Amazon Australia puts battery storage centre stage as it inks nine PPAs for data centre expansion
Amazon has announced nine new renewable energy PPAs in Australia totalling 430MW of capacity, eight of which include co-located BESS.
Alinta Energy starts construction on 1,000MWh Stage 1 of South Australia’s Reeves Plains Battery
Alinta Energy has commenced main construction works on its 1,000MWh Stage 1 of its Reeves Plains BESS in South Australia.
Fortescue fast-tracks ‘world’s largest off-grid system’ with 4-5GWh battery storage in Australia
Australian mining giant Fortescue has accelerated its timeline for deploying 4-5GWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) paired with 1.8GW of renewable energy generation, which it now expects to begin commercial operation by 2028.
UGL advances construction on 2.1GWh of battery storage for Neoen across two Australian states
Engineering firm UGL is progressing the construction of two battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Australia, totalling 2,125MWh.
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners sells 960MWh Summerfield Battery to Palisade in South Australia
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners has sold its 240MW/960MWh Summerfield Battery to Palisade Investment Partners in South Australia.
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.
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.
New Zealand port demonstrates battery storage potential amid complex tariff landscape
New Zealand’s fragmented electricity market structure is creating both opportunities and obstacles for industrial battery storage, as demonstrated by CentrePort Wellington’s upcoming deployment.
