BESS Archives - Renew Economy

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Developer wants to add huge 2,000 MWh, eight-hour battery to approved Hunter Valley wind project
Subsidiary of South Korea industrial giant wants to add a 2,000 MWh battery to its proposed wind project in the heart of the Hunter Valley.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 30, 2025

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US study says defects create fire risk in one quarter of big batteries
US study says highest risk for battery fires comes from manufacturing defects, but the most risk is at the installation stage.
Rachel Williamson

Mar 8, 2024

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Tilt taps Fluence to build big two hour battery in heart of Victoria coal country
Fluence will build its second big battery in Victorian coal country, with construction set to begin on Tilt Renewables 100MW two hour battery in the Latrobe Valley.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 18, 2023

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Location, location: Battery storage projects jostle for position to back up wind and solar
The competition among battery storage projects for connection points in intense, with many proposing batteries right next door to rival projects.
Rachel Williamson

Jan 30, 2023

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Neoen unveils massive new plans for a giga-scale big battery in WA coal hub
Neoen unveils proposal to build an up to 1000MW/4000MWh battery facility near the WA town of Collie, where the coal plant is scheduled to retire in 2027.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 14, 2022

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Australia’s “largest grid forming battery” to go ahead after landing finance deal
Edify locks in finance to start building 150MW/300MWh Tesla Megapack big battery featuring a “new vintage” of grid forming inverter controls.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 14, 2022

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Meridian unveils plans for first big battery in New Zealand, next to oil refinery
Meridian unveils plans for “at least” 100MW big battery, to be built alongside solar farm and next to oil refinery, to help balance the grid and prevent blackouts.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 22, 2021

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Europe’s biggest battery to be built in UK industrial hub
Sembcorp to build Europe’s largest battery energy storage system in one of the UK’s leading process manufacturing clusters.
Joshua S Hill

Dec 16, 2021

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MPower to add batteries across network of 5MW solar farms after success of trial
MPower says success of network battery trial with Endeavour Energy paves way to add “grid-forming” batteries across portfolio of small solar farms.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 7, 2021

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Shell and Edify in landmark big battery storage deal in NSW
Shell and Edify in landmark deal to build a 100MW big battery in Riverina as part of new electricity supply agreement with NSW government.
Giles Parkinson & Sophie Vorrath

May 25, 2021

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Fortescue chooses contractor for two big battery installations in Pilbara
Pacific Energy subsidiary signed up to design, install and commission two battery energy storage systems totalling 42MW for Fortescue’s Pilbara operations.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 29, 2021

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Big battery added to Aurora solar project could triple its earnings, says report
Adding battery storage to 70MW solar PV plant planned for development in South Australia would more or less triple the project’s annual revenue, a new report says.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 20, 2020

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