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New South Wales to become first Australian state to pass battery regulation legislation

March 31, 2025
New South Wales could become the first Australian state to pass battery regulation under the Product Lifecycle Responsibility Act.
'The developer conundrum - challenges to operations' panel at Energy Storage Summit Australia 2025 in Sydney with (L-R) moderator Simon Mason, Everoze, Killian Wentrup, Acen Energy, Daphne Yao, Valent Energy and Tom Best, Eku Energy. Image: Solar Media

‘There’s been a real land grab in the NEM’: Australia’s BESS developers talk challenges

March 28, 2025
Suitable energy storage project sites are quickly being snapped up in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM), with a premium on grid location.  
Waratah Super Battery. Image: Akaysha Energy.

BNEF: Australia’s utility-scale BESS uptake to expand eightfold to 18GW in 2035

March 28, 2025
BloombergNEF (BNEF) has found that utility-scale BESS uptake in Australia could increase eightfold to 18GW in 2035, up from 2.3GW in 2024.
Image: HD Renewable Energy.

HDRE, ZEN Energy JV secures 695MW energy storage portfolio in Australia; acquires 104MWh BESS in Japan

March 27, 2025
Taiwan’s HD Renewable Energy (HDRE) and Australian renewable energy developer ZEN Energy have secured a 795MW greenfield solar PV and energy storage portfolio spanning four projects in Australia.
Image: Solar Media.

What will join lithium-ion on the energy storage podium?

March 27, 2025
Mark Croudace, executive representative of the LDES Council, questioned what technologies will join lithium-ion on the energy storage podium.
Gentari secured the Maryvale solar-plus-storage site (pictured) as part of its acquisition of Wirsol in 2023. Image: Gentari Renewables.

Gentari picks Fluence’s optimisation platform for 172MW/408MWh hybrid solar-storage project in Australia

March 26, 2025
Fluence will use its AI-powered bidding optimisation software Mosaic to co-optimise Gentari’s 172MW Maryvale solar+BESS site in Australia.
SMA's Sunny Central UP-S energy storage inverter. The company claimed its SiC MOSFET technology enables >99.2% efficiency. Image: SMA

ROUNDUP: SMA central inverter, e-Storage Arizona deal, Trina Storage 5MWh BESS launch

March 25, 2025
Another roundup from the world of energy storage, with news from SMA, Canadian Solar’s e-Storage and Trina Storage.
Image: Squadron Energy.

Squadron Energy seeks approval for 1,000MWh BESS in New South Wales, Australia

March 25, 2025
Squadron Energy is seeking approval from the Australian government’s EPBC Act to develop a 1,000MWh BESS in New South Wales.
A rendering of the Calala BESS in Tamworth, New South Wales. Image: Equis.

Equis claims New South Wales’ first merchant BESS debt financing for 500MWh asset

March 25, 2025
Equis Australia claims it has secured New South Wales’ first merchant BESS debt financing for a 500MWh BESS in Australia.
An example of a neighbourhood battery system in West Australia, installed in a trial by Western Power. Image: Western Power.

‘Australia lacks a leader for community batteries,’ says Monash Energy Institute

March 24, 2025
Dr Emi Gui of the Monash Energy Institute believes there’s a void in the market for an entity to drive Australia’s community batteries.

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