SINGAPORE, July 13 (Reuters) – Singapore has set up its first battery energy storage system (BESS) to manage peak consumption at the world’s largest container transhipment hub. The project at the Pasir Panjang Terminal is part of an $8 million partnership between regulator, the Energy Market Authority (EMA) and PSA Corp, the government agencies said in a joint statement on Wednesday.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has invited 12 shortlisted battery storage projects to submit applications to receive up to $100 million in funding. The 12 projects, with a combined value of $3.7 billion, are invited to submit full applications to the Large Scale Battery Storage Round which aims to support grid scale batteries to be equipped with advanced inverter technology. Together, the 12 shortlisted grid-scale batteries have an aggregate capacity of 3050MW/7000MWh and a total ARENA grant request of $297 million.

More than three GW of battery storage projects with a combined value of $3.7 billion are in competition for government funding through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). ARENA today announced that 12 projects had been invited to submit full applications to a Large Scale Battery Storage funding Round which will support grid scale batteries to be equipped with advanced inverter technologies. Advanced inverters, also known as grid-forming inverters, enable batteries to provide essential system services traditionally provided by synchronous generation such as coal or gas.

MNRE issued the scheme’s tender in March 2020, citing that the “Scheme for Solarisation” of Modhera had the objective of bringing forward Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s own vision for the historic town, this being “so that the domestic and agricultural electricity needs of all the households of Modhera are fully fulfilled with solar energy, thereby setting up a pilot demonstration project for a village/town running completely on solar energy”.

Queensland government-owned generator CS Energy has announced plans to build the largest grid-scale battery in the state at Greenbank in Brisbane’s outer southern suburbs. The 200 MW/400 MWh project will be delivered in partnership with Queensland network operator Powerlink.

The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to build a long-duration battery power storage system at Fort Carson to increase the amount of time the base can operate during a power failure and improve the base’s resiliency and independence from the commercial grid.

The Western Australian government is about to embark on an ambitious investment to replace its last two publicly-owned coal generators with wind, solar and battery storage – enough to take the state’s main grid – the biggest isolated grid in the world – to 70 per cent renewables.

GIG Energy Technology Global head Greg Callman said: “GIG’s partnership with Bluestone Energy is an exciting step for us in the market, and we look forward to generating even more opportunities to accelerate the deployment of this critical technology.