Ausgrid has submitted its 150MW/300MWh Berkeley Vale BESS to the Australian government's EPBC Act for federal environmental assessment.

RWE has received official sign-off from the AEMO and Transgrid to operate Australia's first 8-hour BESS at full capacity.

Australia's biggest distributed network owners has a growing portfolio of big batteries in development, but this is the first to be sent to the EPBC.

Ausgrid has submitted its 150MW/300MWh Berkeley Vale BESS to the Australian government's EPBC Act for federal environmental assessment.

Plans to install a big battery with up to six hours storage in a sweet spot between a coal generation hub and major electricity demand centres have been waved through the federal…