Two BESS have been submitted to Australia’s EPBC Act, totalling a potential 3,400MWh of energy storage in Queensland and New South Wales.

The Clean Energy Council (CEC) have deemed Q1 2025 the second-best quarter on record for large-scale BESS investment in Australia.

Ampyr Australia and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners are seeking buyers for 960MWh and 1,000MWh BESS projects in Australia.

OX2’s 270MWh Muswellbrook solar-plus-storage site has been approved by the NSW Independent Planning Commission, subject to conditions.

The Queensland government has continued its hard stance on renewables and energy storage by revoking permission to build a 450MW wind-plus-storage facility.

In a recent webinar hosted by AEMO Services, the latest New South Wales long-duration energy storage tender round was in the spotlight.

Meridian Energy, a New Zealand state-owned energy company, has completed the development of its 100MW/200MWh 2-hour duration Ruakākā BESS.

AEMO has released a determination to help simplify the technical requirements for renewables and BESS connecting to Australia’s NEM.

ACE Power has submitted a BESS of up to 8,000MWh in New South Wales to the Australian government’s EPBC Act.

Commissioning has commenced on the 111MW/285MWh Templers battery energy storage system (BESS) in South Australia.