https://www.ess-news.com/2025/12/15/australia-commits-extra-3-3-billion-to-home-battery-subsidy/
Good news from Australia. The programme is now triple the original size and is getting tweaked to (I think) avoid it being gobbled up by big players.
https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/how-cheap-is-battery-storage/
Exciting times, especially in the sunbelt.
BESS Project capex: $125/kWh (outside China and US).
LCOS: $65/MWh
Dispatchable solar: $76 /MWh (Dayshifting, not 95%+ CF)
Remarkable growth in "rest of World" of 242% YoY.
@mihamarkic @billiglarper @JohanEmpa
Yes, sooner would be so much better.
OTOH, Lithium BESS has gone from ~100MWh deployed in 2017 to ~92GWh in 2025. so around 1000x in 8 years (and thats not counting domestic behind the meter).
China deployed a 100MWh Sodium BESS in 2024 so by 2032...
Peak energy have some great tech and a great vision of BESS as cheap, super safe, silent, "install and forget" technology.
Turns out batteries are quite useful.
Andres
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The fact we’re now offering free electricity for 3 hours a day in Australia, shows just how far renewables have come. We’ve gone from managing scarcity to managing abundance. ☀️⚡Energy isn’t the problem anymore — storage & timing are. The future grid is solar-soaked. #Renewables #EV #BESS #Solar
Australian households to get f...
The fact we’re now offering free electricity for 3 hours a day in Australia, shows just how far renewables have come. We’ve gone from managing scarcity to managing abundance. ☀️⚡Energy isn’t the problem anymore — storage & timing are. The future grid is solar-soaked. #Renewables #EV #BESS #Solar
Australian households to get f...
Batteries at scale are changing a lot of assumptions.
The thing about batteries (and renewables, but REALLY about batteries) is the sheer volume of research (both in labs, company R&D and deployed) along with the pletora of research directions to choose from.
We are still at the bottom of the hill for battery and energy storage research.
Tom
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Neoen now operates 3.1 GWh of battery storage in Western Australia — Collie alone holds 2.24 GWh, one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. 🇦🇺⚡️Coal built WA’s past, but solar + storage will define its future. The sun’s winning, quietly but decisively. ☀️🔋 #EnergyTransition #BESS #Solar #Lithium
Neoen surpasses 3 GWh of stora...
Neoen now operates 3.1 GWh of battery storage in Western Australia — Collie alone holds 2.24 GWh, one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. 🇦🇺⚡️Coal built WA’s past, but solar + storage will define its future. The sun’s winning, quietly but decisively. ☀️🔋 #EnergyTransition #BESS #Solar #Lithium
Neoen surpasses 3 GWh of stora...
Tom
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BESS is entering hyper-growth — forecast to hit 323 GWh in 2025, surpassing the entire 2020 lithium-ion market. 50% YoY demand growth in ’24 & ’25, driven by record-low cell prices (~$58/kWh). The #lithium story just turned the page — Volume 2: Energy Storage at Scale. #BESS #LFP #EnergyTransition
BESS to reach 323GWh in 2025, ...
BESS is entering hyper-growth — forecast to hit 323 GWh in 2025, surpassing the entire 2020 lithium-ion market. 50% YoY demand growth in ’24 & ’25, driven by record-low cell prices (~$58/kWh). The #lithium story just turned the page — Volume 2: Energy Storage at Scale. #BESS #LFP #EnergyTransition
BESS to reach 323GWh in 2025, ...
Tom
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It's impressive how quickly grid storage is moving. 🔋☀️ Last Tuesday, batteries supplied over 20% of California’s total demand for 4 straight hours (6–10 PM) — soaking up solar by day and powering homes by night. The duck curve is flattening. Price signals are working. ⚡🇺🇸 #BESS #EnergyTransition
It's impressive how quickly grid storage is moving. 🔋☀️ Last Tuesday, batteries supplied over 20% of California’s total demand for 4 straight hours (6–10 PM) — soaking up solar by day and powering homes by night. The duck curve is flattening. Price signals are working. ⚡🇺🇸 #BESS #EnergyTransition
Tom
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Europe lit the spark, but China is bringing it home.⚡What began as a climate push in Europe has become inevitable with China’s scale—an entire economy rewired around electricity. This isn’t a cycle, it’s a structural shift. Fossils are on borrowed time. Watch this space! #EnergyTransition #EV #BESS
China's green energy boom coul...
Europe lit the spark, but China is bringing it home.⚡What began as a climate push in Europe has become inevitable with China’s scale—an entire economy rewired around electricity. This isn’t a cycle, it’s a structural shift. Fossils are on borrowed time. Watch this space! #EnergyTransition #EV #BESS
China's green energy boom coul...
India added 22 GW of renewables in H1 2025 — 17 GW from solar. That’s more in 6 months than the country’s entire 20 GW gas fleet. Yet LNG CEOs keep selling India as their growth market. The future isn’t LNG — it’s solar, wind & storage at breakneck scale.⚡🇮🇳 #EnergyTransition #Renewables #Solar #BESS
India Achieves Highest-Ever 6-...
