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.

Global system integrator Fluence has been enlisted by developer Tilt Renewables for a 100MW/200MWh BESS project in Victoria, Australia, the first to deploy the full Fluence product ecosystem, it said.

The government of Queensland has provided details of its Stanwell Clean Energy Hub multi-phase development.

Proposed new ancillary service market rules could adversely impact business case for battery storage, Cornwall Insight Australia says.