Neoen Australia has commenced construction of a 227MW/907MWh grid-forming battery storage system in South Australia.

NEM-wide battery price spreads fell 85% in a single year to average AU$51/MWh (US$35/MWh) in Q2 2026, according to AEMO.

Quinbrook has completed construction and commenced commercial operations at Stage 2 of its Supernode BESS in Australia.

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.

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.