According to energy think tank Ember, global capacity additions reached an estimated 250 Gigawatt hours, up 46 per cent year-on-year. One state in particular shows how the “niche” technology has become a major player in the grid. At an industrial site in Kwinana, south of Perth, the whirring sound of air conditioners rises. Australia has overtaken the United Kingdom to rank behind China and the United States in utility-scale battery capacity, with 14 GW/37 GWh of projects at or nearing financial close. From pv magazine Australia Australia is now the third-largest market worldwide for large-scale battery energy storage. 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.
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