Australian energy major AGL has welcomed the approval in New South Wales (NSW) of a large-scale wind power plant with battery storage.

“We need some form of policy or expansion of the CIS for LDES,” Nick Hawke, director of Australia’s CEFC, tells ESN Premium.

The first 350MW/700MWh of the Waratah Super Battery in New South Wales, Australia, has officially come online.

Fluence’s Matt Grover and Sam Markham discuss the growing opportunity for hybrid renewables-plus-storage projects in Australia.

Paul Peters, CEO of the New South Wales Energy Security Corporation (ESC) discusses the investment mandate of the newly launched green bank.

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.

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

Tesla’s Shane Bannister revealed that he doesn’t think Tesla will sell another battery in Australia that’s not grid-forming.

Fluence has penned its largest battery energy storage system deal globally for a 2,000MWh battery storage project owned by Australia’s AGL.

Australia’s minister for climate change and energy, Chris Bowen, has confirmed that the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) will be upsized from 32GW to 40GW.