Two publicly funded pilots have launched in NSW, testing ways to extend the benefits of distributed solar and battery storage to households.

Akaysha Energy has reached final commercial operations at its Waratah Super Battery in New South Wales, Australia.

The New South Wales (NSW) government has granted development consent for the 200MWh Deniliquin East battery energy storage system.

AEMO has said that a record 9.1GW of new renewable energy and storage capacity connected to the National Electricity Market (NEM) in FY26.

AGL has advanced two grid-scale BESS in New South Wales, one now before Australia’s EPBC Act and the other still in early planning.

Two Victorian battery storage projects have reached new construction and commissioning milestones this week, both connecting to the National Electricity Market (NEM) in Australia.

Lightsource bp has referred a hybrid wind, solar and BESS facility to the federal government for assessment under the EPBC Act.

The Tailem Bend BESS 3 in South Australia and Wooreen BESS in Victoria have both entered the AEMO Market Management System (MMS).

Flow Power has broken ground on its 100MW/223MWh Bennetts Creek BESS in Victoria, its first large-scale standalone BESS project.

All BESS and demand response projects selected under ASL’s 2023 firming tender for New South Wales, Australia, are now operational.