The viability of many hydroelectric power stations, including pumped hydro energy storage (PHES), in Tasmania, Australia, may “come into question” in the future, given the island’s lack of interconnectivity with the mainland.

A 1,800MWh wind-plus-storage project being pursued by developer Squadron Energy in New South Wales, Australia, has been recommended for approval by the NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPCN).

Canadian asset manager Brookfield will be required to divest French IPP Neoen’s operational assets and six development projects in Victoria, Australia, which includes the 350MW/450MWh Victoria Big Battery.

Australian utility Origin Energy yesterday (30 October) confirmed it had started construction on the second phase of its 2.1GWh Eraring battery energy storage system (BESS) in New South Wales, Australia.

Australian startup Green Gravity has commenced studies to develop a 2GWh gravitational energy storage project in Northwest Queensland, Australia.

French independent power producer Neoen confirmed that stage one of the 219MW/877MWh Collie battery energy storage system in Western Australia has been completed.

On the first day of All-Energy Australia 2024, held in Melbourne on October 23, Kate Clark, programme manager at Victoria’s Department of Energy, Environment, and Climate Action, stated: “There are many different definitions and types of value that can be generated by community batteries.”

Sunwoda and Gryphon Energy have partnered to develop a 1.6GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Queensland, Australia.

Hyperstrong has inked a new deal with solar and energy-storage-as-a-service provider Tesseract ESS to explore opportunities in the Australian market.

Energy storage developer Energy Vault has inked a new partnership with Enervest Group to supply a 1GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in New South Wales, Australia.