Grid-scale batteries are booming

The 2025/26 summer has seen a massive surge in grid-scale battery usage in Australia

A chart showing rising battery usage in Australia

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Gigawatt hours of charging or discharging per day, on Australia's National Electricity Market power grid (the east coast). Discharging is slightly lower than charging due to losses

Chart: Ketan Joshi, The Australia InstituteSource: AEMO / OpenNEMGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper