Australia has announced the results of the fourth Capacity Investment Scheme tender, with 11.4GWh of solar-plus-storage contracts awarded.

Two battery energy storage systems (BESS) from Origin Energy and Eku Energy, totalling 2,200MWh, have been submitted to Australia’s EPBC Act.

New South Wales is set to open its seventh firming tender, seeking approximately 500MW of energy storage to support grid reliability.

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.

Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) achieved multiple battery energy storage records during the weekend of 27-28 September 2025, highlighted by total storage capacity reaching 6,591.5MWh for the first time.

RWE Renewables Australia has successfully registered Australia’s first 8-hour duration battery energy storage system (BESS) with the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO).

Two battery storage offtake agreements have been signed in Australia, representing over 2GWh of storage capacity.

Green Gravity has signed an agreement with mining company Wollongong Resources to trial its gravitational energy storage in NSW, Australia.

Someva Renewables and AGL Energy have received the federal greenlight to develop a 2GWh wind-plus-storage project in NSW, Australia.

Developer Lightsource bp has commenced construction on a 49MW/562MWh BESS co-located at the 585MWdc Goulburn River solar plant in Australia.