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Australian Labor Party pledges to introduce AU$2.3 billion home battery subsidy if re-elected

April 7, 2025
Anthony Albanese, leader of the Australian Labor Party, has pledged to introduce an AU$2.3 billion battery subsidy scheme if re-elected.
Rendering of CS Energy's 200MWh Chincilla BESS project, announced by the state-owned group earlier this year. Image: CS Energy.

Australia: Queensland grid secures new battery discharge record

April 4, 2025
Queensland achieved a new battery discharge record on 30 March 2025, with a maximum instantaneous battery discharge of 474.1MW at 17:55.
Anthony Albanese (pictured) and the Labor Party have taken on board the need for storage in making clean energy dispatchable, Dr Bruce Mountain said. Image: Anthony Albanese's office via Twitter.

Australia’s federal election: a shift in policy could cause ‘chaos and delay’

April 3, 2025
With Australia’s federal election set for 3 May 2025, Energy-Storage.news delves into how energy storage could be impacted.
Rendering of Eku Energy's proposed Wongalea BESS project in NSW, Australia. Image: Eku Energy
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Australia has the world’s toughest grid codes, and BESS developer Eku Energy is fine with that

April 2, 2025
ESN Premium hears from Tom Best, COO at Eku Energy, what it takes to comply with Australia’s Generator Performance Standards.
Image: Edify Energy.

500MWh solar-plus-storage site fast-tracked for approval in Victoria, Australia

April 1, 2025
Elgin Energy has seen a 330MW solar-plus-storage site featuring a 250MW/500MWh BESS fast-tracked by the Victoria government in Australia.
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Australia’s Allegro Energy reveals ‘promising’ redox flow battery ahead of Eraring trial

April 1, 2025
Allegro Energy has revealed what it claims is Australia’s first locally manufactured microemulsion flow battery (MeFB) suited for LDES.
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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.

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