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‘Urgent need’ for Australia to invest in long-duration energy storage, says AEMO

February 21, 2023
Australia has an “urgent need” for long-duration energy storage, along with new generation resources and transmission infrastructure.
Anthony Albanese (pictured) and the Labor Party have taken on board the need for storage in making clean energy dispatchable, Dr Bruce Mountain said. Image: Anthony Albanese's office via Twitter.

‘Major breakthrough’: Australia’s support for energy storage tackles key electricity policy issue

December 21, 2022
Australian energy ministers’ agreement to tender for renewable energy and energy storage is a “major breakthrough in federal policy”.
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Approved: First BESS to share existing generator grid connection in Australia’s NEM

December 1, 2022
Approval granted in Australia for the first battery storage project to share grid connection point with an existing generation asset in National Electricity Market.
Rendering of a New South Wales battery storage project currently under construction through Shell and state-owned energy developer Edify Energy. Image: Edify.

Shell battery project in New South Wales would add 1GWh energy storage to growing market

October 17, 2022
Development of battery systems to help integrate renewables and boost grid reliability continues to pick up pace in New South Wales.
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Powin Energy enters Australia’s battery storage market with 1.7GWh developer agreement

August 31, 2022
Powin Energy has entered a partnership with developer Akaysha Energy to deploy battery storage systems in Australia.
The BlackRock and Akaysha Energy teams together. Image: BlackRock.

BlackRock commits AU$1 billion capital for Australian battery storage developer’s 1GW buildout

August 16, 2022
A real estate and infrastructure investment arm of BlackRock has committed to investing US$700 million into Akaysha Energy’s pipeline.
Genex's solar power plant at Kidston, where the company is building a 2,000MWh PHES plant. Image: Genex Power.

Genex Power developing Queensland clean energy project with 1,400MWh battery storage

August 10, 2022
Genex Power has bought up a 2GW clean energy project which it intends to build in five stages in Queensland, Australia.
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Quinbrook plans ‘Supernode’ energy & data hub in Australia with 2GWh battery storage

July 8, 2022
Quinbrook developing A$2.5 billion ‘Supernode’ site in Queensland for storing energy and data that would include 2,000MWh of battery storage.
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.

Australia’s capacity mechanism ‘shouldn’t lock in reliance on aging and polluting generators’

June 22, 2022
A capacity mechanism for Australia’s National Electricity Market needs to catalyse investment in renewable energy and energy storage.
Artist's concept drawings of how VSUN's residential flow battery could look. Image: VSUN.

Australian projects trial benefits of distributed neighbourhood and flow battery energy storage

June 21, 2022
The government of Victoria, Australia, has opened a round of funding for ‘neighbourhood-scale’ battery storage.

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