Goldwind Capital has submitted the Milpulling Wind Farm, a 1GWh wind-plus-storage site for assessment under Australia’s EPBC Act.

AEMO has set out a storage requirement of almost 50GW in its latest 2026 Integrated System Plan (ISP), split between 35GW of short and medium-duration battery storage for daily firming and 5GW of long-duration energy storage (LDES) for seasonal reliability.

NatPower and Tesla have signed a multi-year supply and execution agreement covering more than 25GWh of BESS across Italy and the UK.

The Australian government has announced the results of Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) Tender 8, selecting 15 battery energy storage projects across the National Electricity Market (NEM), totalling 4.2GW/16.1GWh.

Flower and ENGIE sign a 7-year virtual toll for 126MW in Germany, while Entrix wins optimisation rights for DRI’s 133MW Polish BESS.

Meridian’s Waiinu Energy Park has been referred for consideration under New Zealand’s Fast-track Approvals Act.

In this interview with Energy-Storage.news, Colin Koon Peng Ho of Banpu NEXT explains why policy certainty now outweighs cost in APAC battery storage investment decisions, and discusses regulatory barriers, supply chain localisation and the most attractive BESS opportunities.

South Australia’s SA1 trading region reached the NEM AU$20,300/MWh price cap twice during the evening of 21 June.

Energy storage developer Eku Energy has submitted two BESS, each sized at 300MW and 1,200MWh, for assessment under Australia’s EPBC Act.

Neoen Australia has signed virtual battery agreements with energy retailers Nectr and SmartestEnergy for Stages 2 and 3 of the Western Downs Battery in Queensland.