Armed with $1.86 million (Aus$2.85 million) in funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), Horizon Power will conduct trials of two different long-duration energy storage (LDES) technologies at remote microgrids in Western Australia.

Horizon Power is the regional energy provider for Western Australia.

The project aims to prove the technical viability of zinc bromine and sodium sulfur batteries in remote microgrids and is driven by a need to find new sources of medium- and long-duration dispatchable renewable energy storage in the region.

“We are really excited about these groundbreaking trials, which will support Australia’s carbon emissions reduction targets, while making renewables more accessible for our regional and remote customers,” said Stephanie Unwin, CEO of Horizon Power.