Wind developer WestWind Energy has signed a lease agreement with Australia’s New South Wales government for the development of a 1,500MWh wind-plus-storage site in the south-west of the state.

ACE Power has submitted a 500MW BESS in Queensland to Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.

Australian energy major AGL Energy disclosed in its half-year results that it intends to make a final investment decision (FID) over the next 18 months for 1.4GW of utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS).

Gold Green Energy has secured consent for a 400MWh solar-plus-BESS site, whilst AEMO has seen 18.1GW of BESS seeking a connection to the NEM.

Modo Energy has said that battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) earned an average of AU$148,000/MW (US$92,810/MW) in 2024, a 45% increase year-on-year.

Modo Energy’s Wendel Hortop tells Energy-Storage.news that over 4GW of utility-scale BESS on the NEM will be in commercial operation by 2025.

Tesla has inked an MoU with the Western Australian government to develop a battery re-manufacturing facility in Collie.

Developer Amp Energy has closed project financing for the construction of the first stage of its 500MWh Bungama BESS in South Australia. 

Potentia Energy, a joint venture co-owned by Enel Green Power and INPEX, is set to secure several battery energy storage system (BESS) assets across Australia as part of a 1.2GW portfolio acquisition.

A 350MW wind-plus-storage site in Tasmania, Australia, which features a 600MW/2,400MWh battery energy storage system (BESS), has been granted ‘Major Project’ status by the state’s government.