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A 1,660 MWh battery goes live in NSW as data centre demand underwrites a new wave of mega-projects, reshaping the NEM's storage pipeline.
AEMO’s 2026 Integrated System Plan has introduced demand-side action as a core strategy, forecasting that flexible consumption could offset 2.3GW of required capacity by 2050. Despite this inclusion, current modeling treats demand response as a fixed input rather than an optimized variable, representing only one percent of NEM capacity compared to higher international benchmarks.
Akaysha Energy has commenced commercial operations at its 415 MW / 1,660 MWh Orana battery in New South Wales. The four-hour duration facility, one of the largest on the National Electricity Market, utilizes a virtual tolling structure to manage energy arbitrage and grid stability.
Consumer-owned energy resources (CER) are expected to provide 40 per cent of the National Electricity Market’s capacity by 2050.
French independent power producer (IPP) Neoen Australia has begun construction of a 215MW/963MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at its 440MWp Culcairn Solar Farm in New South Wales, Australia.
Akaysha Energy has achieved commercial operations for its 1,660MWh Orana battery energy storage system in New South Wales. The BlackRock-owned developer's large-scale project represents a significant addition to the National Electricity Market's firming capacity.
Australian developer NextDC has secured a 12-year agreement to purchase firmed electricity for its AI-focused data centres, a deal that underwrites the construction of a new four-hour battery storage system in South Australia.
Singapore-based renewables developer raises more than $1 billion in green financing facilities to support solar and battery assets across Australia.
One of the first projects in Australia to combine grid-forming wind generation with DC-coupled battery storage has won approval to connect to the main grid.
Energy North has submitted a proposed 1GW hyperscale data centre campus with a co-located 16GWh BESS to Australia's EPBC Act.
Australian electric vehicles are projected to reach electricity consumption levels comparable to the nation's entire residential sector, yet forecasts suggest only 10% of these vehicles will actively discharge power back into the grid.
HMC Capital has rebranded its energy division as Zenith Energy to progress a portfolio of renewable assets, confirming that its immediate project pipeline is fully financed through to the final investment decision stage.
Australia must accelerate the deployment of solar and wind infrastructure to maintain its status as a global energy leader and secure future industrial competitiveness. Rapidly scaling these renewable resources is essential to leveraging the nation's natural advantages and ensuring long-term grid resilience.
Neoen Australia begins construction of a big battery alongside one of Australia’s biggest solar farms, where it will share the same grid connection.
Andrew Forrest's mining company collaborates with two TAFE branches to address a critical shortage of electricians that threatens to slow Australia's renewable energy transition.
State EPA defers native tree clearing decisions to the department of mines for the new gas plant application from Gina Rinehart's Hancock Energy.
Spanish developer Grenergy has secured a 15-year power purchase agreement with an undisclosed global utility to supply 1TWh of annual night-time electricity in Chile.
EnBW and VPI have launched construction on large-scale BESS projects in Germany, while Elements Green and Eku Energy have agreed supply and acquisition deals respectively for separate 400MW/1,600MWh projects.
Industry experts at the pv magazine Focus event in Munich emphasized that rigorous quality control, robust contract design, and formal certification are more critical to BESS project bankability and long-term performance than battery chemistry alone.
On 29 June, the China Energy Storage Alliance (CNESA) and the China Automotive Battery Industry Innovation Alliance jointly released the 'Initiative on Standardising Supplier Payment Practices for Power and Stationary Storage Battery Enterprises.'
Spanish utility Iberdrola's subsidiary Avangrid has announced plans to construct a 41MW/82MWh BESS facility in Gilliam County, Oregon.
The weekly average electricity price stood in excess of €115 ($131.08)/MWh across most major European markets last week after much of the continent dealt with a heatwave, AleaSoft says.
Ireland's solar market is continuing to mature rapidly, according to Solar Ireland's 2026 annual report which also identified the emergence of a 'duck curve' and called for more energy storage to balance out the 2.7 GW of solar now connected to the g…
Hitachi Energy started construction on a major expansion of its South Boston campus, with plans for a power transformers producing facility.
European energy firms Axpo and e-Storage have formed a partnership for a battery storage project in southern Italy, while RES Group secured a Swedish asset management contract and R.Power agreed to divest a Polish battery site to Engie.
A report by Equirus Securities predicts data centres, green hydrogen and night-time connectivity could add 15-20 GW of incremental solar demand annually from fiscal year 2029, which could lead to annual solar installations in India rising from around…
SAEL Industries has commenced construction on a large-scale solar manufacturing facility in Jewar, UP, through its subsidiary SAEL Solar P6.
Masdar has started construction on a 1GW wind farm in Kazakhstan's Zhambyl region, marking its first renewable energy project in the country.
UK researchers have modeled the integration of floating solar PV with electrolysis on reservoirs to generate hydrogen for transport and heating. The simulation indicates these large-scale installations could simultaneously provide significant renewable energy and reduce water loss through suppressed evaporation.
Research assessing the demand-constrained solar potential of 38 European countries finds the continent could feasibly deploy around 614 GW of solar, before storage or flexibility measures are added.
Goldbeck Solar’s HeliomatiX system uses a container-based Assembly Hub, autonomous crawler, and robotic mounting to automate solar park construction.
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Diesel is where trade balance, jobs and strategic exposure all sit, and solar charged battery electric trucking is how to replace it. China has already proven the technology. Australia just needs the will and a plan.
Researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have developed spectrally selective semi-transparent crystalline silicon agrivoltaic modules that redirect near-infrared light to solar cells while transmitting photosynthetically active radia…
Polestar says latest version of the Polestar 4 now available for order in Australia, with a lower carbon footprint, but it's been denied permission to sell its EVs in the US.
Voltec has developed a new 50-cell glass-backsheet residential PV module layout that increases power output by up to 4% within the same module footprint.
Canadian startup Reflect10 has unveiled a photovoltaic module architecture that it claims boosts average daily energy production by 20% by integrating light-reflecting geometry into the module, with reported gains of up to 2.66 times during early mor…
BMW unveils the iX5, which will offer 845 km of WLTP range thanks to a massive 141 kWh battery pack, and is due to arrive in Australia in the first quarter of 2027.
New South Wales should hit the brakes on a proposed EV road tax to avoid slowing their adoption, increasing pollution and confusing consumers, an inquiry has been told.
Australia’s first locally made electric “bendy” or articulated bus has been unveiled, the first of two to be rolled out by the local public transport operator.
Tesla installs the first of its new "folding" 500 kW superchargers in Europe, at a major charging hub in Norway.