The Strathalbyn Battery Energy Storage System in the Alexandrina Council area of South Australia | Image Credit: Lunio Energy/Stock.Adobe.comLunio Energy, a utility-scale battery developer, has commissioned its first Australian BESS (battery energy storage system) in South Australia with OptiGrid, an Australian battery optimisation and trading intelligence platform that is built for the NEM (National Electricity Market). “OptiGrid’s team also brought real depth on the NEM and how batteries operate in South Australia, which gave us confidence through the investment decision. Sahand Karimi, Chief Executive Officer at OptiGrid, highlighted the company’s delight in working with Lunio Energy on their first battery project in South Australia. It’s been great to see the battery already perform strongly through the recent South Australian price cap events in June.” Based in South Australia, OptiGrid’s investors include the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, IP Group, Hostplus, UNSW, Adelaide University, and EnergyLab.