New vanadium flow battery player Eora Energy launches in Australia with mining and date centre focus
Eora Energy has officially launched in Australia and is positioning itself as a challenger in the vanadium redox flow battery market.
‘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.
‘Massive reminder of geopolitical risk’: Australia positioned to capture fleeing battery storage investment amid Middle East tension
Climate Energy Finance’s Tim Buckley argues that geopolitical instability exposes Australia’s oil dependency and positions the country as a safe haven for international renewable energy capital.
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.
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).
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.
Storage-firmed renewables: Rio Tinto and Australian governments commit AU$2 billion to future-proof Boyne smelter
AU$2bn deal secures Boyne smelter to 2040+ with 600MW+ battery storage firming renewables for Rio Tinto’s aluminium production in Queensland.
‘Culture of collaboration needed’: Australia’s NSW pushes energy storage projects from ambition to operation
Thimo Mueller, general manager of commercial at ASL, has urged that a ‘culture of collaboration’ will be key to New South Wales (NSW) achieving its energy storage targets.
Australia: 1.6GWh Belah BESS submitted for approval as 590MWh Mornington project enters AEMO commissioning
Eku Energy and Valent Energy have recorded separate milestones in their respective expansions of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Australia.
