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AEMO Services opens 1GW long-duration energy storage tender in New South Wales, Australia

3 days ago | energy-storage.news | George Heynes

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) Services has launched the latest tender for long-duration energy storage (LDES) in New South Wales, seeking an indicative 1GW of projects. The tender, which opened on Friday (9 May), is the sixth of its kind and is being opened under the NSW Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap. The last tender saw 14GWh of LDES projects awarded Long-Term Energy Service Agreement (LTESA) contracts.
Australia’s Victoria government fast-tracks 770MWh BESS for approval

3 days ago | energy-storage.news | George Heynes

Developer ACEnergy has seen its 350MW/770MWh Little River battery energy storage system (BESS) fast-tracked by the Victoria government in Australia. The BESS is the latest project to be selected by the Victorian government to be fast-tracked via the Development Facilitation Program pathway.
BESS industry starts to diversify away from 20-foot container, back to modular

5 days ago | energy-storage.news | Cameron Murray

Recent product announcements from major BESS suppliers shows a divergence from the 20-foot container as the only viable form factor, in a reversal of the trend seen up until the same point a year ago. A little under a year ago Energy-Storage.news looked at the reasons for a raft of new product announcements all designed around the 20-foot ISO container, 5MWh form factor.
Joint venture ZEBRE acquires 333MWh BESS project in South Australia

6 days ago | energy-storage.news | George Heynes

ZEBRE, a joint venture (JV) between Taiwan’s HD Renewable Energy (HDRE) and Australian developer ZEN Energy, has acquired a 333MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in South Australia. In a deal worth around AU$80 million (US$51 million), the green energy investment and asset management platform, which was launched at the end of 2024, has secured the 111MW/330MWh 3-hour duration Templers BESS from ZEN Energy.
CATL launches 9MWh 'two in one' stacked BESS product

1 week ago | energy-storage.news | Cameron Murray

CATL has launched a 9MWh grid-scale BESS product which comprises two smaller units stacked on top of each other, which it said gets around weight challenges for transportation. The lithium-ion OEM launched the Tener Stack product at the ees Europe 2025 clean energy trade show and conference in Munich, Germany, yesterday (7 May) following which it gave a Q&A to media including Energy-Storage.news.
EnergyCo grants access rights for 7.15GW of renewables and energy storage in Australia

1 week ago | energy-storage.news | George Heynes

7.15GW of renewable energy and energy storage projects have been granted access rights to connect to Australia’s first renewable energy zone (REZ) in Central-West Orana, New South Wales. In a statement released this morning (8 May), the state-owned Energy Corporation of New South Wales (EnergyCo) announced that 10 renewable energy projects have been granted the green light to connect to the REZ. This will enable the sites to connect to the incoming transmission line running through the zone.
AGL fully acquires 13.9GWh of pumped hydro in New South Wales, Australia

1 week ago | energy-storage.news | George Heynes

Australian energy major AGL Energy has today (8 May) acquired two pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) sites in the Hunter region of New South Wales, totalling 13,930MWh.The two early-stage PHES sites, which are both 10-hour durations, have been fully acquired from renewable energy developer Upper Hunter Hydro Top Trust. The two projects are the 770MW/7,700MWh Glenbawn and 623MW/6,230MWh Glennies Creek sites.
UK reaches over 120GWh of approved grid-scale battery storage projects

1 week ago | energy-storage.news | Cameron Murray

The pipeline of grid-scale BESS projects with planning approval in the UK has now reached 58,270MW/121,645MWh in capacity. That’s according to the latest data from Solar Media Market Research’s ‘Battery Storage: UK Pipeline & Completed Assets Database’ report.
AEMO: Q1 2025 BESS output surges 86% year-on-year in Australia’s NEM

1 week ago | energy-storage.news | George Heynes

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has revealed that battery energy storage system (BESS) output in Q1 2025 increased 86% in the National Electricity Market (NEM) from the same period of last year. According to the organisation’s latest Quarterly Energy Dynamics report released today (7 May), BESS generation output reached a new all-time high this quarter, increasing to an average of 98MW, spurred by new capacity entering the market.
Australia’s Endeavour Energy pens community BESS optimisation agreement

1 week ago | energy-storage.news | George Heynes

Australian distribution network company Endeavour Energy, which operates in New South Wales, has expanded its partnership with Israel’s mPrest to optimise its growing fleet of community battery energy storage systems (BESS). At the core of the expanded partnership is the use of the Israeli software firm’s Distributed Energy Resource Management System (mDERMS). This will enable real-time monitoring and control of Endeavour Energy’s growing fleet of community batteries across New South Wales.