Battery Energy Storage Systems
Energy Storage Industries – Asia Pacific
Sectors: Renewable Energy
The Challenge
Navigating the uncharted territory of iron flow battery deployment in Australia requires overcoming complex compliance, design, and integration hurdles with no existing framework to follow.
The Solution
Hitech delivers end-to-end implementation—from standards-compliant system modifications and custom equipment manufacturing to optimised installation designs and seamless logistics management.
The Impact
Hitech’s expertise is enabling groundbreaking iron flow BESS technology deployment, strengthening grid stability and accelerating Queensland’s renewable energy future.
The Challenge
Deploying iron flow battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Australia presents complex challenges.
As a new industry with limited existing frameworks for such installations, ensuring a safe, reliable, and scalable rollout requires extensive modifications, compliance work, and rigorous testing to meet Australian standards.
Additionally, custom-built large-scale BESS combiner boards and other associated electrical equipment must be designed to handle high power loads efficiently and integrate seamlessly with the energy network. In collaboration with Energy Storage Industries – Asia Pacific (ESI), Hitech Electrical Automation is developing installation designs that optimise deployment while meeting strict regulatory requirements. Success depends on navigating compliance hurdles, engineering solutions from the ground up, and coordinating logistics to deliver a future-proof energy solution.
Key Facts:
Scope: BESS compliance, system design, and installation solutions
Client: Energy Storage Industries – Asia Pacific (End Client: Stanwell Power Station & Energy Queensland)
Technology: Iron flow battery energy storage system (BESS)
Status: Active project with ongoing compliance modifications, design, and installation planning
The Solution
Hitech Electrical Automation, working closely with Energy Storage Industries – Asia Pacific, is delivering a comprehensive approach to ensure the successful deployment of iron flow BESS technology in Australia. This includes:
- Ensuring consistency and quality in each imported unit by implementing design upgrades, equipment modifications, and rigorous testing at Hitech’s facility to meet Australian standards. The work being done will guide Energy Storage Industries – Asia Pacific’s localised assembly of units commencing later this year.
- Designing and manufacturing large-scale BESS combiner boards and associated electrical equipment to facilitate efficient energy distribution and seamless integration into the energy network.
- Developing installation designs that optimise deployment while ensuring compliance and scalability.
- Managing logistics by coordinating local storage, workshop-based compliance work, and staging at a laydown yard before installation.
The Impact
Through this collaboration, Hitech Electrical Automation is enabling the successful deployment of ESI’s iron flow BESS technology, supporting grid stability and advancing Queensland’s renewable energy transition. By ensuring a consistent build quality and adherence to best industry practices, the work completed by Hitech will contribute to the long-term success of Energy Storage Industries – Asia Pacific’s localised assembly and future expansion.