News & insights

We’re proud to share that OptiGrid has been selected by Hepburn Energy – Australia’s first community-owned wind farm – to optimise trading for their upcoming 5MWh battery, making it the first community-owned wind plus battery hybrid on the NEM.   Since 2011, Hepburn Energy has led the charge in community-powered renewables, helping Daylesford and surrounds […]

Yesterday evening delivered the longest run of extreme prices so far this winter. From 4 to 9 pm, every mainland region spent long stretches with prices mostly around $10,000/MWh, occasionally hitting the Market Price Cap. Sustained low wind generation right as demand ramped into the evening caused the reserve margin to erode, triggering extreme prices. […]

As of this week, AEMO’s Frequency Performance Payment (FPP) procedure has become financially operational, changing how generators, large loads and batteries are rewarded (or penalised) for their real-time impact on system frequency.   Under the new regime: 1 – FPP introduces double-sided performance payments, rewarding helpful frequency response and penalising poor performance. 2 – It […]

Not all batteries play the same “game”.   Battery storage systems generate revenue through a mix of market and non-market mechanisms, including wholesale arbitrage, offtake agreements, capacity schemes, and more. Operational strategies are therefore shaped by the owner’s commercial objectives – whether it’s energy trading, risk hedging, or portfolio support.   To unpack this, we […]

Last week marked the best-performing week of 2025 for BESS in NSW, delivering more than $2.2 million in market revenue across the week. Spot prices surged past $10,000/MWh across multiple intervals in 3 different days, creating a strong opportunity for batteries to extract great value from the market.   We analysed several Scheduled BESS in […]

We’re excited to announce the launch of OpenBESS — OptiGrid’s open-access platform designed to make it easier to understand how grid-scale batteries are performing in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM). Making Grid-Scale Battery Performance Easy to Track As renewables continue to grow rapidly across the NEM, batteries are becoming critical infrastructure for balancing supply and […]