How Australia can turn the data centre boom into a grid growth story
Jeff Monday of Fluence believes Australia can transform its data centre boom from a grid constraint into a growth opportunity using BESS.
Fluence completes ahead-of-schedule delivery of all enclosures to 600MWh BESS in Australia
Fluence has delivered all battery enclosures for the 600MWh Bulabul Battery storage project in New South Wales ahead of schedule.
Australia’s NSW to unleash AU$34.4 billion energy investment blitz through fast-track authority
The NSW government has endorsed 16 projects worth a collective AU$34.4 billion through its newly established Investment Delivery Authority.
Australia’s ACT government completes its first community battery network with new 450kWh system
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has completed its first network of community batteries with the commissioning of a 450kWh system in Dickson.
Australia: Edify Energy secures EPC contractor for 3.6GWh of solar-plus-storage; Flow Power acquires 60MW hybrid project
3.6GWh of solar-plus-storage developments have progressed in Australia this week, with Edify Energy partnering with DT Infrastructure and Flow Power acquiring a 60MW project.
‘The market design must evolve’: Eku Energy on energy storage in Australia’s NEM
Speaking to ESN Premium, Tom Best and Rachel Rundle of Eku Energy explore some of the key policies and drivers of Australia’s ESS market.
‘Social backlash inevitable’: Industry demands data centres stop freeloading on Australia’s clean energy
Australian coalition warns data centres: build own renewables or face backlash. Demand to surge from 3TWh to 30TWh by 2035.
MGA Thermal secures AU$3.25 million ARENA funding for thermal energy storage FEED studies
MGA Thermal has secured AU$3.25 million in funding from ARENA to conduct up to five FEED studies for its thermal energy storage technology.
RE Developments eyes 1GWh battery storage system in Western Australia
RE Development Pty Ltd has submitted a development application for a 250MW/1,000MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Baldivis, Western Australia.
400MWh grid-forming New England BESS registered with Australia’s AEMO
The 200MW/400MWh New England battery energy storage system (BESS) in New South Wales has registered with the Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) Market Management System (MMS).
