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Pacific Green’s entry into the Australian market The Limestone Coast Energy Park marks the first set of assets of an 8.5GWh development pipeline that Pacific Green is rolling out across Australia. Image: Pacific Green.

Pacific Green, ZEN Energy pen 1.5GWh tolling deal for three BESS across Australia

August 6, 2025
Pacific Green has inked a 10-year tolling agreement with ZEN Energy across three BESS in Australia, totalling 1.5GWh of capacity.
Image: Atmos Renewables.

Construction kicks off on 400MWh Merredin Big Battery in Western Australia

August 6, 2025
Construction has officially started on the 100MW/400MWh 4-hour duration Merredin battery energy storage system (BESS) in Western Australia.
The grid-forming BESS will be located around 82km southwest of Melbourne. Image: FRV Australia.

FRV Australia reaches financial close on 500MWh grid-forming BESS

August 6, 2025
Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) Australia has reached financial close on the 250MW/500MWh Gnarwarre battery energy storage system (BESS) in Victoria.
The IPC decision on the project and its site (pictured), followed a period of public consultation. Image: Someva Renewables via LinkedIn

AGL JV gets planning approval for AU$2 billion wind-plus-storage in New South Wales, Australia

August 5, 2025
Australian energy major AGL has welcomed the approval in New South Wales (NSW) of a large-scale wind power plant with battery storage.
Image: Akaysha Energy.
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Australia’s Capacity Investment Scheme ‘should expand to support long-duration storage’

August 5, 2025
“We need some form of policy or expansion of the CIS for LDES,” Nick Hawke, director of Australia’s CEFC, tells ESN Premium.
Image: Akaysha Energy (via LinkedIn).

Akaysha Energy’s ‘giant shock absorber’ Waratah Super Battery switched on in Australia

August 5, 2025
The first 350MW/700MWh of the Waratah Super Battery in New South Wales, Australia, has officially come online.
Image: Fluence.

Hybrid battery systems: A new frontier for Australia’s energy market

August 4, 2025
Fluence’s Matt Grover and Sam Markham discuss the growing opportunity for hybrid renewables-plus-storage projects in Australia.
Image: Energy Security Corporation (via LinkedIn).

New South Wales’s green bank Energy Security Corporation: ‘If there’s a gap getting a project over the line, we will try and play a role’

August 4, 2025
Paul Peters, CEO of the New South Wales Energy Security Corporation (ESC) discusses the investment mandate of the newly launched green bank.
Image: Akaysha Energy.

Grid-scale battery storage discharging hits all-time quarterly high in Australia’s NEM

August 1, 2025
Grid-scale BESS discharge has hit an all-time quarterly high in Australia’s National Electricity Market for an average of 162MW in Q2 of 2025.
Image: NSW Independent Planning Commission.

Ark Energy to add 2,000MWh BESS at wind project in New South Wales, Australia

August 1, 2025
Ark Energy has submitted plans for a 2,000MWh wind-plus-storage project to the New South Wales Independent Planning Commission (IPC).

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