Oceania

Australia Greenlights Wooderson’s 8-Hour Grid Battery

EPBC greenlight propels AUD 1.9b Wooderson: 980,000-panel solar plus 450‑MW/3,600‑MWh battery to power 235,000 homes and deliver dispatchable capacity to Queensland by 2031.

Feb 20, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Australia, queensland, Oceania, res, EnergyEstate

Australia Clears Tonic’s Solar Park With 440-MWh Battery

Tonic Group secures approval for an Australian solar park with 440‑MWh battery, turning sun into dispatchable power—cutting curtailment, boosting capture prices, and bolstering evening peaks and grid reliability.

Feb 18, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Battery Storage, Australia, Oceania, Solar Park, Planning Approval, Grid reliability

CIMIC Seeks Green Light for Queensland Solar-Storage Hub

CIMIC’s Queensland hybrid hub pairs utility solar and 2–4‑hour grid‑forming battery for evening power, targeting FCAS and curtailment relief, with robust environmental safeguards and next-step grid studies.

Feb 5, 2026 // Storage, Australia, queensland, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, permitting, CIMIC

NSW Court Clears Hunter Solar-Battery Project, Trimming Risk

NSW court greenlights contested Hunter solar-plus-storage, setting a permitting precedent as coal retires. Legal certainty de-risks finance, speeds evening-peak batteries—and spotlights smarter mitigation and community engagement.

Feb 3, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Australia, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, new south wales, permitting, court ruling

RES, Energy Estate File A$1.3b Solar-Storage Plan

AUD 1.3b solar-plus-storage hub pairs multi-hundred-MW PV with multi-hour batteries to hit evening peaks, bolster grid, cut losses—backed by jobs, wildlife safeguards, and PPA-driven revenues.

Jan 20, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Australia, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, res, energy estate, planning

CleanPeak Snaps Up Five NSW Solar-Battery Sites

CleanPeak snaps up five NSW solar-plus-storage sites, bolstering near-load, distribution-connected capacity to deliver evening MWh, firmed renewables and higher-margin grid services as coal retires—without interconnection delays.

Jan 16, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Australia, CleanPeak, Oceania

Atmos Renewables’ Green Refi Supercharges Battery, Wind Pipeline

Atmos Renewables secures oversubscribed green loan refinancing, unifying debt to fast-track batteries and wind—including Merredin, Heywood, Parron Maam Marang—unlocking flexible capital to push Australia’s clean-energy pipeline into construction.

Jan 5, 2026 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, Atmos Renewables

Neoen Breaks Ground on BHP-Backed Goyder Big Battery

Neoen breaks ground on Tesla-powered 226MW/866MWh battery at Goyder North, pairing with wind to firm BHP from 2029, deliver grid-forming services, and crush evening peaks across South Australia.

Dec 23, 2025 // Storage, Battery Storage, Australia, South Australia, neoen, Oceania, bhp

Ark Wins Federal Nod for $790m NSW Solar-Battery

Ark Energy’s 435‑MW Richmond Valley solar-plus-storage wins EPBC approval, fast-tracking finance for firm evening power via multi-hour battery—accelerating NSW’s coal-to-renewables shift with lower interconnection risk.

Dec 17, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, new south wales, permitting, Ark Energy

NBN Taps Munna Creek, Hits 100% Renewables

NBN Co hits 100% renewables via Munna Creek solar offtake; PPA locks 20%+ output as bifacial-tracked PV readies battery boost—showcasing corporate PPAs powering Australia’s transition.

Dec 15, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, PPA, Australia, queensland, Oceania, utility solar, NBN Co

Queensland switches on large solar farm as NBN signs offtake slice

A 255,000-panel solar farm near Gympie and Maryborough has gone live, with NBN Co buying over 20% of its output via PPA.

Dec 11, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, PPA, Australia, queensland, Oceania, utility solar, NBN

Lodestone Fires Up Coromandel Solar, First Power

New Zealand’s Lodestone flips first power at 33‑MWp Coromandel solar farm, easing summer bottlenecks, boosting daytime renewables, future battery-ready—with biodiversity gains and local jobs powering electrification and data centers.

Dec 10, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, New Zealand, Oceania, utility solar, commissioning, Lodestone, Coromandel

Agile Energy Secures Equity for 200MW Australian Solar-Plus-Storage

Agile Energy secures capital to fast-track 200 MW of rooftop solar-plus-storage, scaling nationwide C&I rollouts with turnkey, monitored systems that cut costs, shave peaks, relieve grids, and slash emissions.

Dec 8, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Rooftop PV, Australia, Oceania, Agile Energy

Vena Energy Starts Building 408-MWh Battery in South Australia

Vena Energy begins construction of a 408-MWh battery at Tailem Bend, expanding its solar-storage hub and boosting South Australia’s grid stability.

Dec 8, 2025 // Storage, Australia, South Australia, Oceania, energy transition, Vena Energy, Tailem Bend

Fortescue installs first BYD battery to decarbonise Pilbara operations network

Fortescue has deployed a large BYD battery system in Western Australia’s Pilbara, cutting diesel use and enabling more renewable integration.

Dec 5, 2025 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, BESS, mining, BYD, decarbonisation

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