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Ev Foley pv magazine editor

Ev Foley pv magazine editor

Ev Foley

Ev is new to pv magazine and brings three decades of experience as a writer, editor, photographer and designer for print and online publications in Australia, the UAE, the USA and Singapore. Based in regional NSW, she is passionate about Australia’s commitment to clean energy solutions.

ev.foley@pv-magazine.com

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Australia’s massive residential battery build continues: 12 GWh via 520,000 home batteries in 2026, crackdowns on quality Australia's Clean Energy Regulator has forecast that up to 12 GWh of storage will be on installed, with rooftop solar rebounding from 2.7 GW in 2025 to between 3-3.37 GW.

Tristan Rayner, Ev Foley

Feb 27, 2026

Markets

Big battery capacity jumps globally 12-fold in four years: IEA The global capacity of utility-scale batteries has increased by more than 12 times between 2020 and 2024, according to the International Energy Agency Electricity 2026 report.

Feb 19, 2026

Grid-scale

Australia switches on 600 MWh BESS co-located with coal-fired power plant Queensland gentailer Stanwell has commenced commercial operation of the 300 MW / 600 MWh Tarong battery energy storage system, which is co-located with the Tarong coal-fired power station.

Feb 16, 2026

Products & Services

Australia: Fox ESS partners with Origin to expand its virtual power plant offerings China-headquartered renewable energy technology provider Fox ESS has partnered with Origin Energy to enable its home battery storage systems to connect to the Origin Loop virtual power plant.

Feb 13, 2026

Grid-scale

Australia’s 2.4 GWh Collie big battery is now operating Western Australia’s state-owned electricity gentailer Synergy has announced one of Australia’s biggest batteries, the 500 MW / 2.4 GWh Collie battery energy storage system is now operational.

Feb 09, 2026

Grid-scale

Enervest sells 4.8 GWh battery storage project to Octopus Australia Energy storage project developer Enervest has sold its 1.2 GW / 4.8 GWh Hanworth battery energy storage system in New South Wales to clean energy developer and fund manager Octopus Australia.

Feb 06, 2026

Tenders

NSW hands out 12 GWh in long-duration storage contracts to six major lithium-ion battery project The New South Wales Roadmap Tender Round 6 for long duration storage has awarded contracts to six new battery energy storage projects representing 1.17 GW/12 GWh of capacity, bumping the state’s storage under contract to 30 GWh.

Feb 05, 2026

Projects & Applications

3 MWh high voltage community battery launched in South Australia A high voltage 2.5 MW / 3 MWh community battery installed through a South Australian electricity distributor, ARENA-funded program will be energised in March 2026 and remain on standby to help manage a regional community’s peak demand.

Feb 02, 2026

Markets

Australia brings online 8.6 GWh of big batteries in 2025 Battery energy storage went from strength to strength across Australia in Q4 2025, seeing the technology outperform past records in both the National Electricity Market and Western Australia’s Wholesale Electricity Market.

Jan 30, 2026

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