1 day ago · Origin Energy (Origin) has approved the third stage of its large-scale battery at Eraring Power Station, adding further storage capacity to the project already underway and delivering
2 days ago · The 1.6 GWh Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub can power up to 200,000 homes during peak demand.
1 day ago · Hydropower and pumped storage will play an essential reliability role in Australia''s future electricity system, according to the Draft 2026 Integrated System Plan (ISP) released by
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1 day ago · Technology group Wärtsilä will deliver the fourth stage of the Eraring battery facility at Origin Energy''s (Origin) Eraring Power Station in New South Wales, Australia. The expansion
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Australia is home to the world''s first ''big'' battery: the 100 MW Hornsdale Power Reserve, constructed in 2017. Since then, investment in grid-scale battery energy storage in Australia''s
4 days ago · [Australia; 8 December 2025] – Vena Energy, the renewable energy arm of Vena Group and a major green energy solutions provider across the Asia-Pacific region, has
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16 hours ago · "When complete, Australia''s largest power station site will host the nation''s largest approved battery storage system, reinforcing Eraring''s role as critical infrastructure at the
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This means a more reliable and constant supply of energy on and off-grid. Currently storage of electrical energy in Australia consists of a small number of pumped hydroelectric facilities and grid-scale batteries, and a diversity of battery storage systems at small scale, used mainly for backup.
There are now eight batteries of 100+ MW commercially operating in the NEM, out of the 25 trading in the NEM. Notes: Commercially operational battery energy storage projects in the NEM. Data accurate as of 18/11/2024.u000b * Western Downs Battery Phase 1 expected to reach a full capacity of 270 MW / 540 MWh.
When Hornsdale Power Reserve opened in 2017, it was the biggest battery energy storage system in the world. Four years later, when Neoen opened the 300 MW Victorian Big Battery in 2021, it was the joint-largest (by power capacity) in the world.
This includes Australia’s largest system, the 300 MW Victorian Big Battery, and two other batteries. Altogether Neoen owns 670 MW of commercially operational battery capacity—a third of NEM-wide battery capacity. Victorian Big Battery Western Do
