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The Hornsdale Power Reserve in South Australia, aka the “Tesla big battery”, has finally won approval to become the world’s first large battery to provide grid-scale inertial service. The approval comes from the Australian Energy Market Operator after nearly two years of trial and error, and is considered another important step towards managing the electricity grid with 100 per cent renewable energy and no coal and gas generators in operation. The Hornsdale battery, which is owned by Neoen and expanded to 150MW/193MWh in 2020 to help provide this additional service, will be the first of many such batteries to operate on what is known as an “advanced” or “grid-shaping” inverter. This inverter is capable of providing many of the critical network services normally provided by thermal power, but requires detailed testing to help manage the transition from large spinning machines to precise digital technology. The Hornsdale battery uses Tesla...

Ford plans to build 2 million EVs per year by the end of 2026 and is actively sourcing raw materials from miners and battery capacity from manufacturers. Ford Motor Company announced this week it would push through a number of deals to accelerate electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing to meet global demand. The American multinational automaker is sourcing battery capacity and raw materials to enable it to build 600,000 EVs by the end of 2023, with the annual global EV operating rate expected to increase to more than 2 million by the end of 2026. As part of this, battery maker China Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd (CATL) has agreed to provide Ford with a full lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) battery pack for the Mustang Mach-E model for North America next year, and a battery pack the same for the F-150 Lightnings model in early 2024. The company has now supplied about 70% of the battery cell capacity needed to support its annual operating rate by the end of 2026. In reaching 600,000 E...

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has revealed plans to build Australia’s largest battery storage installation – 2000MWh – to support a large data storage center close to Brisbane in southeast Queensland. The 800MW/2000MWh “Supernode” battery project proposes to support data centers, provide service that can be delivered to the grid, strengthen additional renewable energy capacity, and act as a “stop” to reduce the risk of blackouts in Queensland. The project is separate from the Lockyer 1,000MWh battery storage project Quinbrook is also seeking to build in Queensland, as part of plans to convert peak gas generation plans to battery storage. This project is one of a number of large-scale battery storage projects currently being proposed across Australia, and would be the largest if proceeded now, although it could also be terminated by competing projects. Quinbrook said the project site, adjacent to the South Pine substation in Brendale, offers unmatched...

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has received an overwhelming response to its offer of a $100 million grant for an ‘advanced’ grid-scale battery project, which is seen as critical to the transition to a 100 percent renewable energy grid. A shortlist of 12 projects representing capacity in excess of 3GW and 7GWh storage was completed from more than 54 proposals. ARENA said its response “far exceeded expectations,” and underlined the major development path of Australia’s large battery storage project. Funding will be provided for at least three projects and selected projects have been asked to submit full applications for their share of the funding offer, available for new and existing projects equipped with ‘advanced’ inverters. Selected projects totaled a combined $297 million of grant requests, for a total investment value of $3.7 billion. The figures suggest that ARENA’s funding could eventually support the development of approx...