Australia's solar and energy storage sectors delivered strong performance during the third quarter of 2025, with grid-scale solar generation reaching 1,699MW average output while battery storage systems expanded capacity by 2,936MW since Q3 2024. . Potentia Energy's 93MW Girgarre solar PV power plant in Victoria. Batteries (both home-scale and grid-scale) are surging, reshaping how electricity is produced, stored and used. Below I. . Clean energy developer Iberdrola Australia has been awarded a long-term contract for the New South Wales based 100 MW Kingswood battery energy storage system, and launched it's 65 MW Smithfield battery. Energy storage project developer Enervest has sold its 1. 8 GWh Hanworth battery energy. . Australian households have installed as many home batteries in the six months to the end of last year, as they did across the previous five years combined, as families and business strive towards energy independence, reducing energy bills and setting a new record for home battery installations, new. . Australian households have installed as many home batteries in the six months to the end of last year, as they did across the previous five years combined, as families and business strive towards energy independence, reducing energy bills and setting a new record for home battery installations, new. . By the end of 2025, Australia's total rooftop solar capacity climbed to 28. 3 GW, spread across more than 4. 3 million homes and businesses nationwide.