Australia’s energy storage market faces a reckoning as rooftop solar threatens utility-scale economics
Hamilton Locke partner Matt Baumgurtel warns of a seismic shift as distributed energy resources with “zero marginal cost” emerge.
How will the Frequency Performance Payments reform impact BESS owners in Australia?
ESN Premium speaks with Sahand Karimi, co-founder and CEO of Australian AI-driven energy management company OptiGrid, on the new FPP reform.
BESS as virtual transmission in Australia: Unlocking the grid’s true potential
Rob Hills, APAC vice-president of engineering and commissioning, Fluence, explains the potential of BESS as virtual transmission in Australia.
What will join lithium-ion on the energy storage podium?
Mark Croudace, executive representative of the LDES Council, questioned what technologies will join lithium-ion on the energy storage podium.
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.
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.
LDES and battery revenue streams: trends to look out for at Energy Storage Summit Australia 2025
Ahead of the Energy Storage Summit Australia 2025, which will take place next week (18-19 March) in Sydney, we take a look at some of the key debates set to take centre stage at the event.
Australia’s shift towards long-duration energy storage systems
Energy-Storage.news delves into long-duration energy storage and how it is helping shape Australia’s energy transition.
Australia needs renewables, transmission and lots of storage to quit fossil fuels
Australia runs a great risk of failing to meet its ambitious but achievable renewable energy goals, writes Stephanie Bashir, CEO of Nexa Advisory, who explains why utility-scale energy storage is among the crucial tools in the country’s energy transition toolkit.
