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Explore the latest trends across market dynamics and innovation.

17 March 2026

VPP is a concept. Market orchestration is a business case

“Virtual power plant” still has its place. But for customers, partners and investors trying to understand how value is actually created, the better term is increasingly market orchestration.

16 February 2026

Flexibility is the third pillar of Australia’s energy transition

Australia’s energy transition is usually described in physical terms: retire coal and gas, build new wind and solar, firm it with batteries, and strengthen the grid with new transmission. That picture is accurate, but incomplete. What’s missing is a third pillar: Flexibility.

11 February 2026

The global signal from World Energy Outlook 2025 - why flexibility matters

The International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2025 (WEO-25) frames an “Age of Electricity” where power systems become the central determinant of affordability, reliability and emissions outcomes.

13 November 2025

WEM 2.0: Riding the Demand-Side Participation Boom with PowerSync Technologies

Western Australia’s Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM) sits on the islanded South West Interconnected System (SWIS). In October 2023 it completed a major reform that modernised dispatch and created co-optimised markets for essential system services.

24 October 2025

The Energy Market Wants You!: WDRM in plain English

This week the AEMC confirmed that the Wholesale Demand Response Mechanism, or WDRM, will keep running, and it will look at letting more types of sites take part in 2026. The rule change is a clear indication that regulators want more businesses to join the energy market from the demand side, not just the supply side.

15 September 2025

From risk to revenue: demand-side participation turns price signals into profit

Australia’s wholesale markets are broadcasting a message to business: get involved.

12 August 2025

Nelson Review: Keeping the Market We Know, Unlocking New Opportunities for Business

The newly released Nelson Review - the National Electricity Market (NEM) wholesale market settings review offers the latest thinking on where Australia’s energy market is headed.

11 August 2025

Powering Tomorrow’s Infrastructure: How PowerSync Helps Data Centres Monetise Energy Flexibility

As the digital economy expands, data centres are emerging as essential infrastructure - powering everything from AI models and streaming platforms to financial systems and cloud services. According to McKinsey & Company, global data centre workloads are set to nearly triple by 2030, with AI driving much of this explosive growth.

11 July 2025

5 Reasons Why Direct Market Orchestration Beats Fixed Payment Offers for Your Energy Assets

As more businesses adopt batteries and flexible loads, a crucial decision arises: should you accept a fixed annual payment from a third party, or take control and orchestrate your assets directly into the energy market?

4 June 2025

PowerSync Technologies Announces Strategic Licencing Agreement with CSIRO to Enhance Market Forecasting Capabilities

The integration of an advanced wholesale pricing focused algorithm into PowerSync’s forecasting stack allows for a more robust and statistically grounded approach to market price prediction.

13 May 2025

Is WDRM Worth It? Evaluating Value for C&I Energy Users

As Australia's energy landscape evolves, Commercial and Industrial (C&I) energy users are increasingly exploring flexible market opportunities to unlock new revenue streams. One option often considered is AEMO’s Wholesale Demand Response Mechanism (WDRM).

9 May 2025

Precision Matters in the NEM: Unlocking Ongoing Value with PowerSync’s Optimiser

The revenue landscape for Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and flexible load assets is fundamentally being reshaped—unlocking opportunities that only PowerSync’s advanced optimisation technology is built to capture.

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