Largest-of-Its-Kind Grid Battery to Be Built in South Australia

South Australia will become home of the world's largest "grid-forming" battery as the nation's shifts from fossil fuels. Malp/Adobe Stock

South Australia is set to become the host of the world’s biggest battery equipped with the ability to support an all-renewables electrical grid.

Australia’s energy retailer kingpin, AGL, has announced Finnish manufacturer Wärtsilä will be heading the construction of its new $180 million (US$130 million), 250 megawatt (MW) grid battery—the first of a planned 850 MW national battery roll-out.