESS by the State Electricity Commission (SEC), an entity owned by the Australian state of Victoria.

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has embarked on the first of several planned large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Australia.

The Australian government’s start of competitive tenders for dispatchable renewable energy capacity backed with energy storage is an unprecedented step for national energy policy.

Three large-scale battery storage projects and one virtual power plant were the winners of a recent competitive tender held on behalf of the government of New South Wales (NSW), Australia.

Genex Power has brought into full commercial operation its 50MW/100MWh Bouldercombe battery project in Queensland, Australia.

US-headquartered developer Pacific Green Technologies has scouted a potential site for another large-scale battery project in Australia.