Ex-Fluence alumnus Marek Kubik sat down with Energy-Storage.news at last month’s Energy Storage Summit 2026 in London to talk big picture BESS technology trends, including energy density, LDES and sodium-ion.

AU$2bn deal secures Boyne smelter to 2040+ with 600MW+ battery storage firming renewables for Rio Tinto’s aluminium production in Queensland.

Eku Energy and Valent Energy have recorded separate milestones in their respective expansions of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Australia.

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has received environmental clearance for its Supernode North battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Queensland, Australia.

“When we started back in two years ago, there was a lack of understanding in the market about how the grid-forming inverters operate,” said Ghasem Jahedi, principal grid engineer at AGL.

The NSW government has endorsed 16 projects worth a collective AU$34.4 billion through its newly established Investment Delivery Authority.

We caught up with the CEO of owner-operator BW ESS, Erik Strømsø, about the firm’s next deployment plans, tolling trends, procurement and LDES, with its 11.5-hour Bannaby BESS in Australia further proof of lithium-ion’s long-duration potential.

The 200MW/400MWh New England battery energy storage system (BESS) in New South Wales has registered with the Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) Market Management System (MMS).

Australia’s Clean Energy Council has said that 2025 saw as many battery energy storage systems commissioned as in the last 8 years combined.

CleanCo Queensland has officially opened the Swanbank BESS, a 250MW/500MWh facility in Ipswich, Australia.