Allegro Energy, an Australian-based developer of water-based redox flow battery energy storage solutions, has been awarded AU$1.85 million (US$1.17 million) in federal government funding to scale its technology.
Australia’s Victoria government has fast-tracked the approval process for a 1.8GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) being pursued by developer Birdwood Energy.
The New South Wales government has revealed that its green bank, the Energy Security Corporation, will invest in short to long-duration energy storage (LDES) projects as part of its first Investment Mandate.
Energy storage developer and system integrator Energy Vault has been tapped by Victoria’s State Electricity Commission (SEC) to deliver a 100MW/200MWh government-owned battery energy storage system (BESS) in Australia.
Australia’s Clean Energy Council (CEC) has said that energy storage saw a strong year in 2024 with a capacity of 4,029MW/11,348MWh having reached financial commitment.
Wind developer WestWind Energy has signed a lease agreement with Australia’s New South Wales government for the development of a 1,500MWh wind-plus-storage site in the south-west of the state.
Australian energy major AGL Energy disclosed in its half-year results that it intends to make a final investment decision (FID) over the next 18 months for 1.4GW of utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS).
