Utility Scale Storage

Community Power Agency has released a guide for regional communities hosting multiple renewable energy projects to promote benefit sharing strategies that ensure a stake over the next 25 years in an estimated $1.9 billion opportunity.

Seven regional Victoria battery storage projects, all at the commissioning phase, will be the first to connect to Victorian distributor Powercor’s high voltage distributed energy resource management system, adding stability to the grid.

AGL Energy has acquired the 150 MW solar, 90 MW thermal, and 720 MWh of storage Yadnarie Project from Dutch developer Photon Energy, and follows the project’s development approval received in June.

Zen Energy’s plan to build a 100 MW solar project and 200 MW battery with up to eight hours of storage capacity in southeast Queensland has been waved through the federal environmental approvals process.

In grids increasingly dominated by renewables, grid-forming technology is emerging as critical tool for maintaining stability and ensuring reliable power system operation. In this interview with ESS News, Rui Sun, Sungrow’s Deputy General Manager-Grid Technology Center, explains how grid-forming works, why it matters, and where the technology is already proving its value. He elaborates on technical challenges, regulatory gaps, and why grid-forming could soon become the new industry standard.

Australian company Solspan has unveiled a vertical solar wall system that it says will enable the dual purposing of agricultural land, helping to address land use concerns associated with the rollout of renewable energy projects.

Ampyr Australia, the local arm of Singapore-based developer Ampyr Energy, has achieved financial close for its 300 MW / 600 MWh Wellington stage one battery energy storage system project being developed in central west New South Wales.

SunCable has welcomed the federal government’s decision to renew major project status for its Australia-Asia PowerLink project that would send up to 6 GW of renewable power from the Northern Territory to industries and urban centres in Darwin and Singapore.

Thai energy company Banpu has snapped up a 50% stake in the 350 MW / 1,400 MWh Wooreen battery energy storage system being built in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley as the Bangkok-based coal producer ramps up investments in renewable energy.

Global Power Generation Australia is preparing to add another renewable energy project to its construction pipeline with the Victorian government fast-tracking approval for a 400 MWh battery to be built in the state’s southwest.