OptiGrid, an Australian battery optimisation and trading intelligence platform, has partnered with Acacia Energy to accelerate the deployment of battery storage for commercial and industrial (C&I) customers.

Developer Akaysha Energy has confirmed that the 850MW Waratah Super Battery will undergo a planned balance of plant shutdown from 20 November to 2 December 2025.

Pacific Green’s Portland Energy Park, Victoria’s largest BESS at 1GW/2.5GWh, has secured federal approval via Australia’s EPBC Act.

Battery energy storage systems in Australia’s NEM are facing new operational and revenue challenges due to minimum system load events.

Swedish renewable energy developer OX2 has formally taken ownership of the 1.2GW Dinner Hill Wind Farm and the co-located 400MWh Harvest Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Western Australia.

The 2GWh Kidston Pumped Hydro Project has been registered in the Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) Market Management System (MMS).

Australia’s DCCEEW has announced that the Capacity Investment Scheme Tender 8 will launch later this month seeking 16GWh of energy storage.

Nearly 70% of the 4.5GW/12.7GWh of grid-scale BESS that came online across the globe last month was in China.

Octopus Australia has achieved financial close on a AU$900 million (US$587 million) DC-coupled hybrid facility that combines 300MW of solar generation with a 243MW/486MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in New South Wales.

Ampyr Australia has acquired the 270MW Davenport battery energy storage system (BESS) in South Australia from Green Gold Energy (GGE), renaming the facility the ‘Northern Battery’.