Australia’s CEFC: ‘Capacity Investment Scheme needs changes to support long-duration storage’
“We need some form of policy or expansion of the CIS for LDES,” Nick Hawke, director of Australia’s CEFC, tells ESN Premium.
Australia: HMC Capital completes AU$950 million acquisition of Neoen’s Victoria portfolio
HMC Capital has completed the acquisition of Neoen’s energy storage and renewables portfolio in Victoria, Australia.
Australia’s Marinus Link achieves FID and secures EPBC Act approval for Tasmania interconnector
Marinus Link Pty has secured FID and EPBC Act approval for the first stage of its HVDC interconnector connecting Victoria and Tasmania.
Akaysha Energy’s ‘giant shock absorber’ Waratah Super Battery switched on in Australia
The first 350MW/700MWh of the Waratah Super Battery in New South Wales, Australia, has officially come online.
Hybrid battery systems: A new frontier for Australia’s energy market
Fluence’s Matt Grover and Sam Markham discuss the growing opportunity for hybrid renewables-plus-storage projects in Australia.
New South Wales’s green bank Energy Security Corporation: ‘If there’s a gap getting a project over the line, we will try and play a role’
Paul Peters, CEO of the New South Wales Energy Security Corporation (ESC) discusses the investment mandate of the newly launched green bank.
Grid-scale battery storage discharging hits all-time quarterly high in Australia’s NEM
Grid-scale BESS discharge has hit an all-time quarterly high in Australia’s National Electricity Market for an average of 162MW in Q2 of 2025.
Ark Energy to add 2,000MWh BESS at wind project in New South Wales, Australia
Ark Energy has submitted plans for a 2,000MWh wind-plus-storage project to the New South Wales Independent Planning Commission (IPC).
Fluence lands its biggest deal globally for 2,000MWh grid-forming BESS in Australia
Fluence has penned its largest battery energy storage system deal globally for a 2,000MWh battery storage project owned by Australia’s AGL.
Australia uplifts Capacity Investment Scheme target to 40GW of renewables and energy storage
Australia’s minister for climate change and energy, Chris Bowen, has confirmed that the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) will be upsized from 32GW to 40GW.
