Speaking to ESN Premium, Tom Best and Rachel Rundle of Eku Energy explore some of the key policies and drivers of Australia’s ESS market.

New South Wales (NSW) energy minister Penny Sharpe has directed ASL to deliver a firming capacity tender addressing forecast energy shortfalls from 2033-34.

Thimo Mueller of ASL discusses the recent 12GWh LDES tender in New South Wales, Australia, with ESN Premium.

NSW concludes Australia’s largest LDES tender, awarding six battery projects 12GWh. Industry calls it “game-changer” for grid reliability.

ASL (formerly AEMO Services) has completed New South Wales’ (NSW) largest-ever tender for long-duration energy storage (LDES), contracting six new battery projects for a combined 1.17GW/11.98GWh.

South Australia has officially opened its inaugural Firm Energy Reliability Mechanism (FERM) tender round, seeking up to 700MW of long-duration energy storage (LDES) capacity to enhance grid reliability and support the state’s renewable energy transition.

South Australia is set to open a tender seeking 700MW of long-duration energy storage to bolster grid reliability.

New South Wales is set to open its seventh firming tender, seeking approximately 500MW of energy storage to support grid reliability.

The Australian government has opened two CIS tenders in Western Australia, targeting 2.4GWh of energy storage and 1.6GW of renewables.

“We’re expecting the results of the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) Tender 3 in the coming weeks,” Thimo Mueller, general manager, commercial at ASL, said in the opening keynote of the Battery Asset Management Summit Australia 2025 this morning.