NSW planners approve Foresight’s 150MWh BESS; Banpu submits 1GWh development to Australia’s EPBC Act
A 150MWh system has been granted approval in Australia, whilst a 1,000MWh system has been submitted for federal consideration.
Powering Australia’s next phase of decarbonisation: Why long-duration storage must lead
James Costello, CEO of EORA Energy, argues that long-duration vanadium redox flow battery storage is critical to Western Australia’s decarbonisation efforts, particularly for remote mining operations.
Australia: Battery storage cushions AU$1 billion fuel shock as Climate Council demands May budget action
Australia’s heavy reliance on imported fossil fuels has left households and businesses dangerously exposed to global energy shocks, with the current conflict involving the US and Iran costing motorists more than AU$1 billion (US$710 million) in March alone.
‘75% of what we need is not there’: Australian states race to deploy gigawatts of battery storage
New South Wales has been warned that it must accelerate the development of battery energy storage systems to meet its 2030 targets.
Australia’s Transgrid shortlists 2GW of grid battery storage to replace coal’s system strength in NSW
Transgrid has shortlisted nine utility-scale battery storage projects, totalling up to 2GW, to provide critical system strength services.
Iberdrola Australia’s 360MWh Broadsound BESS begins commissioning in Queensland
Iberdrola has added its 360MWh Broadsound battery energy storage system (BESS) to AEMO’s Market Management System (MMS).
1.6GWh grid-forming Rutherglen Battery receives EPBC Act approval in Australia
A 1.6GWh grid-forming battery energy storage system has received EPBC Act approval in Queensland, Australia.
‘We learned more in the past six months than the past six years’: Australian battery storage lenders navigate merchant risk
Australian BESS face new financing reality as spreads halve to AU$100/MWh and lenders demand 50-70% contracting amid 15GW deployment surge.
VIDEO: Extracting more value from battery storage assets in Australia’s NEM
In this webinar, GridBeyond’s Scott Berrie and Paul Conlon explore how to extract more value from battery storage assets in Australia’s NEM.
NSW IPC approves 1.5GWh solar-plus-storage project in Australia
The NSW IPC has approved Spark Renewables’ Dinawan Solar Farm, an 800MW solar project paired with a 356MW/1,574MWh BESS.
