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.
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.
