Energy storage is expected to play a significant role in enabling the global data centre build-out, although the commercial and financing models developers will use are evolving, Energy-Storage.news has learned.

Tonic Group has received federal environmental approval for a 440MWh solar-plus-storage facility in Western Australia in less than a month.

Western Australia’s ERA has proposed a Benchmark Reserve Capacity Price of AU$491,700/MW per year for the 2028-29 capacity year.

The Governors of Maryland and New Jersey have enacted legislation to accelerate the deployment of clean energy technologies in response to energy cost and supply concerns.

Tesla reported company-high energy storage deployments and revenue growth in 2025 but expects “low-cost competition” and policy factors to affect margins this year.

Energy storage owner-operator BW ESS has submitted an application under Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act for a 1,600MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in New South Wales (NSW).

Origin Energy has begun generating revenue from the initial stage of the Supernode and the Eraring Stage 1 battery storage projects, located in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia.

US battery energy storage system (BESS) developer-operator Jupiter Power has closed a US$500 million senior secured green revolving loan and letter of credit facility to support the advancement of its project pipeline across the US.

Redwood Energy announced the final closing of its Series E financing round, bringing the total raise to US$425 million.

By the end of December 2025, China’s cumulative installed capacity of new energy storage technologies including lithium-ion reached 144.7GW, representing an 85% year-on-year rise.