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Rendering of the Wandoan BESS project in South Australia. Image: Vena Energy.

Australia surpassed 1GWh of annual battery storage deployments during 2021

March 25, 2022
Australia logged its first year of annual battery storage deployment exceeding 1GWh in 2021.
Fluence Gridstack, the company's modular BESS solution, for large-scale (pictured), will be deployed along with SMA inverters. Image: Fluence.

Fluence’s next Australia megabattery project to demonstrate advanced grid-forming technology

March 25, 2022
A 50MW/50MWh BESS will demonstrate the ability of smart inverter technologies to support the stability of the power grid in Australia. 
Major BESS projects internationally, including the Victorian Big Battery in Australia (pictured) and Zenobe's upcoming project in Scotland are providing inertia via their inverters. Image: Victoria State government.

NSW government tenders for 1,400MWh BESS in coal plant retirement plan

March 24, 2022
The state government of New South Wales in Australia is opening up a competitive procurement process for Waratah Super Battery.
Large-scale solar PV plant in Victoria, Australia, with battery storage in foreground. The new CfD is designed to stimulate investment in large-scale PV and wind, which has stalled in Australia. Image: Edify Energy.

Tesla Megapacks picked for Edify’s 300MWh Australia battery portfolio

March 22, 2022
Tesla has been contracted to provide 300MWh of its Megapack BESS for projects in development by Edify Energy in Australia. 
Rendering of how another AGL battery storage facility, at Torrens Island in South Australia, will look when completed. Construction began in November 2021 with Wärtsilä providing BESS technology. Image: AGL.

Australian utility AGL’s 2GWh battery project at coal power plant site gets approval

March 21, 2022
Australia’s biggest utility company looks set to be in ownership of the country’s biggest battery storage facility.
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Pension fund invests in Octopus-developed 1.5GW clean energy park to replace Australian coal plant

March 17, 2022
Australian pension fund Hostplus will invest in a JV to build a 1.5GW renewable energy park.
Gransolar's E22 provides lithium-ion and vanadium flow battery-based energy storage. Image: E22.

Gransolar’s first BESS project in Australia will be optimised by Fluence software

March 15, 2022
Fluence’s software will be used at the first battery storage project in Australia by Spain’s Gransolar Group. 
Origin's Eraring coal power station (above), is currently the site of a major BESS development by Origin. Image: CSIRO.

Australia’s Origin Energy to replace coal with energy storage and virtual power plant

March 9, 2022
Origin Energy has outlined how a virtual power plant (VPP) and large-scale battery storage will allow it to replace coal.
Official opening of a hybrid renewable microgrid at Agnew gold mine, November 2021. Image: EDL Energy.

Australia funding renewable-hydrogen-battery microgrid in Queensland rainforest community

March 7, 2022
The community of the Daintree Rainforest region in Queensland, Australia, will host a “world-leading renewable microgrid”.
The hybrid renewable power station at Jabiru. Image: EDL.

Hybrid projects enable 50+% renewable energy use at remote Australian locations

March 3, 2022
Hybrid projects in Australia have enabled a gold mine and a remote township to run at 50% or more average penetration of renewable energy. 

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