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Genex Power's Bouldercombe BESS project (pictured) suffered a 'minor' fire during commissioning but has since come online. Image: Genex Power.
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BESS revenue in Australia’s NEM drops 40% on average in March 2025

April 15, 2025
A reduction in price volatility has seen BESS revenue decrease by 40% in Australia’s NEM month-on-month in March 2025.
Image: Acen Australia.

Acen Australia secures AU$750 million financing for 13GW renewables, energy storage pipeline

April 15, 2025
Acen Australia has secured AU$750 million (US$472 million) in debt financing to support the rollout of its 13GW renewable energy and storage portfolio.
Image: Solar Media.

‘There’s a lot of stars that need to align’: Fluence on batteries as virtual transmission in Australia

April 11, 2025
Rob Hills, APAC vice-president of engineering and commissioning, Fluence, said: “A lot of stars need to align” for BESS as virtual transmission.
Image: Edify Energy.

500MWh solar-plus-storage site fast-tracked for approval in Victoria, Australia

April 1, 2025
Elgin Energy has seen a 330MW solar-plus-storage site featuring a 250MW/500MWh BESS fast-tracked by the Victoria government in Australia.
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New South Wales to become first Australian state to pass battery regulation legislation

March 31, 2025
New South Wales could become the first Australian state to pass battery regulation under the Product Lifecycle Responsibility Act.
Image: Solar Media.

What will join lithium-ion on the energy storage podium?

March 27, 2025
Mark Croudace, executive representative of the LDES Council, questioned what technologies will join lithium-ion on the energy storage podium.
Gentari secured the Maryvale solar-plus-storage site (pictured) as part of its acquisition of Wirsol in 2023. Image: Gentari Renewables.

Gentari picks Fluence’s optimisation platform for 172MW/408MWh hybrid solar-storage project in Australia

March 26, 2025
Fluence will use its AI-powered bidding optimisation software Mosaic to co-optimise Gentari’s 172MW Maryvale solar+BESS site in Australia.
LG Energy Solution's plant in Wroclaw, Poland, where it is manufacturing batteries for both EVs and ESS. Image: LG Energy Solution Wroclaw.

PGE’s 900MWh BESS will be first to use LG’s ESS batteries produced in Poland

March 25, 2025
LG Energy Solution has confirmed that it will manufacture the batteries for a 263MW/900MWh BESS project in Poland at its plant in Wroclaw, in the southwest of the country.
Image: Squadron Energy.

Squadron Energy seeks approval for 1,000MWh BESS in New South Wales, Australia

March 25, 2025
Squadron Energy is seeking approval from the Australian government’s EPBC Act to develop a 1,000MWh BESS in New South Wales.
An example of a neighbourhood battery system in West Australia, installed in a trial by Western Power. Image: Western Power.

‘Australia lacks a leader for community batteries,’ says Monash Energy Institute

March 24, 2025
Dr Emi Gui of the Monash Energy Institute believes there’s a void in the market for an entity to drive Australia’s community batteries.

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