The National Battery Strategy builds on Australia's existing strengths and provides a pathway to move up the battery value chain and capitalise on key opportunities – such as manufacturing stationary energy storage systems and higher value battery active materials, building battery. The National Battery Strategy builds on Australia's existing strengths and provides a pathway to move up the battery value chain and capitalise on key opportunities – such as manufacturing stationary energy storage systems and higher value battery active materials, building battery. The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has forecast that Australia will need 19 GW of energy storage capacity in the grid by 2030. This will more than double to 43 GW by 2040, with over a half of it in home and community batteries (including EV to grid) (AEMO 2023). These aren't just storage units soaking up excess solar and wind, they are. The Australian Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) market has attracted significant investment interest due to its crucial role in supporting renewables penetration and ensuring stability for grid expansion. It's great to see the high levels of investment. Battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity in Australia's National Electricity Market (NEM) expanded by 2,936MW/6,482MWh over the 12 months leading to the end of Q3 2025. The Australian Energy Market Operator's (AEMO) latest Quarterly Energy Dynamics report reveals that battery storage.
