Experts predict what 2025 holds for U.S. energy policy: EV battery costs fall, energy storage demand surges, carbon removal hits scale, permitting reform in D.C.
Nineteen projects were announced as winners in the government''s CIS announcement yesterday - including seven standalone solar farms and six standalone wind
As the world''s largest integrated energy project combining wind, solar, storage, and transmission capabilities, it has played a critical role in advancing hybrid power generation,
Source: Clean Energy Australia 2025 How Battery Energy Storage Supports Renewable Power Battery storage is now key to Australia''s clean energy transition. It stabilizes supply by storing extra renewable energy
The Axedale project is a hybrid installation combining photovoltaic (PV) solar generation and battery energy storage system (BESS) in Victoria It will supply clean,
The solar-plus-storage colocated site will be within the proposed Central Queensland renewable energy zone, and cost an estimated USD $1.3 billion.
New generation projects off to a slow start for 2025 New investment commitments to large-scale energy generation projects got off to a slow start for the year after a bumper final quarter in
The Clean Energy Council''s Q1 2025 report revealed that six major BESS projects secured funding, totaling AUD 2.4 billion and adding 1,510 MW (1.5 GW) of new storage capacity.
The Eurimbula solar battery project was formerly known as the Rodds Bay solar project, originally developed by Renew Estate, but has since been sold, renamed and upsized.
Acen Australia has made headlines with its recent sale of a significant hybrid solar PV and battery energy storage system (BESS) project to Fotowatio Renewable Ventures
Taiwan''s HD Renewable Energy (TPE:6873) has acquired the development rights to 795 MW of battery and hybrid solar-storage projects in Australia through its joint
The Elaine Hybrid Renewable Energy Project in regional Victoria has reached a significant milestone with the issuance of a 5.3.4A letter by the Australian Energy Market
Technology group Wärtsilä will supply a 64 MW / 128 MWh energy storage system for Octopus Australia''s Fulham Solar Battery Hybrid project. The Fulham project
The South African authorities awarded project agreements to two wind-solar-storage hybrid projects that were selected in a 2 GW tech-neutral tender held under the Risk Mitigation Independent Power
Battery energy storage system (BESS) integrator Fluence will use its AI-powered bidding optimisation software Mosaic to co-optimise Gentari Renewables'' 172MW Maryvale solar-plus-storage site in New South Wales,
The recent "Solar + ESS" auction results highlight the growing importance of co-locating solar with energy storage projects. A February 2025 notification by the Ministry of
The project will be constructed in two phases. The first phase of 561 MW solar + 100 MW/200 MWh battery storage is targeted to reach commercial operational date (COD) in the first half of 2026 and the second
More than 16 GW of solar and wind generation and approximately 6 GW of energy storage projects could benefit from an accelerated environmental approvals process as
This is a pioneering project in many ways, as it is not only Western Australia''s first large-scale hybrid photovoltaic and battery storage project, but also the region''s first solar hybrid initiative.
Australia''s remarkable run of investment commitments to energy storage projects continued in Q1 2025. Six storage projects representing 1,510 MW (capacity) / 5,016 MWh (energy output) reached financial close – the
Australia''s Largest Operational DC-Coupled Solar-Plus-Storage Project – The 128 MWdc / 100 MWac PV + 55 MW / 220 MWh BESS Cunderdin Hybrid Project will
The biggest DC-coupled solar hybrid project in Australia has received grid approval – a landmark that will help push solar output into evening peaks, where it is needed most.
For the second consecutive quarter in 2025 Australia has seen weaker investment in new renewable energy and storage projects, following subdued investor confidence
Strategically located in Cunderdin, Western Australia, the project features Sungrow''s fully DC-coupled system architecture, which connects the PV system directly with
Construction of a 300 MW solar farm and 486 MWh battery energy storage project planned for southeast New South Wales is scheduled to commence later this year after
Two hybrid solar-storage projects with a combined generation capacity of 520 MW were among the 4 successful storage projects in in CIS Tender 2 – Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM) Dispatchable Capacity – 120 MW from
"It will be the largest NEM-connected solar & battery hybrid project in Australia, and its successful development thus far clearly demonstrates how SMA''s grid-forming technology can be scaled to meet the NEM''s needs.
Australia has a massive pipeline of grid-scale battery energy storage projects. 16.5 GW of new battery projects could arrive in the NEM in the next 3 years.
Image: SMA Australia Construction of the Elaine hybrid project is scheduled to commence in 2026, with commercial operations expected in 2027. For Elgin, now majority
Hybrid BESS projects are set to become "critical enablers: of Australia''s clean energy future. Image: Fluence. Fluence''s Matt Grover, director, energy markets, and Sam
Largest Hybrid Facility: The Eurimbula Hybrid Facility is the largest hybrid renewable energy project in Australia, combining a 696-MWp solar farm with a 666-MW/1,332-MWh battery storage system, setting a new benchmark for hybrid energy solutions in the country.
Australia's remarkable run of investment commitments to energy storage projects continued in Q1 2025. Six storage projects representing 1,510 MW (capacity) / 5,016 MWh (energy output) reached financial close – the second-highest quarterly result for newly financially committed storage projects.
“It will be the largest NEM-connected solar & battery hybrid project in Australia, and its successful development thus far clearly demonstrates how SMA’s grid-forming technology can be scaled to meet the NEM’s needs.
Australia’s Largest Operational DC-Coupled Solar-Plus-Storage Project – The 128 MWdc / 100 MWac PV + 55 MW / 220 MWh BESS Cunderdin Hybrid Project will significantly enhance renewable energy integration.
In addition to the six projects that reached financial commitment, a further three battery storage projects commenced construction in the first quarter of 2025, with a total of 840 MW / 2.9 GWh in storage capacity / energy output.
There are also 69 committed storage projects (either standalone or hybrid projects) currently in this pipeline, equivalent to 12,532 MW / 32,078 MWh in capacity / energy output. Read the latest updates from the Clean Energy Council and across the industry. When it comes to Australia’s energy future, communities have legitimate questions.
