Battery storage capacity in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) expanded by 2,936MW/6,482MWh over the 12 months leading to the end of Q3 2025.

South Australia has officially opened its inaugural Firm Energy Reliability Mechanism (FERM) tender round, seeking up to 700MW of long-duration energy storage (LDES) capacity to enhance grid reliability and support the state’s renewable energy transition.

Australia’s most powerful BESS, the 850MW Waratah Super Battery, achieved its first full discharge to the NEM last week.

Battery energy storage revenues in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) fell 61% in September 2025 to AU$85,000/MW (US$56,712/MW) as price volatility eased across the grid, according to new research from Modo Energy.

Australian energy major AGL has seen its 1,000MWh Liddell battery energy storage system (BESS) in New South Wales (NSW) enter AEMO’s Market Management System.

Just over 70% of the successful projects in the first window of the UK’s long-duration energy storage (LDES) scheme are using lithium-ion BESS technology.

Emerging tech must prove it can outcompete the incumbent, writes Sightline Climate analyst Lukas Karapin-Springorum, outlining the state of play in LDES technology today.

French independent power producer (IPP) Neoen, which is now fully owned by Canadian investment firm Brookfield, has switched on the second phase of its 560MW/2,240MWh Collie BESS in Western Australia.

Viridi Parente has announced its battery energy storage systems (BESS) products meet the current Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) requirements as expanded under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB).

We hear from US-based lithium sulfur battery firm Lyten executives about the firm’s deal to take ownership of European battery firm Northvolt.