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Barely Launched, This Giga Battery at 500 Million Euros Suffers a Monstrous Breakdown

Built on the site of an old coal-fired power plant, Waratah's stationary battery (BESS) is the flagship of Australia's energy transition. With a capacity of 1680 MWh, and a power of 850 MW, it was the most powerful battery in the world. It had started last August, and was expected to be fully operational by the end of 2025. Until this huge failure. The news fell in mid-November. The Australian Financial Review (AFR) announces that one of the tra…
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Built on the site of an old coal-fired power plant, Waratah's stationary battery (BESS) is the flagship of Australia's energy transition. With a capacity of 1680 MWh, and a power of 850 MW, it was the most powerful battery in the world. It had started last August, and was expected to be fully operational by the end of 2025. Until this huge failure. The news fell in mid-November. The Australian Financial Review (AFR) announces that one of the tra…

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Révolution Energétique broke the news in on Tuesday, November 18, 2025.
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