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NEM BESS revenue falls over 60% in 12-months to August 2026

September 24, 2026

NEM BESS revenue from wholesale energy arbitrage and frequency control ancillary services (FCAS) has fallen over 60% in the 12 months to 31 Augus ...

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Batteries earn record energy arbitrage revenue in 2022, but FCAS still dominates

January 30, 2023

Large-scale batteries in Australia's National Electricity Market (NEM) earned record high revenue from arbitraging the energy market during 2022. ...

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Rollout of big batteries set to accelerate across the NEM

November 16, 2022

Grid-scale battery storage is a key technology that will help enable the transition to clean energy. The Hornsdale Power Reserve in South Austral ...

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Fast Frequency Response is coming to the NEM

May 3, 2021

The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has recently published a Read more >

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Hornsdale Power Reserve earns record revenue in September 2019

October 21, 2019

The world's biggest lithium-ion battery, the 100 MW/129 MWh Hornsdale Power Reserve in South Australia, has just earned its biggest monthly reven ...

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