Hanoi Power Corporation (EVNHANOI) has begun pilot operation of five battery energy storage systems at substations in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Two Australian solar-plus-storage projects advance: Ark Energy secures AU$1.3 billion for 2.2GWh Richmond Valley project; Quinbrook submits 250MWp Queensland site.

The Clean Energy Investor Group (CEIG) has published a report calling on the Australian government to prioritise consistent and timely implementation of the reformed Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.

Samsung C&T Renewable Energy Australia has submitted the 1GWh Boro solar-plus-storage project in New South Wales to Australia’s EPBC Act.

All 1,038 Wärtsilä Quantum battery units have been delivered and installed at the 1.4GWh Wooreen BESS in Victoria, Australia.

Danish developer European Energy has reached financial close on the 80MWh Mokoan solar-plus-storage project in Victoria, Australia.

South Australia battery storage developer Lunio Energy has energised its first grid-scale BESS at Strathalbyn and started trading in the NEM.

Australia’s NEM connected 9.1GW of new generation and energy storage to full output in FY26, more than double the result achieved in FY25.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said that large-scale data centres will be legally required to put at least as much energy into the grid as they draw from it, and that this supply must be renewable energy.

German solar and storage developer ib vogt has received state planning approval for the 120MW/480MWh Wagga North battery energy storage system (BESS) in New South Wales, Australia.