AGL commissioning ‘ambitious’ 1,000MWh Liddell grid-forming BESS in Australia
Australian utility AGL has started commissioning its 500MW/1,000MWh Liddell battery energy storage system (BESS) in New South Wales.
Vena Energy secures AU$200 million revenue share deal for 204MW battery storage site in Australia
Vena Energy has signed a long-term revenue share agreement with Danish energy trading company InCommodities for its 204MW/510MWh Bellambi Heights battery energy storage system (BESS) in Central West New South Wales, Australia.
Australia’s CSIRO demonstrates world’s first working quantum battery prototype
A collaborative team of Australian scientists from CSIRO, the University of Melbourne and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) has successfully developed and tested the world’s first proof-of-concept quantum battery system.
Island commissioning to battery oversizing: Key lessons from AGL’s 1GWh grid-forming Liddell BESS in Australia
“When we started back in two years ago, there was a lack of understanding in the market about how the grid-forming inverters operate,” said Ghasem Jahedi, principal grid engineer at AGL.
NSW’s storage target jumps 40% to 56GWh as solar surge rewrites 2030 grid equation
Australia’s New South Wales now requires 56GWh of storage by 2030, amounting to 40% more than projected just six months ago.
Former NEM Review chair urges industry action as Australia shifts from fuel storage to energy storage
Professor Tim Nelson has urged energy storage developers and market participants to actively engage in implementing sweeping market reforms.
Australia’s energy storage market faces a reckoning as rooftop solar threatens utility-scale economics
Hamilton Locke partner Matt Baumgurtel warns of a seismic shift as distributed energy resources with “zero marginal cost” emerge.
AGL’s Torrens Island BESS in South Australia hit by a second AEMO direction
Australia’s battery energy storage sector faces mounting operational pressures, following the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) issuing its latest direction to AGL’s Torrens Island battery energy storage system (BESS) on 9 March.
Australia: NSW planners approve 400MWh Burroway solar-plus-storage despite community objections
The NSW Independent Planning Commission has approved Edify Energy’s 400MWh Burroway solar-plus-storage project in Australia.
Australia and Canada establish five-pillar clean energy partnership framework
Australia & Canada have signed their first bilateral Clean Energy Partnership, establishing a framework for cooperation across five key areas.
