500MW Queensland BESS submitted to Australia’s EPBC Act
ACE Power has submitted a 500MW BESS in Queensland to Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.
WestWind inks lease agreement for 1,500MWh wind-plus-storage site in New South Wales, Australia
Wind developer WestWind Energy has signed a lease agreement with Australia’s New South Wales government for the development of a 1,500MWh wind-plus-storage site in the south-west of the state.
AEMO: BESS applications to Australia’s NEM rise by 97% year-on-year in Q4 2024
Gold Green Energy has secured consent for a 400MWh solar-plus-BESS site, whilst AEMO has seen 18.1GW of BESS seeking a connection to the NEM.
AGL to make FID on 1.4GW of utility-scale BESS in the next 18 months
Australian energy major AGL Energy disclosed in its half-year results that it intends to make a final investment decision (FID) over the next 18 months for 1.4GW of utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS).
EDF Renewables puts Desert Quartzite solar-plus-storage project into action in California, US
EDF Renewables North America has begun operations on a 375MW/600MWh solar-plus-storage project in California, US.
Behind the numbers: BNEF finds 40% year-on-year drop in BESS costs
BNEF analyst Isshu Kikuma discusses trends and market dynamics impacting the cost of energy storage in 2024 with ESN Premium.
Meeting US power demands of the hyperscale data centre boom with energy storage
William Derasmo, partner at Troutman Pepper Locke, on the hyperscale data centre boom and how grid-scale storage could play a key role.
US BESS startup KORE Power no longer building Arizona cell gigafactory
The CEO and founder of KORE Power has resigned, while the vertically integrated battery storage startup has put its Arizona factory site up for sale.
Orange County, California officials enact emergency moratorium on new BESS in wake of fire at Moss Landing
The Board of Supervisors (BoS) of Orange County, California, has enacted an emergency moratorium on the approval of any new BESS facilities proposed for unincorporated areas of the county in order to protect the “health, safety and welfare” of its residents.
Tesla deployed 31GWh of storage in 2024, segment benefited from US$756 million tax credits
Tesla has reported record quarterly and full-year deployment figures for its Megapack and Powerwall battery storage products in its latest financial results.
