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EnergyAustralia sells 50% stake in 1.4GWh BESS for AU$700 million

July 8, 2025
Major Australian energy generator-retailer EnergyAustralia has sold a 50% share in its 1,400MWh Wooreen battery energy storage system (BESS) to Thailand-based energy firm Banpu Public Company.
Image: GPG.

Victoria government selects 400MWh BESS to be fast-tracked in Australia

July 7, 2025
The Victoria government has fast-tracked a 400MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) being developed by Green Power Generation (GPG) Australia.
Grid-forming BESS assets can provide inertia to maintain system stability. Image: Transgrid.

Battery storage growth surges as AEMC predicts energy reliability gaps in Australia

June 27, 2025
The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) predicts South Australia and New South Wales could experience reliability gaps from 2026-27 and 2027-28.
Image: Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub.

Commissioning begins on 1.6GWh Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub BESS in Australia

June 24, 2025
Commissioning of the 1.6GWh Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub (MREH) battery energy storage system (BESS) in Victoria, Australia, is set to begin.
Image: ACEnergy.

ACEnergy gets 5.3.4A notification for 250MW grid-forming BESS in Victoria, Australia

June 11, 2025
Renewable energy developer ACEnergy has seen its 250MW Joel Joel battery energy storage system (BESS) in Victoria, Australia, granted its 5.3.4A notification.
Image: Mint Renewables.

Victoria government fast-tracks 400MWh utility-scale BESS and 500MW solar-plus-storage site in Australia

June 10, 2025
Australia’s Victoria government has fast-tracked a 400MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) and 500MW solar-plus-storage project via its Development Facilitation Program (DFP).
A solar and battery project Gannawarra, Victoria, completed in 2018 with some support from ARENA. Image: ARENA.

Australia: Victoria sets new BESS charge and discharge records

June 3, 2025
Victoria achieved a new BESS discharge and charge record over the weekend, with 693.5MW and -704.8MW, respectively.
Image: ACEnergy.

Australia’s Victoria government fast-tracks 770MWh BESS for approval

May 12, 2025
Developer ACEnergy has seen its 350MW/770MWh Little River battery energy storage system (BESS) fast-tracked by the Victoria government in Australia.
Image: Jemena.

Jemena switches on two new community batteries in Victoria, Australia

April 28, 2025
Australian energy infrastructure company Jemena has switched on two new 400kWh community batteries in Bellfield and Coburg in Victoria, Australia.
Image: Octopus Australia.

Wärtsilä to supply the first utility-scale DC-coupled hybrid BESS on Australia’s NEM

April 10, 2025
Wärtsilä will supply what it claims is the first large-scale DC-coupled hybrid battery connected to Australia’s NEM for Octopus Group.

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