Anthony Albanese, leader of the Australian Labor Party, has pledged to introduce an AU$2.3 billion battery subsidy scheme if re-elected.

With Australia’s federal election set for 3 May 2025, Energy-Storage.news delves into how energy storage could be impacted.

Elgin Energy has seen a 330MW solar-plus-storage site featuring a 250MW/500MWh BESS fast-tracked by the Victoria government in Australia.

Allegro Energy has revealed what it claims is Australia’s first locally manufactured microemulsion flow battery (MeFB) suited for LDES.

New South Wales could become the first Australian state to pass battery regulation under the Product Lifecycle Responsibility Act.

Suitable energy storage project sites are quickly being snapped up in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM), with a premium on grid location.  

BloombergNEF (BNEF) has found that utility-scale BESS uptake in Australia could increase eightfold to 18GW in 2035, up from 2.3GW in 2024.

Taiwan’s HD Renewable Energy (HDRE) and Australian renewable energy developer ZEN Energy have secured a 795MW greenfield solar PV and energy storage portfolio spanning four projects in Australia.

Mark Croudace, executive representative of the LDES Council, questioned what technologies will join lithium-ion on the energy storage podium.

Fluence will use its AI-powered bidding optimisation software Mosaic to co-optimise Gentari’s 172MW Maryvale solar+BESS site in Australia.