Solar PV and wind are now the cheapest sources of power, with co-located hybrids increasingly delivering round-the-clock electricity at fossil fuel-competitive costs in high-resource regions, according to a new report by IRENA.  

Utility-scale battery storage systems in Western Australia supplied 37.2% of peak demand on 9 May, marking one of the highest battery storage penetration levels recorded in an isolated grid globally.

The power generation arm of Manila Electric Company (Meralco), the Philippines’ largest private electricity distributor, has completed a grid-scale battery storage project.

Energy storage owner-operator BW ESS has submitted a 700MW battery energy storage system (BESS) to Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act for environmental assessment.

In this interview with ESN Premium, Keith Lovegrove of ITP Thermal warns that Australia’s energy storage sector risks over-reliance on lithium-ion batteries.

Developer Alternate Path has secured federal environmental approval for its 500MW/2,000MWh Murchs Corner battery energy storage system (BESS) in Victoria, Australia.

After reporting a record 112GW of global non-pumped hydro energy storage installations in 2025, BloombergNEF (BNEF) expects to see a 41% increase this year.

Australian utility AGL has said adding its Liddell and Tomago BESS to its existing coal-fired generation could boost portfolio returns by 10%

Australia has installed 380,712 home battery storage systems, representing 10.7GWh of storage capacity, since the introduction of the Cheaper Home Batteries Program last year, Chris Bowen, Australia’s minister for climate change and energy, has disclosed.

Queensland has become the first state in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) to discharge over 100GWh from utility-scale battery storage systems in a single month.