CIP has acquired full ownership of the 104MW Gawara Baya wind-plus-storage project in North Queensland, Australia, from developer Windlab.

Developers who buy or flip battery storage projects mid-life risk inheriting decommissioning liabilities they had not properly accounted for,

Speaking to ESN Premium, Kashish Shah of Wärtsilä explains why Australia’s volatile market structure makes it uniquely suited for battery storage.

Octopus Australia, via its development partner Enervest, has submitted a 1.2GW/4.8GWh BESS for assessment under Australia’s EPBC Act.

AMPYR Australia has selected OptiGrid’s OptiBidder platform to optimise the battery storage systems in its portfolio, following a benchmarking process that compared the platform’s revenue performance against rival optimisation systems.

Ausconnex has begun construction on the first of eight community BESS planned across Greater Western Sydney, Australia.

AEMO has published its 2026 ESOO, finding a clearer pathway to maintaining a reliable electricity supply across the NEM in the coming decade.

HMC said it has committed equity to develop its first new-build battery storage project in Australia, a 300MW/1,200MWh facility in Victoria.

A battery storage system can meet every contracted performance guarantee and still leave its owner watching day-to-day output fall short of expectations.

DC-coupled solar-plus-storage projects can reduce the time needed for grid connection approval compared with AC-coupled designs.