Inside South Australia’s FERM tender: Why a technology-neutral process produced an all-battery outcome
ESN Premium speaks with ASL on the latest FERM tender results in South Australia and why batteries excelled.
Strategic procurement in a dynamic BESS market: The power of early engagement and strong partnerships
Madiha Waseem of Fluence explores how early supplier engagement & procurement models are reshaping BESS delivery amid supply pressures.
VIDEO: ‘We miss some benefits of diversification’: ITP Thermal warns against lithium-ion over-reliance in Australia
In this interview with ESN Premium, Keith Lovegrove of ITP Thermal warns that Australia’s energy storage sector risks over-reliance on lithium-ion batteries.
Beyond deployment: Building a circular future for renewable energy
Fluence’s Daniel Elias explores why circular-economy principles and material recovery are essential as renewable energy infrastructure matures and reaches end of life.
‘We’re not talking 30MWh anymore. It’s 500MWh or above’: Trina Storage on APAC’s battery storage scale-up
Trina Storage’s Warrick Stapleton discusses APAC’s shift to 500MWh+ BESS, open ecosystem approach, and Australia’s role as a regional testbed.
VIDEO: ‘It’s going to massively scale here’: Fluence chief predicts data centre battery storage slingshot in Australia
Fluence’s chief growth officer, Jeff Monday, and Australia strategy lead, Sam Markham, discuss hyperscale opportunities, grid-forming evolution, and the company’s high-density Smartstack deployment plans.
VIDEO: ‘Storage must come first’: Why Australia mandates parallel solar-plus-storage development but sequential commissioning
Envision’s Behzad Naderi believes that Australia’s hybridisation rules are reshaping development and connection processes across the NEM.
Powering Australia’s next phase of decarbonisation: Why long-duration storage must lead
James Costello, CEO of EORA Energy, argues that long-duration vanadium redox flow battery storage is critical to Western Australia’s decarbonisation efforts, particularly for remote mining operations.
‘Massive reminder of geopolitical risk’: Australia positioned to capture fleeing battery storage investment amid Middle East tension
Climate Energy Finance’s Tim Buckley argues that geopolitical instability exposes Australia’s oil dependency and positions the country as a safe haven for international renewable energy capital.
How Australia can turn the data centre boom into a grid growth story
Jeff Monday of Fluence believes Australia can transform its data centre boom from a grid constraint into a growth opportunity using BESS.
