Sodium-ion (Na-ion) battery energy storage system (BESS) startup Peak Energy has announced a multi-year phased agreement with developer Jupiter Power to supply up to 4.75GWh of Na-ion BESS.

Octopus Australia has achieved financial close on a AU$900 million (US$587 million) DC-coupled hybrid facility that combines 300MW of solar generation with a 243MW/486MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in New South Wales.

Ampyr Australia has acquired the 270MW Davenport battery energy storage system (BESS) in South Australia from Green Gold Energy (GGE), renaming the facility the ‘Northern Battery’.

Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with Joe DeBellis, Global Head of Clean Energy at Firetrace International, about the company’s latest report detailing public support for battery energy storage systems (BESS).

Energy storage developer and system integrator Energy Vault has released its Q3 2025 financial results, showing growth credited to expanding projects in Australia and its ‘Asset Vault’ subsidiary.

Three large-scale BESS with a combined capacity of 720MW have been submitted for federal assessment under Australia’s EPBC Act.

Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) and EDP Renewables Australia have signed an exclusivity agreement to develop the Punchs Creek Renewable Energy Project, a 1,600MWh solar-plus-storage project in Queensland’s Toowoomba region.

Australia’s Waratah Super Battery has been hit with a “catastrophic” failure at one of its transformers, reducing the project’s capacity.

A roundup of battery energy storage system (BESS) stories from the US including Fullmark Energy’s 130MWh BESS reaching commercial operations, Habitat optimising a 500MWh BESS for Ørsted, and Quino Energy securing US$10 million in Series A funding.

HDRE and Zen Energy have executed a 20-year power purchase agreement for the 111MW/330MWh Templers Battery Project in South Australia.