Australian energy storage developer Enervest has acquired the Northern Border Battery, a 300MW battery energy storage system in development, from an unnamed Sydney-based developer.

Iberdrola Australia has submitted a 1,000MW battery energy storage system to Australia’s EPBC Act for federal environmental assessment.

Australia’s New South Wales has seen 532MW of firming projects contracted through its seventh infrastructure tender, securing two projects designed to strengthen electricity supply during periods of peak demand and system stress in the Sydney-Newcastle-Wollongong region.

Energy storage owner-operator BW ESS has submitted a 700MW battery energy storage system (BESS) to Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act for environmental assessment.

Developer Alternate Path has secured federal environmental approval for its 500MW/2,000MWh Murchs Corner battery energy storage system (BESS) in Victoria, Australia.

Australian utility AGL has said adding its Liddell and Tomago BESS to its existing coal-fired generation could boost portfolio returns by 10%

Australia has installed 380,712 home battery storage systems, representing 10.7GWh of storage capacity, since the introduction of the Cheaper Home Batteries Program last year, Chris Bowen, Australia’s minister for climate change and energy, has disclosed.

Queensland has become the first state in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) to discharge over 100GWh from utility-scale battery storage systems in a single month.

Fortescue’s AI-enabled batteries stabilised its Pilbara mining grid without spinning generators, reversing electron flow in nanoseconds during disruption.

New South Wales BESS set two charging records on 2 May, reaching 1,240MW of charging power and capturing 11.9% of state consumption.