Ahead of the Energy Storage Summit Australia 2025, which will take place next week (18-19 March) in Sydney, we take a look at some of the key debates set to take centre stage at the event.

AGL Energy has submitted a 3,200MWh PHES project in New South Wales to the Australian government’s EPBC Act.

Tim Buckley of the Climate Energy Finance speaks to ESN Premium about how Australia-Chinese relations could provide an energy storage boom.

Over 6GW of energy storage capacity has been included within the Australian government’s inaugural National Renewable Energy Priority List.

South Australian electricity distributor SA Power Networks is set to develop a portfolio of community batteries to help support distributed energy resources and electric vehicle (EV) charging capabilities.

Neoen’s Australia-based energy storage assets have helped boost the company’s 2024 storage revenue by 66% year-on-year.

Metlen Energy and Metals has submitted a 4.8GWh BESS for approval under the Australian government’s EPBC Act.

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has announced a new 8-hour duration BESS set for the Australian market as part of a collaboration with CATL.

Australia’s Energy Queensland, a government-owned distribution system operator, has partnered with cloud-based battery analytics provider ACCURE Battery Intelligence to monitor two 8MWh batteries in Queensland.

ACEnergy has submitted a 400MW/1,760MWh BESS to the Australian government’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.