The Australian government’s Department of Industry, Science and Resources has indicated that lithium-ion batteries are poised to “dominate” stationary storage for durations under 4-hours, but alternative technologies could surpass them for long duration energy storage (LDES).

Pacific Green Technologies has applied for approval under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, for its 1GW/2.5GWh Portland BESS in Victoria, Australia.

PV module manufacturer Trina Solar has submitted a planning application for a 660MW/2,640MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Wellesley, in the Shire of Harvey, Western Australia.

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.