WaterNSW, the state-owned water supplier to New South Wales, Australia, has selected three dams as suitable sites for pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) developments.

Two battery energy storage systems (BESS) from Origin Energy and Eku Energy, totalling 2,200MWh, have been submitted to Australia’s EPBC Act.

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has completed construction on the first stage of its Supernode battery energy storage system (BESS) in Queensland, Australia.

New South Wales is set to open its seventh firming tender, seeking approximately 500MW of energy storage to support grid reliability.

Australian energy major AGL has seen its 1,000MWh Liddell battery energy storage system (BESS) in New South Wales (NSW) enter AEMO’s Market Management System.

The 300MW/1,200MWh Stanwell battery energy storage system (BESS) in Queensland, Australia, has reached its halfway construction milestone with the final Tesla Megapack units now delivered to the site.

Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) achieved multiple battery energy storage records during the weekend of 27-28 September 2025, highlighted by total storage capacity reaching 6,591.5MWh for the first time.

Samsung C&T Renewable Energy Australia has submitted plans for a 300MWh solar-plus-storage project in Queensland to Australia’s EPBC Act.

Victoria has become the first state in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) to achieve more than 1GW of simultaneous battery storage charging.

The Australian government has granted approval for the 1.4GWh Garoo solar-plus-storage project being pursued by Jinko Power Australia.