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17 April 2025

FCAS: Valuing Participation Over Price in Australia's Energy Transition

As Australia races toward a cleaner, more renewable-powered grid, there’s one market mechanism that remains critical to keeping the system stable: Frequency Control Ancillary Services (FCAS). And yet, in recent commentary and investment discourse, FCAS is too often written off as a “mature” or “declining” market — a view that, frankly, misses the point entirely.

25 Mar 2025

Volatility in Queensland’s Energy Market: Why Demand-Side Technology is the Answer

Queensland’s electricity market has seen significant volatility in early 2025, with demand records broken, price spikes reaching extreme levels, and increasing pressure…

20 February 2025

PowerSync Eyes UK Market as Demand Grows for Distributed Energy Optimisation

PowerSync Technologies is setting its sights on the UK market as part of its international growth strategy, with CEO David Naismith recently attending the Energy Sustainability Summit – UK Minister Update.

18 Feb 2025

Technology in Action: Peak Summer and a 1 MW Battery in NSW

The 2024–25 summer was a season of extremes for the National Electricity Market — and a proving ground for smart, flexible energy…

10 Sep 2024

CASE STUDY – PowerSync Technologies Maximising FCAS Revenue for Businesses

With PowerSync’s cutting-edge technology businesses have significant potential to earn revenue from energy market participation with their energy loads, batteries, and backup…

31 Jul 2024

Commercial batteries securing long-term returns from energy markets

The Australian Frequency Control Ancillary Services (FCAS) market is currently undergoing significant growth, driven largely by the increasing participation of battery energy…

22 May 2024

Business Energy – Your Country Needs You! Enrol in Reserve Programs with PowerSync Technologies

Emergency Response and the Interim Reliability Reserve (IRR) programs with the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) provide significant benefits to participants while…

15 Jan 2024

Australian businesses solving a $12bn energy market problem

Businesses are increasingly becoming prosumers of the energy market, choosing how they consume energy and participate in the energy market. And the…

28 Nov 2023

And the winner is… Load Flexibility for best battery type!

Load flexibility is a significant asset in the energy market, offering numerous benefits and opportunities with low integration and control cost. Here’s…

26 Sep 2023

Australia’s volatile summer – Where grids fail, Virtual Power Plants deliver

Australia’s El Nino summer has heightened risks of grid failure as demand on the national energy market is forecast to reach unprecedented…

31 Aug 2023

10 Reasons your business needs battery storage… now!

Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) says that “imminent and urgent” investment is required to keep the lights on in Australia in its…

14 Jul 2023

Explainer – The Australian Energy Market

The Australian Energy Market is a complex and interconnected system that facilitates the generation, transmission, distribution, and retail of electricity and natural…

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