South Australia could see its peak load double from 3.3GW today to 6.5-7GW by 2040, driven by data centres, green steel and hydrogen demand.

New system-level modelling from the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP) has revealed that achieving ultra-low-cost solar targets could create a 2,000GW-scale solar PV market in Australia.

Australia's DCCEEW has launched an approach-to-market seeking an administrator to deliver the National Solar Panel Recycling Pilot.

Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, has successfully completed trials of autonomous robots designed to revolutionise maintenance operations at large-scale solar installations.

Eora Energy has officially launched in Australia and is positioning itself as a challenger in the vanadium redox flow battery market.

Australian BESS face new financing reality as spreads halve to AU$100/MWh and lenders demand 50-70% contracting amid 15GW deployment surge.

Climate Energy Finance’s Tim Buckley argues that geopolitical instability exposes Australia's oil dependency and positions the country as a safe haven for international renewable energy capital.

A 1.6GWh grid-forming battery energy storage system has received EPBC Act approval in Queensland, Australia.

Sungrow has signed an agreement with Romanian energy solutions provider ENEVO Group to supply 1GWh of BESS across projects in Romania.

Iberdrola has added its 360MWh Broadsound battery energy storage system (BESS) to AEMO's Market Management System (MMS).

esVolta has closed a US$139.6 million project financing package with MUFG Bank for its 300MWh Boxcar energy storage project in Texas, US.

Transgrid has shortlisted nine utility-scale battery storage projects, totalling up to 2GW, to provide critical system strength services.

New Zealand's fragmented electricity market structure is creating both opportunities and obstacles for industrial battery storage, as demonstrated by CentrePort Wellington's upcoming deployment.

AU$2bn deal secures Boyne smelter to 2040+ with 600MW+ battery storage firming renewables for Rio Tinto's aluminium production in Queensland.

The New South Wales IPC has approved Ausgrid's 400MWh Steel River East BESS located within the Hunter and Central Coast REZ.

5.5GWh of battery energy storage projects have been added to Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.

Thimo Mueller, general manager of commercial at ASL, has urged that a ‘culture of collaboration’ will be key to New South Wales (NSW) achieving its energy storage targets.

Eku Energy and Valent Energy have recorded separate milestones in their respective expansions of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Australia.

Australian utility AGL has started commissioning its 500MW/1,000MWh Liddell battery energy storage system (BESS) in New South Wales.

Tonic Group has received federal environmental approval for a 440MWh solar-plus-storage facility in Western Australia in less than a month.