Energy Synapse

22/10/2026

How do you build the business case for 8+ hour storage in the NEM?

Our Managing Director Marija Petkovic will be speaking on this topic next week in Melbourne at . This is the biggest clean energy event in APAC, drawing more than 16,500 industry professionals.

Catch Marija on Day 1 (28 Oct) in the 3:30PM session on "Lessons from BESS investment" in Room 204.

01/10/2026

Great to deliver another round of in-house NEM training for the NSW Government.

Over two full days, we covered the inner workings of the electricity market, networks, retail, offtakes and risk management, policy and the energy transition.

Thanks for being such an engaged group!

We have two upcoming open courses scheduled for Sydney.
🗓13-14 October: Electricity Industry Fundamentals
Review agenda & book: https://informaconnect.com/electricity-industry-fundamentals-course/

🗓15-16 October: Commercial Opportunities for Battery Storage in the NEM.
Review agenda & book: https://informaconnect.com/commercial-opportunities-for-battery-storage-in-the-nem/

These training courses are delivered in partnership between Energy Synapse and Informa Connect Academy.

21/09/2026

Queensland battery revenue fell 70% in 12 months to July 2026 as supply grew without any coal exits.

Read our full analysis: https://energysynapse.com.au/queensland-bess-revenue-falls-70-percent-as-supply-grows-without-coal-exits/

04/09/2026

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners has acquired Gawara Baya, a 408 MW wind farm paired with a 104 MW grid-forming battery in North Queensland, and taken it to financial close backed by a $1.7 billion facility from 10 banks.

Why it matters:

🔹 Only 857 MW of wind projects reached final investment decision nationally in the past financial year, compared with 2.2 GW the year before.

🔹 Gawara Baya's approval has remained intact, and the project is now moving into construction, targeting full operation by 2030.

🔹 The project is supported by the Capacity Investment Scheme. Since 2025, 3 out of 4 wind projects that reached financial close in the National Electricity Market were CIS winners.

The Energy Synapse Platform tracks every power project under development from early stage to financial close and provides operational/revenue insights.

👉 Request a demo today: https://energysynapse.com.au/platform/

31/08/2026

Our Managing Director Marija Petkovic will be speaking in Brisbane next Wednesday (9 September) at Clean Energy Council's Queensland Energy & Economic Summit.

Marija will be speaking about batteries in the 11:15 AM - 12:45 PM session on "Technology in play: Driving Queensland's energy network security".

The session covers the technical and commercial decisions that determine whether projects perform, including grid-forming inverters, DC versus AC coupling and what rigorous financial due diligence looks like in practice. Built for the engineers, project developers and financiers doing the work.

26/08/2026

The NSW Government recently released the NSW Data Centre Guidelines, which set out what the state expects from data centre developments. The Guidelines also promise a faster, more predictable path through the planning application process.

If you are developing data centres in NSW, here are the five energy tests to understand:

1️⃣ PPA & Firming Agreements - 10+ year contracts with a minimum 40% wind mix and 25% 4-hour storage on pre-FID projects.

2️⃣ 25% Load Drop - Prove you can drop a quarter of your load for two hours without relying on diesel generators.

3️⃣ Managing Stranded Asset Risk - Commercial arrangements with energy utilities to protect consumers, including mechanisms such as guarantees, prepayments or upfront capital contributions.

4️⃣ Grid Location - An incentive to locate in parts of the grid with spare capacity, including REZs and former coal generation sites.

5️⃣ Energy Forecasting - Have maximum and average energy usage figures ready, alongside utility-spec smart energy meters.

Read more in our full article.

NSW Data Centre Guidelines require 40% wind PPAs, 4-hour storage and 25% load reduction without diesel. Here's what data centre developers need to plan for.

24/08/2026

Edify Energy has reached financial close on the Ganymirra and Majors Creek solar/BESS hybrid projects in North Queensland.

Both projects are supported by the Capacity Investment Scheme and have utilised portfolio financing to reach financial close. This is an increasingly common combination we are seeing in the market.

The Energy Synapse Platform tracks every power project under development from early stage to financial close and provides advanced analytics on the operation and revenue of renewable and storage assets.
👉 Request a demo: https://energysynapse.com.au/platform/

28/07/2026

It's Day 2 at the Australian Clean Energy Summit in Sydney ICC.

We have been having great conversations at the Energy Synapse booth about:
▶️Building a revenue model for renewables/BESS fit for equity investment decisions.

▶️Benchmarking operational assets and tracking projects under development.

▶️Getting your team ready to hit FY 27 targets with expert led NEM & BESS training courses.

If any of the above sound relevant, come say hello to Marija and Mary.

07/07/2026

The Australian Government has finalised the successful bids for Capacity Investment Scheme Tender 8 – NEM Dispatchable, with 15 standalone battery projects selected across the NEM.

Together, the successful projects will provide 4.2 GW / 16.1 GWh of dispatchable capacity.

The tender received 73 bids totalling 76.4 GWh, reflecting strong participation from battery storage developers across the NEM.

You can comprehensively track battery and renewable energy projects across the NEM including which ones have won CIS, LTESA and REZ access rights tenders, through the Energy Synapse Platform.

👉 Request a demo today:
https://mailchi.mp/f2c9a94813b2/energysynapseplatform

26/06/2026

AEMO has released the final 2026 Integrated System Plan (ISP). ⚡

One of the key updates is the increased outlook for dispatchable storage (utility-scale + co-ordinated CER storage).

The final ISP now projects 64 GW of dispatchable storage by 2050, up from 55 GW in the draft 2026 ISP and 49 GW in the 2024 ISP.

The updated forecast reinforces the growing role of batteries in supporting reliability as electricity demand increases and more renewable generation enters the NEM. The ISP also continues to identify renewable energy, supported by transmission, storage and flexible gas, as the least-cost pathway for the energy transition.

At Energy Synapse, we're incorporating the final 2026 ISP into our market and revenue modelling and are now taking bookings for utility-scale BESS and hybrid projects.

Contact us today: https://energysynapse.com.au/about-us/ -us