Pacific Green, ZEN Energy pen 1.5GWh tolling deal for three BESS across Australia
Pacific Green has inked a 10-year tolling agreement with ZEN Energy across three BESS in Australia, totalling 1.5GWh of capacity.
Construction kicks off on 400MWh Merredin Big Battery in Western Australia
Construction has officially started on the 100MW/400MWh 4-hour duration Merredin battery energy storage system (BESS) in Western Australia.
FRV Australia reaches financial close on 500MWh grid-forming BESS
Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) Australia has reached financial close on the 250MW/500MWh Gnarwarre battery energy storage system (BESS) in Victoria.
AGL JV gets planning approval for AU$2 billion wind-plus-storage in New South Wales, Australia
Australian energy major AGL has welcomed the approval in New South Wales (NSW) of a large-scale wind power plant with battery storage.
Australia’s Capacity Investment Scheme ‘should expand to support long-duration storage’
“We need some form of policy or expansion of the CIS for LDES,” Nick Hawke, director of Australia’s CEFC, tells ESN Premium.
Australia: HMC Capital completes AU$950 million acquisition of Neoen’s Victoria portfolio
HMC Capital has completed the acquisition of Neoen’s energy storage and renewables portfolio in Victoria, Australia.
Australia’s Marinus Link achieves FID and secures EPBC Act approval for Tasmania interconnector
Marinus Link Pty has secured FID and EPBC Act approval for the first stage of its HVDC interconnector connecting Victoria and Tasmania.
Akaysha Energy’s ‘giant shock absorber’ Waratah Super Battery switched on in Australia
The first 350MW/700MWh of the Waratah Super Battery in New South Wales, Australia, has officially come online.
Hybrid battery systems: A new frontier for Australia’s energy market
Fluence’s Matt Grover and Sam Markham discuss the growing opportunity for hybrid renewables-plus-storage projects in Australia.
New South Wales’s green bank Energy Security Corporation: ‘If there’s a gap getting a project over the line, we will try and play a role’
Paul Peters, CEO of the New South Wales Energy Security Corporation (ESC) discusses the investment mandate of the newly launched green bank.
