Queensland’s Swanbank battery energy storage system (BESS) earned AU$743,000 (US$532,608) in dispatch revenue last month, more than double the AU$306,000 generated by the Victorian Big Battery over the same period in Australia.
Australia has emerged as the world’s third-largest utility-scale battery energy storage market, with 4.3GW of large-scale battery storage systems reaching financial close in 2025.
Hitachi Energy has entered a 20-year service agreement with Australian developer Akaysha Energy to support the 155MW/298MWh Ulinda Park battery energy storage system (BESS) in Queensland’s Western Downs region.
Queensland has become the first state in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) to discharge over 100GWh from utility-scale battery storage systems in a single month.