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Australia becomes world’s third-largest utility battery market Australia is the third-largest market worldwide for large-scale energy storage by capacity and is blitzing the field in per capita battery storage installations, with more than 1 GWh per million people – double that of nearest rival the United Kingdom.
Ev Foley
Oct 28, 2025
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Australia backs big batteries amid coal exit Utility-scale batteries are meeting the challenge of guaranteeing network reliability during the clean energy transition with Australia having surpassed the United Kingdom to become the third-largest market for large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS), behind China and the United States.
Ev Foley
Oct 21, 2025
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Australia launches tender for 16 GWh of dispatchable capacity The third tender of the Australian government’s Capacity Investment Scheme has opened, seeking 4 GW/16 GWh of dispatchable capacity for the National Electricity Market (NEM), with the state of Victoria receiving the largest, 1 GW/4 GWh slice.
Ev Foley
Nov 14, 2024
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Western Australia’s capacity tender seeks 2 GWh of energy storage The ball is rolling on the Australian government’s pending Capacity Investment Scheme Tender 2 focussing on the Western Australian Wholesale Electricity Market and which seeks an indicative target of 500 MW of four-hour equivalent dispatchable capacity, or 2,000 MWh.
Ev Foley
Jul 03, 2024
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Australia’s next CIS tender to procure 10 GW solar, wind, storage The Australian government will supercharge its program of underwriting renewable energy generation and clean dispatchable generation capacity by significantly expanding the next auction in its flagship Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) policy.
David Carroll
Oct 21, 2024
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Capacity Investment Scheme tenders for 2.4 GWh of storage for Western Australia The focus of the federal government’s Capacity Investment Scheme has turned to Western Australia with two tenders to open later this month seeking 1.6 GW of renewable generation, such as solar and wind, as well as 2.4 GWh of dispatchable capacity, such as battery energy storage.
David Carroll
Aug 11, 2025
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Australia’s biggest battery storage tender awards more than 15 GWh of projects CIS Tender 3 targeted 4 GW/16 GWh of dispatchable capacity in the National Electricity Market (NEM), but saw 124 bids worth around 34 GW/135 GWh bid in.
Marija Maisch
Sep 16, 2025
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Australia’s big battery bonanza The volume of large-scale battery energy storage projects under construction in Australia passed that of solar and wind projects combined in 2023 and the trend has intensified this year, with batteries attracting federal support. As coal-fired power plants are shuttered, developers and suppliers are enjoying a battery bonanza.
Jonathan Gifford
Oct 25, 2024
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Wartsila says right signals needed to drive Australian battery investment One of the biggest players in Australia’s surging battery energy storage system (BESS) market says regulators and policymakers must establish effective frameworks for market access and get the market signals right to ensure continued investment.
David Carroll
Nov 29, 2024
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