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Energy storage essential to ASEAN nations" knowledge-based economy transition and uncoupling from volatile fossil fuel costs
32+ min ago (1211+ words) The rising costs of coal and gas mean that the adoption of renewable energy is a "survival issue" for countries in Southeast Asia, and energy storage is critical to the transition. That was the take of Shuvendu Bose, an energy…...
W'rtsil' completes 300 MWh Bungama BESS for Revera Energy in South Australia
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (1021+ words) W'rtsil' has brought the 150 MW/300 MWh Bungama battery energy storage system (BESS) online in South Australia, confirming commercial operations on 30 June 2026 for owner and operator Revera Energy. The standalone Bungama BESS is located in Port Pirie's industrial corridor on the…...
Australian AI developer locks in 1. 5 GWh of battery energy storage under 12-year agreement
2+ hour, 4+ min ago (803+ words) Australian AI infrastructure developer Firmus Technologies has signed a 12-year wholesale energy supply agreement with Gunvor Group, including 1. 5 GWh of battery storage by 2032. The deal covers 600 MW of firm electricity for its planned South Australian "AI Factory" campuses, linked to…...
Energy North submits 1 GW off-grid hyperscale data centre with 16 GWh of battery storage to Australia's EPBC Act
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (800+ words) Australian renewables and digital infrastructure developer Energy North has submitted Project Ares, a proposed 1 GW hyperscale data centre campus with a co-located 16 GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) and approximately 3, 000 MWp of solar PV generation, to Australia's Environment Protection and…...
Neoen Australia begins construction on 963 MWh battery storage system at 440 MWp solar PV plant
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (640+ words) French independent power producer (IPP) Neoen Australia has begun construction of a 215 MW/963 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at its 440 MWp Culcairn Solar Farm in New South Wales, Australia. The BESS will be delivered by system integrator and engineering,…...
Akaysha Energy's 1, 660 MWh Orana BESS reaches commercial operations in Australia
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (683+ words) Black Rock-backed developer Akaysha Energy has announced that its 1, 660 MWh Orana battery energy storage system (BESS) has reached commercial operations in New South Wales, Australia. This brings the developer's total operational storage capacity to more than 4 GWh across its Australian…...
'Decisions look obvious after the event. They rarely are in real time': Opti Grid on South Australia's battery storage price cap event
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (1435+ words) Sahand Karimi, CEO of battery optimisation specialist Opti Grid, examines the dispatch decisions that separated winners from losers during SA1s AU$20, 300/MWh (US$13, 994/MWh) price cap event and what the fleets collective behaviour reveals about market dynamics in a region increasingly…...
Enlight secures financing for 1. 2 GW/4 GWh Arizona solar and storage "Complex
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (463+ words) IPP Enlight Renewable Energy has announced that its US subsidiary Cl'nera Holdings has entered into a debt financing framework agreement for the CO Bar Complex in Arizona, US. Announced 25 June, the CO Bar Complex consists of five projects with a…...
Energy Dome's second CO2 Battery project with Google will secure carbon-free energy for tech giant while easing grid congestion in Ireland
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (548+ words) Energy Dome has signed its second low-carbon energy supply contract with Google, following the search engine giant's investment in the long-duration energy storage (LDES) startup. Announced earlier this week (23 June), the tolling agreement makes Google the 100% offtaker for a 23 MW…...
Australia: AEMO calls for 35 GW of short and medium-duration storage plus 5 GW of long-duration storage by 2050
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (837+ words) The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has set out a storage requirement of almost 40 GW in its latest 2026 Integrated System Plan (ISP), split between 35 GW of short and medium-duration energy storage for daily firming and 5 GW of long-duration energy storage…...