Equis claims New South Wales’ first merchant BESS debt financing for 500MWh asset
Equis Australia claims it has secured New South Wales’ first merchant BESS debt financing for a 500MWh BESS in Australia.
‘Australia lacks a leader for community batteries,’ says Monash Energy Institute
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.
NSW’s ‘staggering’ BESS pipeline, ‘small but mighty Tasmania’ and Australia’s home for utility-scale energy storage
NSW’s BESS pipeline, PHES in Tasmania and the ‘home of utility-scale storage’ were discussed at the Energy Storage Summit Australia 2025.
2.6GWh of BESS successful in Western Australia’s first CIS tender
2.6GWh of utility-scale battery energy storage projects have been successful in Western Australia’s first Capacity Investment Scheme tender.
Energy Vault acquires 1GWh BESS in New South Wales, Australia
Energy storage developer Energy Vault is set to fully acquire the 125MW/1GWh Stoney Creek battery energy storage system (BESS) in New South Wales, Australia, from Enervest Group.
‘World-leader in negative prices’: Australia urged to turn renewable energy challenge into opportunity
Battery storage can turn record-high instances of negative spot pricing in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) into investment opportunities.
Australia: Lengthening durations, renewable hybrids and the need for revenue certainty
On day one of the Energy Storage Summit Australia 2025, the audience heard that although 2 to 4-hour duration battery energy storage systems (BESS) are favourable, longer durations are starting to challenge this.
‘BESS project financing is rapidly evolving,’ says Australia’s CEFC
“BESS project financing is rapidly evolving,” says Niall Brady of Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC).
‘The value of flexible storage will be higher than investors expect’: AEMO Services on Australia’s energy storage market
Thimo Mueller of AEMO Services, believes the value of energy storage in Australia will be higher than investor expectations.
Rio Tinto, Edify Energy sign agreement for 2.4GWh BESS in Queensland, Australia
Rio Tinto has penned an offtake agreement to secure 2.1GWh of BESS capacity from an Edify Energy-owned asset in Queensland, Australia.
