Energy minister Chris Bowen says the batteries – shared between four states – will increase capacity tenfold to help stabilise the grid
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Eight large batteries to store renewable energy will be built around Australia to support the grid and help keep energy prices down, the federal government has said.
The government-owned Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena) would provide $176m to the projects, the energy minister, Chris Bowen, announced on Saturday.