Big batteries boom Down Under

Australia is the third-largest market worldwide for large-scale energy storage by capacity and is blitzing the field in per capita battery storage installations, with more than 1 GWh per million people – double that of nearest rival the United Kingdom. With a current approximate capacity of 14 GW and a pipeline of 154 GW, the outlook remains strong. In the wake of coal-fired power plant closures, utility-scale batteries are rising to the challenge of guaranteeing network reliability, as pv magazine Australia’s Ev Foley reports.