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Wärtsilä to deliver Australia’s largest DC-coupled hybrid battery system
Technology group Wärtsilä will deliver a large energy storage system in Australia, which will be Wärtsilä’s second DC-coupled project in the country. Significantly, this will be the largest DC-coupled hybrid battery system in the National Electricity Market (NEM), reflecting a growing trend toward hybridisation of storage assets with co-located renewable generation. Once operational, the battery…
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Neoen launches first 6-hour energy storage battery in Muchea & delivers Collie Battery 2, both in Western Australia
Neoen, one of the world’s leading producers of exclusively renewable energy, has provided notices to proceed to Tesla and construction contractor UGL (a member of the CIMIC Group), signalling the start of construction of Muchea Battery in Western Australia (WA). Sized at 164 MW / 905 MWh, Muchea Battery will consist of 252 Tesla Megapack…
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Pacific Green Achieves Planning Permit for 1GW / 2.5GWh Portland Energy Park
LinkedInTwitter Pacific Green, a global battery energy storage company, has secured a planning permit from the Victorian Government for its second Australian grid-scale battery energy park located in Portland, Victoria, Australia. The Portland Energy Park, providing up to 1GW of firming capacity, will be developed in phases over the next 36 months. Once constructed, it…
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Neoen signs 100 MW renewable energy baseload agreement to supply power to BHP in South Australia
Neoen, one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies, has signed a 100 MW renewable energy baseload agreement to supply power to BHP, a world-leading resources company. This agreement, starting in July 2029, will supply renewable energy to BHP’s Olympic Dam, Carrapateena and Prominent Hill mines in South Australia, in one of the world’s most…
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Australia’s first eight-hour battery system registered with AEMO
RWE Renewables Australia has achieved a major milestone in Australia’s energy transition with the successful registration of the country’s first eight-hour Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), located at the Limondale Solar Farm near Balranald in New South Wales. The Limondale BESS, comprising 144 Tesla Megapacks , has a capacity of over 50 megawatts (MW) and 400…
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La Caisse to acquire Edify, a leading Australian renewable energy and battery storage company
Edify Energy, a leading Australian renewable energy and battery storage company, and global investment group La Caisse (formerly CDPQ), today announced that binding agreements have been entered into under which La Caisse will acquire Edify and support its next phase of growth. Once completed, the transaction, together with further equity capital funding, is expected to…
